Cool and Quiet

Mrrrrr Friends,

It's been a lazy weekend and quite chilly - even for an adventurous, furry guy like me. Temperatures in the morning, when our people get up, are in the single digits. Nevertheless, I need to go outside.

Primarily, I need to pee, and a cat should always be able to go outside and do his business if he pleases. Normally, there are a lot of great places in the yard, but the snow and frozen ground make it tough on a fella.

Fortunately, Oom didn't have time to finish her latest stone laying project under the back porch, so there's a whole world of loose dirt behind the house. This is handy for dirt baths, and Alex loves a good roll in the dirt. And the area is just begging for holes to be dug and presents to be buried. For some reason, Oom isn't too thrilled about this development, but all the cats in the neighborhood know about it, and it's important to my social standing to make my mark and keep it prominent.

After doing my duty, I like to take a walk down to the brook. Sometimes, I get Oom to give me a lift and she takes me to my bench. It's got a nice view.

Look at the ice hats growing on the rocks...I guess this is how ice-over starts?

I don't think our little brook is going to freeze up entirely, but, as one of my readers has noted, ice-over might create a paw-bridge to the other side. Then the fun will begin...