Today the Rainbow Bridge gained another angel. RDreams Lady Lily crossed the bridge today, at 17 1/2 years old. She introduced me to showing cats. While she never granded (showing was not fun for her so I let her stay home), she was queen of the house and very much a lady so her name fit her. I only saw her nasty tempered twice. Once, when she decided shows were not for her and let the judge know with a hearty swipe as he put her back in the cage and another time when one of the other cats wanted to eat off of HER plate. She could read my moods better than any human. She knew when I had a bad day and would stick to me like Velcro - even to the point of getting in the shower with me when I showered. She would scold me to go to bed at night - stand halfway up the stairs and meow at me, then look up stairs. She loved to 'put me to bed'. She came up at night curled up purring in my arms until I went to sleep. She is responsible for me meeting one of my dearest friends, Sally, her breeder. I am still in shock and it really hasn't hit me yet that I won't have her to wash my face when she snuggled with me, Good by my Lily, you were a treasure and will never be forgotten.