DUFFY - we wanted a name beginning with D, and by process of elimination came up with Duffy - as in my daffy, Duffy darling.

REESE - I opened the box and saw this pathetic creature and immediately thought Rhesus Monkey. In actuality, I should have thought Capuchin - due to the *cap* of gray on her white head. But it was Rhesus, and REESE she became - instantly. Also known as Miss Priss.

ABBY - Abigail means source of delight. I had her picture on the web before I had her, and she looked like an Abigail. Now she is Abby, or Abby-dabby- doodlebug. And a source of constant delight to us.

GRADY - this is one of those *POOF* cats. He started life up the street, but ended up in our yard last September. They have never missed him; far as I know they have never even looked for him. Anyway, we started out calling him Little Gray - he's charcoal colored. But he grew, and grew, and grew some more. He was used to the sound of *gray* - so became Grady.

RED - a one-eyed stray who wandered into our life last winter. I called him Red because I needed to call him something. Now he's ours, all ours. I tried to change Red to Rudy - he got depressed. I'm working on Ben, as in Big Ben, right now; until then he is Red.