It’s still summer, right? The calendar says so. Fall’s still a few days away and the trees haven’t begun to turn. The weather report for my town, however, suggests something else:
What?! Snow already? I heard on the news Rapid City got snow. That’s where one of my sisters lives. It’s only 156 miles (251.1km) north of here. Though it is in the Black Hills, it’s actually at a lower elevation (3202 ft. or 976 meters above sea level) than where I live (3967 ft. or 1209 meters above sea level). Rapid is farther north ( 44°04′.34″) than where I live, which is perched a little north of the 42° of north latitude. Yet, they often get the snow first, and we wipe our brows down here, smug to have avoided that first brush with inevitable cold weather. Not this time, though. They got it first, but we can look forward to getting it within a few hours. Ugh!
Aside from rain, snow, and the 13th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on American soil, today is one for ordinary tasks that won’t wait much longer: The boys have a grooming appointment this morning and they are regular hairballs in need of a trim.
I try not to telegraph my plans to the boys by showering and putting on going out clothes and shoes, but they pick up on things with amazing acuity. They are smart little fellows! Yes, my cats know something is different this morning, and the likelihood that it involves them is high. Even now, they are hiding in plain sight, muscles tensed and prepared to make the Great Escape when I come looking for them to put them in the carrier.
Andy can’t be fooled twice! And he holds grudges!
Andy may be the hardest one to catch since there are two things involving him this morning: his daily medicine dose and capture to go to the groomer. I need to catch him once for both because he will be 10 times harder catch a second time!
Dougy is a little easier to catch than Andy, but he’s a whiner when put in the carrier. “He’s put me in the carrier, Andy! Run and hide!” Yeah, a whiner and a squealer. It makes sense to try to catch him second for that reason.
I’m trying not to think about this little task for the moment. I swear the cats pick up on my thoughts through telepathy!
This is a beautiful shot of Andy and his precious face an beautiful eyes.
I hear you about thinking the cats have ESP. Ali was sitting clear in the window in the kitchen far side of the apt this morning, and i was thinking it about time for care giver to get here, and he helps me get her medication down her, and she ran under the bed and refused to come out.
Thank God caregiver has long arms and got her and she bother meds.
Have a good friday tomorrow.
I know how that medicine buisiness for cats can be! “Under the bed” is one of Dougy’s favorite tactics. Andy likes to go under the kitchen table, with similar results. Where Andy misses out, though, is he thinks if he can’t see me, he’s hidden! (Like a little kid!) Of course, I just reach in and pick him up when he does that. He always has a “What happened?!” look on his face when I do!
Snow? That’s awesome! Well, I think so. I mean, I need some cooler weather. Love the pic of the boys younger at the top.
The cooler weather is welcome, for sure! The photo at the top is from a screen print from a video made when the boys were kittens called “kitten wars IV”, which I present for your amusement here:
http://youtu.be/nSYeJ-o_ldg
They were just about three and a half months old at the time I shot this video.
*laughing* Gotta love it!
Then, like all children, they grew up, got sassy, and aren’t so cute anymore. 😉
I kid! They are pretty good cats most of the time, and those few lapses have more to do with my misdirection than their naughtiness.
SNOW!?!?
I don’t know if this is the earliest snow date for my area. I mean, I’ve seen snow falling on the 4th of July, but it melted before it landed. This stuff is supposed to accumulate, if only up to an inch. There is still the chance we are on the edge of the storm. Oftentimes, bad weather stops just south or just north of my town. It seems to be in a little micro-climate for everything, up to and including tornados.
Yikes! Weather certainly is a-changing these days!
I’m hoping it’s all melted off by midday tomorrow. It’s not supposed to be as heavy a snow as the one in Calgary – see next post, this blog….
Send some cool South please….LOL
Gladly!