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Purrkoy the Kitten: More Splendid Than Ever

December 18, 2019 by WendyB

One year ago today, Purrkoy the kitten crossed the Rainbow Bridge at age four, after suffering a massive stroke.

Purrkoy the Kitten
2014-2018

Since then, I have thought many, many times about the outpouring of love and tributes from the people and kittehs of #Catstagram, which was a huge consolation for me.

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I’m convinced the best people online are to be found on “catstagram.” I was already overwhelmed after the #cats_of_instagram community got together to send beautiful white roses after the unexpected death of @purrkoy_the_kitten …then individuals sent cards as well, and of course they all keep visiting his Instagram account, which makes me very happy. And now I have just received this amazing artwork created by @copper.and.tin and presented to me by @teagues_n_oliver … I intend to thank everyone involved by name ASAP! #coi #babycat #exoticshorthair #rippurrkoy

A post shared by Wendy Brandes (@wendybrandes) on Feb 2, 2019 at 8:34pm PST

I’ve also looked many, many times at artist/author Adam Ellis‘s illustration of a poem by Laura Gilpin.

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I really like this poem by Laura Gilpin, so I decided to illustrate it. I'm not sure it's totally successful but it was an interesting experiment! 🐮🐮

A post shared by Adam Ellis (@adamtots) on Mar 14, 2019 at 10:10am PDT

In addition, I’ve returned repeatedly to artist/author Lucy Knisley’s tribute to her cat, Linney (swipe through).

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More splendid than ever.

A post shared by Lucy Knisley (@lucyknisley) on Jul 28, 2019 at 12:46pm PDT

The last slide of Knisley’s post is how I like to imagine Purrkoy is now, somewhere.

I do want to thank Purrkoy for taking a break from his splendiferousness to send us bébé cat Robin. He’s a lot like you, PK …

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Taking after my 🌈 👼🏻 brofur #catsinsinks #exoticshorthaircat #beberobin #bébérobin #rippurrkoy #catstagram #purrkoyfurever #babycats

A post shared by Purrkoy the Kitten (@purrkoy_and_robin) on Nov 30, 2019 at 1:43pm PST

… even though he doesn’t sing any opurra. I’m not complaining about that, by the way. One purrfessional singer in the family was plenty! We do love him lots.

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Hai! #whiskerwednesday #brighteyedandbushywhiskered #beberobin #beberobin #exoticshorthair #kitten #keeten #squishface #smushface #smooshface #flatfacecat

A post shared by Purrkoy the Kitten (@purrkoy_and_robin) on Nov 20, 2019 at 8:17am PST

For the cat lovers who want to meet Purrkoy for the first time and those who want to reminisce, here are some lovely links:

  • Introducing Purrkoy in 2014.
  • Meeting his fans.
  • Purrkoy does politics.
  • RIP, Purrkoy
  • Purrkoy and the wonderful people of #Catstagram.
  • Purrkoy’s Instagram, now maintained by Robin (with hooman help).

Today is also five years to the day since Henry the dog crossed the Rainbow Bridge, released from the ailments of old age. Henry was the first of my pets to have a Tudor-inspired name. He just looked like Henry VIII to me: Red hair, portly, peevish expression. FitzRoy the cat, Edward the dog, Purrkoy the kitten, and Robin the bébé cat have all been named accordingly. You can learn more about the names from this video.

Finally, a message from Purrkoy to all his online friends:

He’s splendid.

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  1. K-Line says

    December 18, 2019 at 6:42 pm

    What a lovely tribute! (And that Laura Gilpin poem is intense…)

    • WendyB says

      December 20, 2019 at 2:48 pm

      I really needed that illustration to go with the poem or it’s too much for me! But the drawings are just <3

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