We had our annual open house along with the Effingham official tree lighting ceremony. During the open house, we allowed children of many ages to unleash their artistic skills by coloring with chalk on the floors. Pictured is Megan’s rendition of a lion. (She is a future budding artist for certain.)

The tree lighting just outside our little hamlet of shops, is a town wide event where residents gather in the historic church, sing carols, listen to a concert and then walk down the street to an unbelievably huge tree. After singing a few carols and generally blocking all hopes of traffic passing by, a count down begins to the tree lighting. This huge monster of a tree can be seen in two states. (Of course it helps that it’s right on the state line.) It’s a great community event with a spirit that you just don’t find in too many towns.

Pyewacket and Puca had their first vet check today. They got their shots, and she cleaned out their ears. I guess they had ear mites. Something not uncommon in small kittens. They usually get it from their mother. They also had flea dirt. Something mom passes on as well. I have a feeling that their mother wasn’t as well taken care of as she should have been. Sad. I do hope the other adopted kitten gets to get a vet check. Otherwise, that home will be infested with fleas in a short time.

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.