August ?

Hi everyone,
my oh my I can't believe its already 11th September !!! where did August go? I started writing this post in August, then filed it and am just now getting back to it..
It's Spring time here in New Zealand and we're seeing lots of sunnier days, but still also cold winds and even some hail today !!
Daffodils are blooming in various parts of the garden and little baby lambs can be seen out in the fields when I'm out driving.

On a less joyful note, our sweet cat Muffin passed away suddenly. One minute he was fine, happy, eating, sitting on laps, doing everything he loved to do. The next day he was no where to be found. At the end of the day (Friday night) we found him under the house, very pitiful, not wanting to move. He gave us some final little squeaks (as he was never one to really fully meow), then his little body slumped down, he closed his eyes and died shortly after. What a terrible sad shock !!!  I have spent the week wishing I had spent more time with him, as I'm sure people do say and think things like that after a dear one dies. When he was a younger cat he loved to frolic in the garden with me and pretty much wherever I was in the garden he was never far away :) What a sweet memory. 

This weekend I did some gardening - preparing garden beds for Spring planting and transplanted some Raspberry canes down the back of the section. Muffin is buried not far away and I tell myself he's just sleeping down the back - it helps. I miss him and his quiet ways. He was a very gentle cat. Thank you Lord for what Muffin brought to our lives. We enjoyed him for around 9 human years. 

We also had our dear son Louis move out (again), it was his second re-launch :) We miss his presence here at the house very very much (and our wee grandson who stayed every second night), but we're happy for them that they get to experience a new season in life and all the joys and no doubt challenges that it will bring. xox

This is a picture of them from a few years back - 2 handsome guys xox

So my days have mostly been filled with times of reflection, sadness, cleaning (of course), baking (as per), lots of soap making !!!!, a little gardening, and plenty of preparing for September, which is a big birthday month for us with around 4 birthdays !!!, plus Fathers Day etc..

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I know this post doesn't contain anything witty, ground breaking or inspirational, but this blog is a place for me to record bits of my life and I just wanted to take the time to record these two big things that happened recently. 

Bye for now, blessings and love to all ~ Linda