Cat Toy Project status report added, finally.

Posted by Kim.

Sorry, I took so long to do this. I've been flying kites practically every day. So addictive. One day I would like to fly a kite higher than a crow can fly. It’s not easy!

Anyway, today Drittens and I have been experimenting a lot with this website. I haven't used it in such a long time I actually forgot how to use it. So instead of me showing him how to do things we are both kind of learning how to do things at the same time.

If you like to crochet, you'll probably find this post interesting. If not, perhaps you'll like the lantern project we'll be posting on Thursday.

Go to the Cat Toy Project status report. >>

Tomorrow happens to be Drittens's birthday. This afternoon we all took a break and went marketing together so that tomorrow morning we can make a cake! It's going to be fun, and then we will eat it!

~k.

Say "hello" to Drittens

Posted by Pinky.

This is Drittens. Sometimes we call him T.C. We just had his graduation ceremony (and party) yesterday and now he’s officially a working member of the Pinky Show team.

Drittens and Bunny, on one of their walks in Tümpisa, a.k.a. Death Valley.

After several years of training under Bunny, and then more time with Daisy & me, today is Drittens's first official day of  work at the desert studio. (He started with... vacuuming?) Tonight I will interview him so that all of you can get to know him better. As soon as I'm done transcribing it I will post it in the Dialogues area. Kim and I are very happy and excited for him to be working full time on Pinky Show stuff. (Mimi is finally 100% back to her doctor-work; her leg is much better now, thank you for asking!)

I know the coming year will be a good one! I wish all of you, our dear friends, a wonderful year.

Please take care,
pinky

Halloween story.

Posted by Kim.

Pinky has been encouraging me to do more creative activities instead of just reading comic books and playing video games. So I decided to write down this story for you. I didn't invent it myself - actually it's a story that my friend told me a while ago at kitten school. But since I forgot all the details I'm sure my version is pretty different and probably much better than the original.

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The Ribbon: A short story retold by me, Kim.

Once upon a time there was a man that was very lonely.

One day he met a woman - she was perfect: intelligent, kind, funny, patient, and beautiful beyond imagination. They fell in love and finally he wasn't lonely any more. 

There was only thing that he thought was kind of odd about her - she always wore the same thing every day. It was a nice outfit - a dark blue dress with cream-colored trim and a satin ribbon around her neck - but isn't it a little bit strange to wear the same thing every day? "Perhaps," he thought to himself, but he quickly reminded himself how lucky he was to have her in his life.

On the day they were married she said to him, "I will love you forever and take good care of you, but don't ever ask me about this ribbon on my neck, and never, ever try to touch it or remove it. Promise me." "Of course, I promise," he agreed.

Their marriage turned out to be very happy. Many years went by and every time he looked at his wife the man thought "She is wonderful, I love her so much." And sometimes, he also found himself thinking, "Why is she wearing that ribbon, and I wonder why I can't ask her about it?"

For years he never said a word about her ribbon, and he certainly never touched it. But as the years passed he found himself thinking about it more and more. And the urge to touch it was almost overwhelming. 

One night, as she lay sleeping next to him in bed, the man again found himself looking at his beautiful wife with her ribbon, and he realized he could not bear it any longer. "What is so special about this ribbon?", he thought. He reached over and gently touched her ribbon. She didn't wake, she was fast asleep. Very slowly, he carefully untied the ribbon. Her head fell off.