Dear oh dear...  
it's been such a long time since I posted an entry to this journal!
So much has happened...
I will just give a brief update...

After our cat Pimmie passed away, our remaining cats were very restless. The feline hierarchy had fallen apart, and Pluf and Pinkie (Mother and daughter) did not manage to get along... Pinkie was under constant harrassment by Pluf. Now that her hero Pim had passed on, she tried to get closer to us, her 'humans' -but Pluf would not allow her. It was so sad for Pinkie...
We could not bear to see her grieving and having no room to live in our home. We made a very difficult decision to find a new home for her... And we did. She has moved to a new home with a loving new pet-mum.  The lady has no other pets and she lives alone. Pinkie moved and it was love at first sight from both sides. Well, it took Pinkie a few hours, but then she accepted and was welcomed in a loving new home. We keep in regular touch, but all news is good news!
Thanks Geertje, for wanting to be Pinkie's new mum...

Pluf and Pixie are now the only pets we have left. Pluf has become a lot more relaxed and is licking herself less and less. She is under medication for a deformation on her spine and has become quite nervous because of the pain. She is a sensitive cat by nature -but then again, aren't they all?    
Now, with Pinkie and Pim gone, she gets all the necessary attention, sleeps better, eats better and is calmer.

We have taken her to our little hideaway in the woods in Eastern Holland. So she does not have to stay alone in our home when we go away for a day or two. Of course there is a neighbour taking care of her if we are away, but she no longer has a pet companion at home.
We took her in her travelling basket, and it seems as if she knew what was going to happen. She sat in her pet carrier on the back seat of the car, looking at the scenery and making herself comfortable on the pillow inside the basket. Pixie was lying on her own dog cushion, next to her. It was a lovely sight! Both were attached to the safety belts and the trip went very well.
Pluf had to get used to the mobile home, but immediately found some cozy places with a wonderful view.... She was wondering: what kind of funny cats we had hopping around on the grass here, with those little white tails and those funny long ears.... And even more so: Howcome they were eating grass and keeping it inside, not throwing up, afterwards?   OK, Pluf, let me tell you: they're called 'rabbits'...

Pluf had to stay inside for a couple of days and that was *not* so easy for her!
But when she was finally allowed to go outside she just loved it!

Pixie and Pluf have developed a nice new companionable relationship. And we are happy as well, now that we have our whole little family with us when we go to our little hideaway!

Not only do we enjoy our own pets, we have also adopted the birds, rabbits, squirrels and all the other 'wild' forest animals that we know are around but do not see...

Until next time!