Dear Joe, It was a early and lovely summer evening here at the Bridge. And while yes we do have summers, they are the dreamy sort of summers that are nice and enjoyable, and are a comfy sort of warm where it that makes everyone feel nice and lazy and ready for a refreshing cup of something cool with just a sprig of mint in it. At any rate, I was sitting on my porch, with a few of my brothers and sisters, enjoying that nice chilled glass of ferretone, when I saw Hobbes coming my way. I remember seeing him crest the hill to my cottage and so I knew there was a greeting to be done, so I sat down of glass of ferretone and went to hug him, and as I gently wrapped my paws around him, and held him close, I chanced a look over his shoulder and also cresting the hill - if you can believe it - where HUNDREDS of ferrets and each and everyone of them was carrying a single sock! I stood back from Hobbes and asked him what was going on! He just laughed at the look on my face and said as clear as day, "Ever hear of the Heavenly Kouri Fan Klub?", and then he paused and giggled and then threw his arm out towards the crowd and said, "Well here they are! And they are here to help you greet a very special fur kid named Rowdy." Well the next thing I knew I was in the middle of a crowd, of fuzz and introductions were being made! There was Lily, and Stormy, and Harley Bear (whose the Heavenly Korui Fan Klub's President) and there was Jubilee, Niki, Liz, Minky, Geiger, Miss Dixie and Kit, and so many many others. I was so overwhelmed at the amount of love and warmth that each and every one of these ferrets had that I knew this greeting was going to be something most wonderful. What made this day even better is that is fell on the 4th of July and we ALWAYS have the most spectacular fire works show up here. Knowing this and wanting to make Rowdy's arrived as grand as possible I quickly grabbed Hobbes and I asked him to get to the fire work fuzzits and ask them to put of the usual fan fair until Rowdy arrived, because I wanted to make this something special. Then we got everyone together and off we went to the Bridge. It was really a wonderful trip too, because our path was lined with forever sparklers. It was all so festive and everyone was laughing and singing and just enjoying the evening. As we got to the bridge I found it was beautifully decorated in red, white and blue bunting and there were sparklers everywhere to be seen. So we all sat, holding our single socks close to our chest, wringing them in anticipation - oh and Harley Bear was kind enough to loan me one - and we waited. It took about 10 minutes but then the Bridge began to glow this brilliant white and the fire works began to fire off and then came Rowdy. His arrival was both as simple and as magnificent as one can imagine, and then he was lost in a great crowd of love and fuzz and everything good that comes from coming home back to heaven and the Big Guy. So I am reporting that he got here safely, and he is whole and he is happy, but most of all he is surrounded by the love of every member of the Heavenly Kouri Fan Klub! In Love & In Comfort, Pie O' Pah [Posted in FML 6384]