Happy Gotcha Week!

Exactly one year ago today, Duncan found a puppy in the backyard, and Miss Darcy joined the family.

And exactly four years ago Wednesday, Duncan himself arrived:

So I suppose it's appropriate that they are spending most of their time this week hanging around hoping to play with puppy Sophie next door. At first it was just Duncan who seemed interested in her, but Darcy has discovered that Sophie loves to run up and down the fence, so they spend a lot of time playing.:

Duncan, whose interests lie less in running and more in peering benevolently but bemusedly through the fence at this small but noisy creature, is learning to jump aside briskly or get knocked over: