Christmas gifts for Filou and his dad

[Barbara]

Filou had a wonderful Christmas. He received many gifts but what he liked best was the catnip fishie his friend Edwina sent him. Can you imagine it was a card for him all alone?
He has his paw firmly on the fishie.

http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/picture.php?albumid=77&pictureid=2062

http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/picture.php?albumid=77&pictureid=2061

For those who wonder how he is after Tigris is gone: he loves to be a single cat- but he has lost a little weight. As there is no competition he doesn't eat as much as we want him to. Obviously his joints are not the best anymore. Instead of jumping he prefers to climb- which means he climbs you like a tree. Don't ask where we have all these tiny needle spots :rolleyes:
Filou sleeps a lot but he is happy- and that is the most important thing.


We miss our Tigris very much. This is why I had a gift for Siegmar that was a big surprise for him: a mailbox. It is handpainted by a Dresden painter with the pictures of Filou and Tigris. We think that she got Tigris especially well.
It is a German style mailbox together with a roll for the newspaper:
http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/picture.php?albumid=33&pictureid=2066

Tigris sits behind a curtain with little lace cat heads;)
http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/picture.php?albumid=33&pictureid=2067

This is a detail of the roof- in reality it almost looks three dimensional:
http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/picture.php?albumid=33&pictureid=2065

We love it very much and will put it on the house soon :)

[Cataholic]

It is very beautiful and very sad at the same moment. The artist did a great piece of work.
What a lovely way to memorialize Tigris.

[Medusa]

How cute the pic is of Filou w/his paw on the fishie. Very moving. :)

[Killearn Kitties]

I can see that Filou must have had a very happy Christmas with his fishy! Lucky boy.

The mailbox is absolutely beautiful. I especially love the little cat heads along the curtain. :D What a great idea.

[catmandu]

I wish I could paint like that to memorialize My Found Cat Angels!
I have heard that Tigris is very touched and honored and will show The Awesome Angels the tribute to the love that her Guardians have that will never die!!:love::love::love:

[redog]

Is there a Filou fan club? I wanna join it!
Nice mailbox! I would need a real big box to fit all my cats on it.

[Prairie Purrs]

Filou looks very happy to be perched on Siegmar's shoulders with his fishie. :D

The mailbox is lovely. Such a wonderful gift!

[phesina]

Thank you so much for all these wonderful pictures.. Filou with his dad and his fishie, and your beautiful new mailbox painting. These are precious just to see and say so much how beloved your kitties are.

[Sonia59]

Dear Filou, I am glad you liked your Catmas presents and to see you are a happy kitty!

The mailbox is just wonderful :)

[cassiesmom]

Awww, Filou! I love the photos of you, your dad and fishy! And the mail box is a very lovely memorial.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks for sharing all of this with us Barbara.:) Filou looks so happy with his fishie and the mailbox is such a gorgeous memorial.:)

[kitten645]

There are no better artists than Dresden painters. :) Happy Chirstmas to all of you and may 2010 be FULL of catnip fishies! :love:

[Vio&Juni]

Filou is very handsome. He does look happy!

And that is such a nice mailbox, it's almost like a photo.