SHE'S GONE. I didn't want her to get trampled so I held her in my hands and she died around 8 o'clock last night.
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.
Each little flower that opens,Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colours,
He made their tiny wings.
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.
The purple headed mountains,
The river running by,
The sunset and the morning
That brightens up the sky.
All things bright and beautiful,All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.
The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one.
All things bright and beautiful,All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.
The tall trees in the greenwood,
The meadows where we play,
The rushes by the water,
To gather every day.
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.
He gave us eyes to see them,And lips that we might tell
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.
Itchy was the one half-asleep:
sorry to hear about itchy. i know she brought you a lot of joy.
ReplyDeletethat is true ;->...
ReplyDeleteAww darling boy. So sad. My dog is very sick tonight. The vet fears pancreatitis. She's mopey and not eating and I'm in a tizz this is my third baby do I know how you feel. It's not the size of the pet, it's the magnitude of the affection. Poor Itchy. Poor you.
ReplyDeleteso sorry to hear about your little friend Gleds, keep your chin up. Our animals are precious to us.
ReplyDeleteAww I jus watched your vid . .she looks so tired . .so does Lily . .your email is bouncing!
ReplyDeleteGled. I'm sooooo sorry to hear that! I feel as if I knew that little Robo through your stories here.
ReplyDeleteI'm very sorry to hear this news Gleds. It's nice that you held her in her last hour.
ReplyDeleteAll the best matey.
I'm very sorry to hear about Itchy. She was so adorable. I felt a lot of sadness seeing her photo yesterday. I'm glad that you were there to be with her when she died. Comfort and love for Itchy.
ReplyDeleteBaino: I hope your dog gets better soon. I know a human with that and it's horrible, about as painful as you can get... what did you mean about my email bouncing? You mean it's making out mail's undelivered? I'll have to check that...
ReplyDeletenot the size of the pet?.. you can say that again she was tiny enough to fit in a cigarette packet or could have had a double bed in a cooks' matches box, which I fantasized about taking her to the vet's in. But that never happened of course; she went too fast...
Queenee: I'll try; thanks
Nicole: I know ~ there were enough of those stories weren't there!!?!
Vincent: cheers. I had to hold her. Couldn't bear the thought of her head getting trod on as she tried just to be quiet and "pass away"...
Syd: Thanks! Surely she's running a "great wheel up in the sky" now..!!
So sad. The three of you will certainly miss her. Isn't it nice though that you got a video of her?
ReplyDeletepoor Gled! I'm so sorry to read this. What a lovely tribute.
ReplyDeleteJeannie: I'm glad I did get film as that phone (I didn't realize it at the time) was on the blink and that's the last (and just about only) meaningful thing I managed to do with it, so Thank God for that ;->...
ReplyDeleteTutTut: thank you :-)
Oh, I'm so sorry, gleds. Itchy had become part of our lives as well as yours through your wonderful stories. I'm glad you were holding Itchy at the end.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that Gledwood. She had a good life with someone that loved her. Take it easy.
ReplyDeleteAw Gleds I'm so sorry to hear this. You must be so sad, I know how much you love your robos. xx
ReplyDeleteYep email is bouncing back saying "mailbox inactive"
ReplyDeleteSorry about Itchy. You took good care of her. Wish we could all have been there with you for those final hours.
ReplyDeleteVery sad. At least Itchy led a long fun filled Robo life.
ReplyDeleteawwwwww so sorry to hear itchy died!!! its really sad when the pets we love die, i wished they could live forever
ReplyDeleteNooooooo! I'm so so sorry.
ReplyDeleteItchy was my favourite.
She looks so withdrawn in the video whilst the others clamber over her (hope they are doing ok).
Did you see it coming? Do you know what the cause was?
I'm so very sorry. Part of what makes it sad when animals/pets die is their total innocence.
big hug x
take care x
Kelly
Thanks, folks. She was indeed always the shyest and tended to be the one buried deepest in the nest (getting clambered over, as per usual). I cannot tell what was wrong with her; it appeared like old age: lost muscle tone, unkempt, inactive ~ except more severe. She was dead within 24 hours of me discovering her like that. After she died I looked at her and found a strange dark patch underneath, so she may have had diarrhoea. Whatever it was there was no chance of saving her because she would not eat or drink and was so emaciated she barely weighed anything in the end...
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about Itchy, Gled. I lost my German Shep 2 months ago, I know how it is.
ReplyDeleteGleds, I am so sorry that Itchy has passed. I know she was well loved and you will miss her. You have made a lovely tribute page for her.
ReplyDeleteItchy was as lucky to have you as you were to have her...companions to the end
ReplyDeleteLovely post Gledwood (((big hug)))
you have done itchy proud with this post... thinking of you x
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry, Gleds. We all know she meant a lot to you and you did everything you could for her. Please take care. Love from Sicily xx
ReplyDeleteDearest Gleds, I'm so sorry to hear about Baby Itchy. I always felt she was rather special to you. It's devastating losing a loved pet and I hope she didn't suffer. At least you were able to be with her at the end.
ReplyDeleteBig hugs xoxo
I hope your pulling through ok mate.
ReplyDeleteI've been reading your blog since its beginnings and have actually just registered today. You're a great writer Gledwood, and i'm sorry of your loss.
Brady
Hope you bearing up ok Gleds.
ReplyDeleteI tried to email you but couldn't, it bounced back!
Here's the message I got:
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Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
hammynutter@lycos.com
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:hammynutter@lycos.com:
host rmail.lycosmail.lycos.com [209.202.254.41]:
550 5.2.1 RACT 81.187.30.51: Mailbox is inactive:
hammynutter@lycos.com
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I copied and pasted it from your comment. Is the address/spelling correct?
Perhaps you could email me then I can save your email.
Mine is: kellyalsaleh@tiscali.co.uk
xK
Gled, hamster heaven's not a bad place... they get there on frog-back!;)
ReplyDeleteTake care & I hope your other furry creatures are bearing well.
Shane.
Hi I am still here be back by Monday
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