Sunday, August 15, 2021

Sweet 16


16 years ago I started doing this blog.


I had just gotten a digital camera,
and I had adopted Abby about 6 weeks earlier.


I had been doing a 'diary' of Abby's adoption and how
she was (not) fitting in with the 3 amigos.


But I got the idea that maybe I could combine the photography
and being online and keep an online diary.
There was no cat blogging in those days.
Blogs weren't that big of a thing in those days either.
But I found Timothy Dickens and seeing he was a tuxie
with a unique voice just gave me a lot of courage to start
up a blog mainly for Abby.
It's always been Abby.


Soon there was a cadre of cat bloggers,
and blogging has ebbed and flowed over the years.
I will keep on because....Abby.
I will always be her voice.
I will always 
keep
her
alive.
On this blog.
It's not meant to be maudlin, it's meant as a 
testament to the love we had,
and that I now deeply miss.
But, it's her story
which now has included Gracie, and my sweet
Annabelle.



So here's to 16 going on 17....












 

17 comments:

  1. Congratulations on 16 years of blogging! Blogs are an invaluable way of saving memories. I kept our blog going after the boys had left for the Bridge to keep their memories for me and anyone else who wants to read about them.

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  2. We love all your photos. Purrs and hugs!

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  3. Happy blogoversary! Sixteen years is a long time to keep something going; we hope you do continue on for many years to come.

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  4. I'm so glad that you got a camera and a cat and started to blog about it. I enjoy what you post thank you ... here's to many more years!!

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  5. Happy Blogoversary!! Your photos are always amazing.

    The Florida Furkids

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  6. Congratulations. I've only been blogging for eleven years but it is all about the cats here, too. It is their story in words and pictures. Thanks to your blog, thousands known about Abby and Gracie and Ping and Annabelle and Boo and Mr Jinx, and all the others you've met and helped. They will live on as long as there is memory.

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  7. Happy Blogoversary from all of us and we're glad you started the cat blogging trend!

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  8. Happy Blogoversary ! 16 years blogging is such a long time, we wish you many more to come. We always enjoy your beautiful photos. Purrs

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  9. Happy Blogoversary! Here's to many more. XO

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  10. Happy blogoversary! Wow, 16 years of special memories. What a perfect way to honor your loving relationship with your Abby.

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  11. 16 years is amazing! Congratulations on reaching this milestone. :)

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  12. Congratulations on your blog anniversary, and good on you for hanging in there through the love, the pain, and the heartache.

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  13. Happy 16th blogging anniversary. Congratulations.

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  14. This is a big one! Happy Blogoversary and Sweet 16. We always like to visit and always love to see Abby and all the cats and angels. My Blog is now a testament to me. Our blogs live on and that is the way it should be. I wish all our friends had stuck it out. Purrs friends we love you

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  15. Concatulations on your blogoversary !

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  16. Wow, that is great to be at it that long, Happy Blogoversary!

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