It happened. Snow last night! I woke up around 11:30 and checked.
Such as it is, it’s wet, white, and on the ground.
The boys were really excited I was up during their part of the day, and especially when I opened the door. If you think the photo above is marginal, wait till you see the photos (heavily Photoshopped and cropped, granted) I took in the dark of the boys! I didn’t know if I’d get anything recognizable, but the little Nikon point-and-shoot’s capacitor built up a nice charge for the flash while the infrared focusing beam painted the dark with an eery red ray. Seconds passed before it took the photo, but they turned out to be recognizable photos of Andy and Dougy!
Dougy parked between my feet while I made the photo of the snowscape above.
Here you go: Andy (top) and Dougy meet after I closed the door. “What’s up, brother?” “Nothin’!” You get to see their post-grooming look, sort of. The infrared focusing beam decided Dougy’s tail was the subject of the photo, so it is nicely focused!
Dougy, again.
Andy decides to have a midnight snack a little early.
The question came up about the boys and snow. It happens the video archive has several examples of Andy and Dougy experiencing snow:
Oh no snow this early. The boys seem to be interested in it. We are hoping for a mild winter here.
I like enough snow to cover the ground for a short time, but not lots of it!
Not bad…
For snow? What happened to the kid-deep drifts I wanted?
Oh, remember those days!! Igloos every year!
Snowforts, using the drift that formed around a large limb broken off a tree by heavy snow….! So much snow, when the driveway was cleared, there was a six foot tall pile on the front yard that worked well for king of the mountain or downhill sliding….! Snow angels. Fox and geese in the vacant lot across the street….! Snowball fights till someone went home crying and the combatants scattered, pronto….!