Pitooey!

We've had some great cats...

Wally-Mart ('bet you can't guess where we got him),

Huey,

Lihue (pictured above--we got him right after

our family reunion in Kauai), and

Pitooey!

(He was a stray that was brought into the clinic.

We got him in July of 2008.)

Pitooey was quite the character.

He put up with us and our shananigins.

He loved to be scratched right under the chin.

(He'd even retrack his claws and use his paw

to move your hand exactly where he wanted to be

itched.)

He'd follow the kids out to the school bus each morning.

We kept him outside, but on rare occasions,

N8 would bring him in to watch t.v.

He would explore every car that visited our home, artistically placing paw

prints across each windshield.

He'd lie happily and quietly as we'd cradle him.

Yesterday morning, we couldn't find him anywhere.
He didn't report for breakfast.
No matter how we called, he didn't come.
We searched and searched.
N8 finally found him in the horse corral near the street.
He must have been hit by a car.
He was heading home and couldn't quite make it.
We cried.
Then we made him a resting spot.
We will really miss him.
He was a very unique (and loved) cat.