In my photo album for 2000 – remember photo albums? How
quaint! – this photo has the caption underneath ‘The Cat who came for Christmas
– and stayed’.
Indeed Puss – we never gave him a name because we thought
someone would claim him – did stay, became quite a character and an important
member of the family. He took on the mantle of Paolo Di Cattio in my Blagg
column and book and has popped up regularly on this calendar and other places
since – only last year giving a festive wave.
An estimated two years old
when he joined Blagg Acres, sadly the little lad fell ill in the spring and despite
our best attempts, went to the Big Cattery in the Sky in July and won’t be with
us this Christmas. We miss him still and raise a toast to his memory and the
mini-Cat’s home that has evolved in an attempt to fill the gap he left.
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