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The showers may bring flowers, but it doesn’t help for getting much outdoor work done around here. It’s cold, and damp and no fun to do anything outdoors.
This morning I finished the chemise I had started a couple days ago. It turned out to be just what I wanted. It will be added to the Thornton Square line of clothes.
We are getting over two dozen eggs a day now. The chickens are out everyday, and having a ball. It is fun to watch them run all over the yard chasing things. Thank heavens the cats don’t chase them.
The cats do however chase every leave that blows across the yard. They are having fun, and we have fun watching them. I was sure they would be upset at us for making them outdoor cats, but I think their fun makes up for it. They have acres and acres to run and scamper after things that move. Puca, who we thought was going to be “wild” has tamed out well. Pyewacket is sweet, but now prefers to chase Puca over being in my lap. Oh, they grow so fast.
Saturday we are helping out at the library with the kids Easter Egg Hunt. We are donating the eggs for the kids to color.  I have hard boiled some white eggs, green eggs, and brown eggs. It’ll be alot of fun.

Pyewacket walked into the barn yesterday, and has yet to show herself. Now mind you, our barn is 3 floors and is jammed packed with all sorts of stuff from feed for the animals to furniture from the house. She could be anywhere. We thought for sure she would come back for supper last night, but we haven’t seen her since. I do hope she is finding a warm fuzzy place to sleep.

Today was the kittens first day out. They stood at the back door, and gazed at this whole big new world ahead of them. They watched in awe, as the chickens ran freely around the yard. They were to afraid to leave the stoop.
A stray dog showed up, and we tied him up near the dog pen. This was even more of a reason for Puca and Pyewacket to stay indoors. They have had enough from the dogs who already reside here, never mind a wacky stray pup.
The dog officer picked up the black lab puppy shortly after lunch, but they still wouldn’t venture out to much past the door. Read the rest of this entry »

We picked up Puca (pronounced pooka) this morning. He is so cute, but not as friendly as his sister. When I picked him up at the store, he hissed, bit, and scratched at me. He ran off and hid behind the the stack of trellis’. Fiesty little fur ball he is. I got him settled into my jacket, and he calmed down. After a couple errands we came home and put him up with Pyewacket. It was as if she said, “hey I know you, you are my family”. they tucked away under the bed together and there they were for a good part of the day.

While in the big city of Conway today for Derek’s birthday, we went into the feed store to pick up some chicken food. I sat in the car. When Michael came back to the car he said, “they are giving away kittens in there.” Of course, I had to go see for my self.
The lady let me hold one, and I knew she was going to be perfect. She is a gray tiger, with white paws, and we were originally going to call her Mittens, but thought that was just too common. We remembered seeing the Jimmy Stewart movie Bell, Book & Candle. The cat in that movie was Pyewacket. Kim Novak’s character used Pyewacket to put spells on people. It was a great movie.
We decided that Pyewacket would need a friend. We knew that one her siblings would be the best fit. We called them back and she was willing to hold the last one. Great!
The only thing…I forgot to ask if it was a boy or a girl.