I am about to share with y'all a wild story. Along with it being a wild story it also has a happy ending. Yesterday, Roy decided to go work out early and then run to the grocery store to pick up a few items. He loves grocery shopping and for this I am thankful. Our standard practice before driving the car up the driveway is to honk, bang on the front hood and do a visual inspection for cats or kittens. A couple of years ago, I had to spray water under the car to get the little ones moving. Roy even added to the ritual yesterday, he had to shut the trunk. When he got to the bottom of our road the mailbox was open, so he checked on that and with the shutting of the opening on the mailbox, he got into Mustang Sam and was on his way. It wasn't too long after Roy's departure that he called. His voice lowered and in soft halting sentences. My thought is oh no, he has been in a wreck but not that at all. With all the tree trimming going on around here by Duke Energy, parts of the main road become one lane take turns kind of thing. While stopped, a man in the truck behind him came up to his door to tell him he saw three kittens drop and run from underneath the car close to the former Exxon station. Roy was able to turn around and go back. He called me as he made the turn to go back and look for them. I went outside and searched long our road and the main road. We were both so upset. Roy looked all around the area, not a sign of them anywhere. He came back home and we opened the hood to see if there were any remains...nothing and for this we thanked God. Roy took some time to gather himself and retraced his route looking for them as he went along. I felt a hole in my heart cause I knew that one of the kittens was Coco, probably one of the Radley Juniors and a quad kitten. We call all the little solid black kittens quad for quadruple. There are many that have come this way over the years. I worked on my lesson with multiple breaks checking on Toupee and the kittens. In those breaks, I would go to the front yard and whistle the tune that calls them to feeding time. Those kittens know that tune. You cannot help but think that they didn't make it or they were injured and lost. My prayer was if found, people would be kind and help them. All day I checked on sites of lost and found animals...not a mention. We had brief but numerous rain showers late afternoon into early evening and that delayed supper time for the kittos. As soon as the rain let up, I fixed plates of yummy food and brought them out to the regular spot. Beanie and Toupee met me at the door and escorted me. I watched for a bit as the five remaining kittens came to eat supper and I whistled the food's on tune. Fluff Mo came running from underneath the deck and long with him he had three kittens, Coco, Radley Jr and Quad. I could hardly believe my eyes. I stood there a moment taking it in just in case this was some cruel trick of my imagination. No, they were there. Coco had some coral color paint on her but none the worse for ware. I hurried into the house and told Roy that the three who had gone on the great car adventure had returned home. He came downstairs and we watched them all eat. One of the big Quads arrived on cue to welcome the prodigals home with a fattened calf squirrel. As he came toward them I could not help but break out in song, 🎵Rejoice, rejoice our kittens have come home again, go kill the fattened calf squirrel🎵 After a bit of time, I looked out the window and all that was left of that squirrel was the tail, the bones of its arms and a few unidentified pieces. 🎵 Roy went out and got the plates as well as the bits and pieces but not the tail cause one of the kittens was using it as a toy and wouldn't give it up. Even though we consider near the former Exxon station nearby, that is a pretty good jaunt for kittens. Toupee, Fluff Mo and Beanie were not around that afternoon and maybe they went on a search, but really the three returning is quite the miracle.
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We needed this lazy Saturday morning. For us, we have had a busy week. We ended up Friday with a trip to Burnsville. Christy's Crafts had an open house and Lamp Post Vintage Market had a restock, So many cute things. One of my favorite vendors had more of her flowers made from book pages. She trims them in red and they are just beautiful. We bought a table top desk top as we are making plans to redo furniture and make our home to accommodate our living. We stopped in Burnsville first and then headed over to Christy's. Found many cute things but only purchases a few. Our next stop, Mars Hill and we timed it just right to stop at the new Mexican Food Restaurant, Taco Fiesta. It is something Fiesta not sure Taco is right. Yep, just checked it is Taco Fiesta. The food is good and I even had to get a to go box. Lunch menu good till 3:00. We waddled over to TJs for strawberries, onions, tomatoes and peaches. Then a quick visit to Ingles. The weather was great and we had the top down for most of the ride.
Roy is now the teacher for his Sunday School class. This is his first week working on a lesson. We talk about Jeremiah and our lessons are taking different approaches. That means the Word is alive and active, that's for sure. My emphasis is on the almond branch as well as Jeremiah accepting the call. He puts his lesson on his iPad and I write it out by hand in a notebook. Helps me remember it better. Jeremiah has never been on the top hit parade but so far, yes just the first chapter and intro, but so far I am encouraged by the study. I bought several books months ago to prepare and it is funny that two of the books are recommended in commentaries as great resources of study. The third book is a very technical book but I did find something for the lesson in it. The into to the book is like sixty something pages long.
Our garden is looking good. Lots of blackberries on the vines and tomatoes have little tomatoes showing. I need to go check the plum trees and the apple tree is right on course. At least we will not be overwhelmed with apples this year. Camo, now the matriarch of The Feral Fam made an appearance last night. I was able to get some food close by to her on the driveway. She ate keeping an eye on me because in all these years, she doesn't trust us.
Roy is leaving to go workout and has added spraying water under the car as part of the morning ritual of leaving. Don't think we will ever quite forget the miracle of the kittens.
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