I like threads like this...

When I first got married I asked my husband if we could adopt 2 kittens...a boy and a girl. Since I love Winnie the Pooh and the female was a tiger stripe she was named Tigger....her brother, who was almost her twin in the stripe department....was named Tony for Tony the Tiger of Kellog's.

Next came Smokey and because he is completely grey he was named Smokey Joe.

Next was Tucker and because she was a stray and I could not get close to her for quite some time I wanted a name that I felt could apply to either a boy or a girl.

Mystic was supposed to be Merlin....but Merlin turned out to be a girl and therefore no longer applied. Seeing that she is almost entirely black (except for a big white spot on her tummy) I wanted something "witchy"...so Mystic (as in Mystical). Her other name is Flubby Ann....because her tummy is so, shall we say, plush.

Last but certainly NOT least is Abner.......well what can I say about Abner....the name just came to me when I first say him and the name stuck. His full name is Abner James but I also call him Abbey which confuses my mom because Abbey is for a girl.

So that's how my crew got their names.