Late in the last week of October, I looked out the back window to see four very cute kittens playing in the back yard. I called Mer to come see, and she came and admitted that she and Ellen had seen them earlier but had wanted to keep me from knowing, since I would clearly try to capture them.

On Sunday the 30th, I managed to capture all four kittens. I got three in the first try, and the last one latter in the day. He was tough – he bit like a mad little thing. I stowed all four kittens in our spare bedroom, and I have been trying to socialize them to people ever since. We have no intention of keeping them, but I would like to try to get them a little more used to humans so they will be easier to adopt out. They sure are cute!

Monday the 31st was Halloween, and Mer and I continued our only tradition that we have managed to keep going every year – we carved pumpkins again; Mer figures it’s the sixteenth year we have done so, going back to even before we were dating.

I carved the outline of the TARDIS – the time machine that is used in the show Doctor Who. Mer needed some help in guessing that one. Mer tried to think of the scariest thing she could, and came up with the very strict “clean” diet we were on last February. As such, she carved a “no ice cream” pumpkin. It was amusing.