Goodbye, Minou!
Our Farm cat, Rue is no longer with us... We will miss our sweet Minou,
Rue was a wonderful addition to our farm, Wildwood. She loved laying on the porch near the family and jumping up on your lap to cuddle. She would follow me around the rose garden as I worked, playing with the hanging stems of roses on the bushes, or in the garden, always laying near, watching me work. Rue would follow me to the chicken house when I collected eggs and tended the chickens. She seemed to enjoy watching the chickens as they peck the ground in their free-ranging and forging.
She was a very active hunter, keeping the pest away and sometimes leaving a mouse tail near the back door for me to see her work. Of course, I didn't need to see!
There was also the time when I was annoyed that rabbits were enjoying the garden too much and it seemed as though she understood my frustrations and went off. To my surprise, I heard a squeaking noise and looked up to find our Minou, Rue, carrying a medium sized adolescent bunny to me. She had caught it in the berry patch, near the garden. I retrieved it from her and had the boys free it in the pasture. It almost seemed like she was showing me the culprit.
Sometimes your pets are true farm helpers.
We will always remember Rue, and how she was a perfect farm cat doing her part on the farm.
Sometimes there is sadness, but we still love our farm life!
Thank you for walking through my gate,
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