Up too early, but enjoying a cool wet morning sitting on the porch with the cats, drinking coffee and listening to the rain and the 7AM chimes — my grandfather clock, the two sets of church bells down the street, and my over-sized windchimes here on the porch. Came to the realization yesterday that of the two contract gigs I had to choose from last December, I picked the right one. Just sayin’.

He’s a little bugger, seen next to the can I scooped him up in, but I swear he’s smiling. Originally uploaded by AllisonStein I found this little guy in my living room, all coiled up with his belly exposed. On first glance, I thought he was just another cat toy… until I realized that he just wasn’t furry enough….. so after a few OMG!s and WTF!s and and EEW! EEW! EEW!, I scooped him up…