if you pray

It's been a long and very difficult week and I don't really want to talk about it.  Our brand new Penny is very, very sick.  She has an infection that's filled her lungs with fluid and made it difficult for her to breathe. For now, the vet is keeping her and trying to treat the infection with antibiotics, but we were told the sitatuation is very life threatening.

So if you pray, please pray for my tiny Penny.

update:  Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.  The vet found three cancerous tumors causing the infection, and there wasn't anything more she could do.  Even though we didn't know Penny for very long, we loved her and miss her dearly.

Franc makes a friend

With our frequent focus on baby animals, it was only a matter of time before this site single-bloggedly doubled the volume of cuteness on the internet.  Meow we've done it!  Abe surprised me with this little sugar plum on Christmas Eve.

Excute the purrr quality picture.  New kitties don't cooperate and neither does my poor excuse for a camera phone.

At first, Franc wasn't so sure about his new buddy, who we immediately dressed in a Santa hat and named Penny. (What?  You don't have appropriately sized holiday gear at-the-ready for adopted baby animals?  No offense, but it's no wonder all of the wee little ones congregate at our place instead of at yours.)  It wasn't that Franc felt jealous of her festive attire - he has his own, obviously.  He just had to be sure that there was enough love to go around.  And there was.

Penny's been with us for a month now, and we've had so much fun getting to know each other.  These are her favorite things:  all kinds of people food (seriously, watch out), sleeping on top of the house plants, watching movies, and kisses.  When she's lonely, she looks all over the house for someone to love while she meows and meows.  And when she's startled, she jumps straight up in the air with all four legs at the same time.

We wish you a Merry Christmas

What do you get when you mix a grumpy man in plaid with a ten-second self-timer, three homemade Santa hats, a year-old coon hound mix, a chicken, a woman precarious in heels and a cat?

Depends who you ask.

Man?-------------------------------One more shot...  [the liquor kind]

Chicken? ---------------------------Paranoid personality disorder

Dog or cat?  ------------------------CHICKEN FINGERS!  Please oh PLEASE!

Woman -----------------------------One more shot!  [the picture kind]  Let me try one more time.  Just one more?

Welcome to the annual Kovach family Christmas photo.

 

collage courtesy of Ben Depp

We'll give you another chance to take our Christmas photo next year.

Payment in shots.  You guess which kind.

 Have a happy, happy holiday!

Love, Carolina Backyard Farm

Pumpkin pie to you and to yours

Happy Francsgiving!

My favorite turkey dressed for the occasion.  He's thankful that Thanksgiving only comes once a year.