This is the condolence card that the vet sent for Frank. My vet's office is very nice, they always send cards when they know that a pet has died. Sometimes I forget to expect a card, so it's a bittersweet reminder of an old friend.

I'm over the shock of Frank's death, and I've only called Earl Grey "Frank" once, but I still miss him. His lovely song, as he tried to wake all the other Finsters, first thing in the morning; the way he peered at Tea and Earl Grey when they sang their Hunka Hunka Burning Love songs; the way he chewed on everything in the cage. As the vets always remind me, I gave him the best life I knew how, and he lived a pretty long life for a Finster. Here's a nice way to remember him, hanging out with all his Finster buddies (photo left deliberately small due to all the poop on the dirty perch). From the left: Frank, Cinnamon or Cassia, Ginger, Oolong, Earl Grey.