We lost Diane, our eldest cat, at the beginning of this week, so today’s post is an assortment of photos of her – not the oldest, we adopted her in 2009, and I stopped at 2022 because there are so many good photos of her already included.
We hadn’t planned on adopting so soon when we found her. We had just lost a cat, Missy, and had intended to wait a while before filling the void, but, well, the Void objected. Specifically, Mungojerrie (Mungo), our all black cat (aka “a void”), suddenly found himself lonely, having never lived as an only cat before. And he made it crystal clear – around 3 in the morning most nights – that this was unacceptable. So we sped up our timeline and checked the local pet store and their partner rescue organization.
Diane, a year old at that point, was on display when we walked in – in a middle area instead of the smaller contained one for adoptable cats – and meowed at us when we approached. These photos include most of the cats she spent time with at the two houses she lived at with us. Not in chronological order though.
Diane and Mungojerrie lounging on a karate uniform 
Diane on a blanket 
Diane curled up with June 
Diane curled up against Zuko, who has a paw over her neck 
Diane playing with a catnip toy 
Diane bathing tiny Zuko 
Diane bathing tiny Zuko while laying next to Arwen 
Diane’s head resting on Arwen’s back end and tiny Zuko curled against Diane’s belly 
Diane, June, and Arwen lounging in the sun in the bay window 
Diane and Arwen on the car in the garage 
Diane looking up from my Tang Soo Do belt colors blanket 
Diane meowing while sandwiched between June and Arwen 
Diane and Arwen on the old futon 
Diane chowing down on some dried catnip 
Diane claiming the bottom of my bed by taking the center spot 
Diane perched on my Tang Soo Do belt colors blanket 
Diane sleeping on my Tang Soo Do belt colors blanket 
Diane chowing down on wheat grass growing above a fish tank 
Diane on a plush tiger rug and a plush bear rug 
Diane curled up on Mungojerrie’s neck while he uses her back paws as a pillow 
Diane in a Build-A-Bear dog house 
Diane sandwiched between June and Mungojerrie on a bumpy bed 
Diane and Mungojerrie sleeping on a blanket with a small teddy bear