Say hello to Billy, one of two sweeties that I adopted when a neighbor died.  He's a selfish little boy, but I love him.
Those are the 'luster raku' beads in front of him.  To his left are the plastic containers that I collect customers' orders in.

Billy likes to sleep on the beads, so I've made him the Purebeads mascot.  Sleeping on the beads is better than peeing on the beads, which is what my roommate's cat Gizmo (below) used to do in New York.  Despite his bad habit, I miss Gizmo terribly.

Here are Gizmo and his 'brother' Milo sleeping at the front door in New York.  Yes, Milo is sleeping on a stuffed cat, which they used as a playmate.  (And yes, the floor was quite dirty at the time.  I should use my editing skills to edit out the dirt.)