Orville the famous

A few weeks ago we attended an outdoor church service inspired by St. Francis and held on St. Francis day at the local church we have attended since moving to Des Moines. Pets were invited to the service and were blessed during the celebration. A newspaper photographer came and took many pictures.




Orville ended up on the Des Moines Register website. Colbert elected not to go so he missed his chance at stardom. Orville was well behaved and sat comfortably on our laps during the entire event, much to our surprise. At home he rarely holds still and is best behaved when he is sleeping. Maybe we should take him to church more often.

Orville the hunter

This weekend Josh was napping peacefully on the couch and I was folding laundry. We had the windows and sliding glass door open to enjoy one of the last beautiful days of the year. The open door also facilitated the ins/outs of the cats with out the need for meowing every 5 minutes to go in or out.

When I returned from the bedroom after putting away laundry I saw that Orville had come in. And he had something in his mouth. It was a bird he had found outside. Luckily, it was very much dead and after some coaxing he gave it up. I took it back outside far from the house. When i got back he was sitting on the patio with a disappointed look on his face. Thank goodness I saw him with it, otherwise we would have found it weeks later, probably in one of his hiding spots inside the couch or behind the oven.