Miscellaneous: Goodbye to Eric the cat

Over this past weekend (August 12), we said goodbye to our cat Eric (also known as Gon), who expired  after an illness. We still don't know what happened, but he wasted away over the course of about eight weeks until he was so weak he could no longer walk. He was only eight years old. It's a mystery.  

We gave him a grand send-off, buried in the garden, his lifeless body set in the ground on a bed of flowers. We'll miss him. Here are some photos of him in happier days. (Yes, he was born with no tail).