Thank you so very much, dear friends, for all your kind thoughts and wishes and words of comfort.

And Candace, thank you for posting that photo. Sydney is playing with one of the catnip mousies sent to him by his beloved Scrappy 2!

My sister said: "He’s talking with Nelson now in the Summer Lands, and they’re looking for some string to play with. "

(My sister's cat Nelson passed away recently, and I posted about him here. Sydney and Nelson were both members of the world-famous Kitty Celtic Catmobile Combo, Sydney one of the bagpipers and Nelson the Sean-Nos singer.)

I replied: "Thank you, Sis. That's so nice to think of Nelson greeting him. I bet Sydney's already playing the pipes and Nelson is singing some Sean Nos! "

and she responded: "Yes, Nelson is singing 'The Wayfarer’s Welcome' to Sydney, and Syd is accompanying him on the pipes. They’re making beautiful music together. And the angels sing."