RIP Bella

My Beautiful Bella was put to sleep yesterday evening and is now at peace.  She was only 8 years old and is missed hugely.  Love you Bella, will never forget you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Beautiful Bella

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Queen Of My Soul - Average White Band (Vinyl) 1976

I was 10 when I first heard this and thought it was soooooooooo good - and I still do!!!!

Rocket Song - Turin Brakes

Taken last March of a band I really like, Turin Brakes,  at The Brook in Southampton .... great venue! Stumbled across it again today. Rubbish quality and camera work, but you get my drift!!  The drummer, Rob Allum is a top bloke and often pops up for a chat in the evenings - really friendly and down to earth - was quite touched to receive a get well wish from him when I dislocated my shoulder, awww. Guess they are not that well known recently, but I do like them and they write pretty cool lyrics.  Hope they tour again soon!

Beautiful gentle Bella

You may have read on my blog that my cat Bella has been quite poorly recently.  Well tonight the vet confirmed that she has (as I suspected), a very fast growing secondary tumour in her abdomen, and that her time is very short now.

Still reeling a bit to be honest, as she has been so well on her steroids, but in my heart I knew that she was very sick - as Sally said on Saturday night, the pets with lovely strong characters always seem to get taken early, because they must be needed elsewhere.

Well that is certainly the case with Bella, she is only 8 years old and a proper nutcase.  I love her to bits and will make the most of the time I have left with her.

Here are some photos of her over the years (since I adopted her aged 3) and one I got from her breeder showing her as a kitten

Bella as a kitten - isn't she adorable?:

Bella - when she used to be allowed out on her leash, and we let her off for a while - she was a good girl and didn't run off

 Always somewhere cosy .....

I am adorable

My mate Sam ... best of friends

Sniffing out the fire and getting up to mischief with Sam ...

Relaxing

Checking out a drink

Aahh that's better

Mum's bedding shelves are cosy ..,...

Snoozing in a sunny window spot

This is the afternoon we collected her - so relaxed already!

Bless you Bella - such a gorgeous little cat, now a shadow of her former healthy self, so sad, but I'm happy she has had a lovely life so far and has been loved and cared for.  Beautiful Bella xxx

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