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#12: Climbing!
Today we’ll continue our theme of Franklin’s love of clambering onto things and being up high and talk about his climbing abilities! I think especially given that he was mostly blind and particularly seemed to lack depth perception that this indicates Franklin’s dedication to the sport. Honestly if he wasn’t less than ten pounds and…
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11 – Back Rides
Welcome back! I am very sorry that there has been a long interruption just when this was getting off the ground. We were traveling for part of it, and it was hard to pick this back up again, even though Franklin has been on our minds a lot. Doing this is a way for us…
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#10: Belly rubs!
For most of the time, Franklin was not necessarily a cuddly cat. He seemed always so busy, occupied with checking things out, running back and forth, playing, or sleeping on his own. Even when we would pick him up, he was squirmy and you couldn’t really hold him in your arms for that long. But…
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#9: His Nose!
An ode to Franklin’s nose: Asleep, you were as pale as a sheetYet as soon as Franklin was on his feetPink you shone, as bright as BarbieEven though he could not far see Sometimes in the night, you’d touch my faceIt was wet and pulled me out of dream spaceYou’d oft be lifted up, in…
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#8: His War on Plants
Although Franklin had love in his heart for all living things, when it came to plants he took a bit more consuming approach. He never saw a plant that he didn’t want to chew on, eat, or play with. This proved challenging for Anna’s gardening, and especially so because Franklin tended to compete with the…
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#7: The Hall!
Franklin loved to run in the hallway outside our apartment. We probably shouldn’t have done this. But we did it because he was so charming and curious and we thought he’d love it and he did. It started with him being curious about our front door and us just letting him poke his head out.…
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#6: His Luddite Attitude
Friends don’t always have the right opinions. But you tolerate their sometimes strange views because you love them. We did the same with Franklin’s attitude toward technology, against which he was frankly prejudiced. He was (by all accounts) a Luddite through and through. Some cats are downright technophiles. They are very curious about all the…
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#5: Pillows!
Franklin’s oddness in some ways came from how smart he acted. He was like a little person almost. Nothing sums that up more than how he, like any sensible person, preferred to use pillows when he slept. Usually, a cat sleeps wherever and often on just a completely flat surface. Sometimes, it’s a comfy blanket.…
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#4: Our Game
Franklin was my cat but he wasn’t intended to be “my” cat – I had Geoff already and Anna had never really had her own cat so he really was intended to be hers. Obviously I loved Franklin with my whole heart and he was very much my cat. But one of the ways that…
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#3: His Many Names!
So how did Franklin become Franklin(!) ? He in fact had many names, as befitting a beast of his stature. When we brought him home he in fact already had a name – Dumpling – which we did not feel fit him at all. He quickly lost that name and instead we christened him “Frankie”,…
99 Days of Franklin 