Shiny Gremlin

Last Friday I had to say goodbye to my best friend of 7 years as her quality of life was not good due to cancer.

We adopted Switzy in 2016. she had been rescued from a hoarding situation, according to the shelter she had been living in a small trailer with 11 dogs and 10 other cats, when we got her into the vet soon after it turned out she needed to have almost all her teeth pulled as they were all infected and she also had giardia which is an infection that causes weight loss, diarrhea, etc.

As soon as we brought her home she was the sweetest most perfect cat anyone could ask for. Whenever I was upset she'd force her way onto my stomach to lay on me, then sneeze in my face. She loved her sparkly crinkle balls, watching the chickens out the windows, flopping around, and laying on plants. She was also very chatty and loved to tell everyone about her day.

In April of last year we took Switzy in to examine a lump under her arm and it had turned out to be a very aggressive cancer. We had surgery done to remove it as we thought we'd get at least another couple years with her but it unfortunately came back that same year and grew even faster and was obviously worse than the first time.

Picture 1- Peck's Skipper ( 8/15/22)

Picture 3- Dun Skipper (8/16/22)

Northern Pearly-Eye (6/27/22)

Little Wood Satyr (6/28/22)

Cabbage White (7/2/22)

American Copper (7/13/22)

Honestly this was my favorite butterfly to take photos of. The months leading up to June had been really rough for me.

Hair streaks are some of my favorite butterflies, they're very funky looking and I have a lot of fun memories observing them this summer! I hope I get to see many more of them next summer too.