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St. David’s Day – Alfie the Chepstow Cat

St. David’s Day – Alfie the Chepstow Cat As it is St.David’s Day what better way to celebrate than to remind ourselves of Alfie the Chepstow Cat. It is a beautiful story about the love and joy that a cat brought to an entire town. Alfie was a black cat who lived with his family […]

Pet Birthstones by Month – October

What is the pet birthstone for October? Pet Birthstones by Month – October. Tourmaline is the birthstone for all pets born in October. The word tourmaline comes from the the word ‘turamali’ which is a Sinhalese term for crystals. Tourmaline is mostly mined in Brazil with the bluey green gems – which we use as […]

Pet Birthstones by Month – September

What is the pet birthstone for September? Pet Birthstones by Month – September. Sapphire is the birthstone for all pets born in September. The word sapphire comes from the latin ‘saphirus’ and the Greek ‘sapheiros’ meaning blue. A sapphire is the gift we give traditionally for a 45th anniversary, which is 6 years and four […]

Pet Birthstones by Month – August

What is the pet birthstone for August? Pet Birthstones by Month – August. Peridot is the birthstone for all pets born in August. A beautiful olive-green colour which exactly matches the colour of my beautiful Midnights’ eyes, she is one of my two black cats, they joined our family at Halloween and the boys named […]

Pet Birthstones by Month – July

What is the pet birthstone for July? Pet Birthstones by Month – July. Ruby is the birthstone for all pets born in July. The word ruby comes from the latin ‘ruber’ meaning red. Rubies are still found in mainland Europe in The Republic Macedonia but more often mined in Thailand and Cambodia. Rubies were traded […]

Birthstones by Month – March

What is the birthstone colour for March? Birthstones by Month – March. Aquamarine is the birthstone for all pets born in March. Aquamarine is, as the name suggests, a beautiful light blue colour that evokes the spirit of the sea. It is the first of the Spring birthstones and as I sit here writing I […]

How do I deal with the loss of my cat?

How do I deal with the loss of my cat? How to get over the grief of losing a cat? I’m afraid there isn’t a simple one-size fits all answer to these questions. Some days will be harder than others. Some cats will take longer than others. We all grieve differently and each cat loss […]

Thank you 2021 and Goodbye

Thank you 2021 and Goodbye! I can’t say that I’m not pleased to see the back of 2021. When I wrote my round-up of the year last year I genuinely thought that all the covid stuff would be gone by now. And here we are 12 months later and we’re not clear of it…yet. This […]

Birthstones by Month – December

What is the birthstone colour for December? Birthstones by Month – December. December’s birthstone is Turquoise. It is a beautiful opaque blue to green coloured stone and is the traditional birthstone for those pets born in December. It’s a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium. Turquoise is a precious stone that is rare and valuable […]

Gisele Bündchen and Vida – how to mourn on social media

Gisele Bündchen and Vida I found this fascinating American post on refinery29. It is an article about the etiquette around pet bereavement on FaceBook and Instagram. To cut a long story short, you can see the full article here, it’s a one post only rule a la Gisele Bündchen. According to the author Madeline Buxton […]

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Birthstones by Month – What is the right stone colour for your pet?

Birthstones by Month What are the birthstone colours by month? Birthstones by Month. If you know the month of your beloved pet’s birth then you might like to choose to put their ashes into an appropriately coloured stone. It can make this difficult choice easier for some people. Choosing a colour for your memorial jewellery […]