This is Stacey and Emmanuel's lovely house in the country. That first window on the left is our bedroom. It's just beautiful here, and the birds are chirping like crazy today, after a night of thunder, lightning, and heavy rain.

We met Twisty and Lancelot last night. Twisty is the adorable kitty, and Lancelot is the horse. You'll see in the photo that he is wearing a bug mask to protect him from insect bites. Part of our routine will be to change that mask every three days and to rub him with a solution that soothes the itch.

Twisty welcomed us with a nice gift of mouse. Fortunately, we saw him before he came through the cat door. Stacey told me to just say "no" to him, and it worked! He stopped, devoured the whole mouse, then came in. What a good kitty!