Poco and Tink

On Thanksgiving Day this past year, a calico cat showed up on our front porch and she hasn't left since. We did not feed her for the first 3 weeks she was there, but she continued to stay anyway. I think she just wanted some attention, which Dana and Jordan lavished on her everytime we went out the front door.

One day a couple of months ago we noticed we had 5 cats in our driveway, which led us to believe we would soon have kittens. Sure enough 4 weeks ago "Poco"(we named her pocohantus because she showed up on Thanksgiving)had a litter of 4 kitten in a chiminea in our backyard. Dana was thrilled!!! We didn't handle the kittens and only peeked at them when Poco was eating. On Sunday morning, 2 weeks ago, we woke up to find that she had moved them all. Dana was devastated!!! We were pretty sure she moved them to a hole in between the neighbors 1st and 2nd floor. Poco was still hanging around, but no kittens to be seen. Today we looked out our front door and there was Poco and one little black kitten. It looks like she may be the only one left. Dana named them all the day they were born, and she is sure that this one is "Tink". So that is the story of how the Long family sort-of got a cat, which they never thought would happen in a million years.