Lydia passed away in our bed peacefully about an hour ago. She slept between us last night, and was still able to purr then.

Brian and I tried to think of the one thing most special about about her. We both agreed it was that Lydia had the most impeccable manners of any cat, and that she tried to be GOOD above everything else....and she succeeded. She was so sweet and loving and so very good. She'll be so missed.

Pix from happier times...including her beloved scratching post...where she always enthusiastically showed Brian how 'good' she was every evening when he walked by it. She'd wait and wait and wait for him to walk by and then she'd spring into action on the post- scratching as hard as she could so that he would bend down and pet her and tell her how GOOD she was to scratch there...of course he always lavished praise on her for it.