Tuck (aka Tuckmeister) is the new kid(dy) on the block. He was found in a shelter weighing 8 pounds and almost no hair from being on his own for who knows how long. His constant purring won john and joyce's hearts and they took him home. After one year, this extremely gentle Maine Coon now weighs 17 pounds and talks/purrs constantly. He tells john and joyce when they have visitors to the pond. Right now, he isn't sure what to think of the 3 1/2 foot blue heron with a wing span of 6 feet that flies in each morning for brunch.

p.s. (2006): "tah" now weights 21 pounds. He often sleeps next to john in bed all night. joyce jokes that they are going to have to get a king-size bed.