this week at Wildwood …..

Friday afternoon brought new kittens.

And these kittens brought about a new haircut for Mosely.

How would newborn kittens require a haircut for a kid?

Well.

If you’re nine and it’s dark outside and you want to check out the welfare and health of the brand spankin’ new kittens and you think it would be harsh to shine a bright light on a passel of newborn tinies then maybe you would decide to use a candle.

And if you’re Mosely you might think a birthday candle would be sufficient light for such an adventure.

You’d be wrong, of course.

Wrong on so many levels.

And in your error and in your excitement to see fresh faced kittens and in your frustration over your lack of adequate light you might lean in very close to all things kitty and all things flame.

That would be the exact moment in which new kittens would mean a new haircut.

Among the many lessons learned that evening was this: singed hair smells bad.