We’ve had a sad start to our New Year.

On the morning of New Year’s Day we lost a member of team Planet Penny. Dear old Henry, our much loved pussy cat, finally succumbed to old age and ill health and I had to make the heartbreaking decision for him to be put to sleep.

He came into our lives as a feisty little kitten who was rescued from the traffic on a busy street.
Underweight, flea ridden with worms, mites and whatever else could infest his little body, he responded to the vets treatment and instantly worked his way into the hearts of all the family.

He grew into a big handsome chap, afraid of very little, very much the boss in his own domain.

Over the last year or so it’s been sad to watch him slowly become a shadow of his former self but he never lost his feistiness and determination.  He became the archetypal ‘Grumpy Old Man’!

He made it to his 19th year, pretty amazing given his rough start.

You know the day you welcome a little fluffy bundle into your home and heart the day will come when you have to say goodbye, but knowing doesn’t make it any easier.  But we are comforted by the fact that we gave him a life he would never had had if someone hadn’t picked him up from the gutter eighteen and a half years ago, and he gave us so much love and affection in return.

Thank you for all the New Year wishes which in other circumstances would have been answered by now, I’m sure you’ll understand.

I’ll be back, very soon…x