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title: "Cloud, the king cat"
description: "Winter at Furniture From The Barn finds us dreaming of sunshine and spring flowers while cherishing the animals that warm our hearts. In this heartfelt post we remember Cloud—our beloved “king cat” who recently passed from feline diabetes. Cloud wasn’t just a mouser; he loved dogs, snuggled with us, frolicked and hid in the garden, and spent his days sunbathing, leaving behind paw‑print memories that remind us why we love our critters so much."
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# Cloud, the king cat

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- **Published:** 2014-03-02
- **Author:** Kelly Tryon-Kelly

It’s march 2nd and they’re calling for more snow! I don’t know about y’all but were ready for some sunshine and the blooming of some pretty flowers!!

Winter can easily be a beautiful and unpleasant season all at once. It brings coldness that chills our bones, and darkness that shortens our days and binds our productivity, and for some unexplainable reason it pushes us closer together—humans to humans, and humans to their animals.

If you can’t tell we love our critters here at FFTB! We’re either rescuing, adopting, babysitting, cleaning up after them, feeding, washing them off after they’ve rolled and wallowed in the mud, snuggling up with them, making vet trips, having the vet come do farm calls and the list can go on and onnnn..

Recently we lost one of the farm cats to feline diabetes, his health may have had a different outcome but the brutality of this winter was just too much for him.  
Cloud was a special cat that loved dogs and food; he was the “king cat” who snuggled with whom he wanted at anytime he wanted. He let the other cats do all the “hunting” for him, he loved to frolic and hide in the garden, and he enjoyed lying out and sunbathing—he really was one of a kind!

(Snuggling with Hunter)

![Four cats sitting together on a snowflake-print fleece blanket against a stone wall](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/3626/8358/files/100_2315.jpg?v=1734501524)

![Golden retriever lying on a hardwood floor with a gray cat curled beside it](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/3626/8358/files/100_2278.jpg?v=1734501527)

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