I don't know how to say this other than to just say it. I've lost two much beloved pets in two days. Two very good friends of mine are now gone. We had to put our dog to sleep Friday afternoon, and my ferret passed overnight between Saturday and Sunday. We couldn't bury our dog, it was too large a hole for us to dig ourselves, and we don't own the property we live on now. The ferret, however, was small enough that we dug a spot for him up on Noel (our dog)'s favorite hill up in the ivy, someplace he was never allowed to explore when he was alive because I was afraid he'd get loose up there. Burying him in Noel's favorite spot was a way for us to lay them both to rest together. We pulled all the last roses off the bush and put them on his grave.

Noel (my feather-duster butt), Albion (my oogie-boogie man), you will be missed forever.