It’s supposed to get to 80°F (26.7°C) today, something more like summer than early spring. I’m sure my boys will like it, given the African origins of domestic cats, but I’m not ready for hot weather.
Andy on top; Dougy in the tub.
How cliché!
The doors can be left open, though, and the fresh air is appreciated after the stale winter air of three male animals locked in a small place is replaced with a sweet breeze!
Cats may have started in Africa but from the looks of your guys, I’d say the family tree ran through Scandinavia at some point.
They have a Persian mother and a Birman father. They are smallish cats (10-11 pounds or 4,5 to 5 kilograms). I’m unaware of any Northern European influences in their genetic heritage…!
I will be so happy when the warmer weather hits here also. Management came and replaced all of the window screens this morning and I am grateful fro that. Am looking forward to the sweet breezes blowing though and airing us out after a long winter even though it was warmer than usual.
I think of April as the time I can start leaving my bedroom window open a bit at night for the fresh air. It’s oftentimes a bit frigid, but that makes things just more cozy under the blankets! I’d have fresh air all the time if I could!
80s! I can’t even!
It is unreal!
Wait, just two weeks ago you were posting SNOW-photos, weren’t you?
The weather is highly variable this time of year, lots of extremes. If it snows, it generally is a heavy (“heart attack snow”) wet snow that’s miserable to scoop.
Are you joshing us? In the 80’s….unbelievable my friend…..ruddy unbelievable. Mom gets all excited if the temperature stays above freezing at night. We want to get our seeds from the growing lamp in here out to the greenhouse but the window that raises when it is warm in the greenhouse is shut tighter than a drum. You’re just lucky….ya, that’s it….lucky.
Shoko, Kali and their mom
Knowing this time of year, in a few days, we could be scraping ice off our car windows! The rule of thumb is the last killer frost for this area is around May 15th. Of course, with nice days before that last killer frost, vulnerable plantings (fruit trees and lilacs) sometimes get their buds nipped, greatly reducing the floral show in late spring. Some years, though, everything makes it through, and everywhere in town there is the scent of lilac wafting and hanging in the air: Quite nice!
Wow, quite a change from last week for you. I now expect to see photos of flowers…:)
That’d be nice! It’s getting close to the time the apple trees blossom out, too…in a few weeks. At this elevation and latitude, though, things come in slowly compared with where you live.,
It will be nice to see them when the blooms are gone here.
I look forward to the apple blossoms, which are a short show. The lilacs last longer and are much more fragrant. I always loved lilac time!
80!!!!!!!! That’s insane! We hit our high of -2C.
The tongue of blazing temperatures slipping up from Mexico and the Gulf surely will reach you shortly. It encompassed the middle half of the USA, and looked like it might be headed your way. I saw a video where it’s snowing today in Berlin, Germany, so it could be worse!
LOL, Always nice to hear that sister will have something further to complain about in Berlin.
I checked and yes it is moving up here, but when it hits the cold air we’ll get rain. But I like that, it will help wash away the snow faster. I can see a bit of ground in small patches around the yard. 🙂
https://youtu.be/Re5dMZjPKk8
Well, it wasn’t much of a storm, from the video, but snow is snow!
It’s still nice to see someone else get it for a change. 🙂
I concur!
Especially my sister. 😀
It had a shower of sleet when I got home from the supermarket half an hour ago …
I’m happy to say it’s clear and sunny but -8C . 🙂
At 5:37 AM, it’s 52°F (11°C). I guess we have another warm day ahead of us down here…!
7:41AM sunny, clear, -7C. Calling for snow tomorrow!
Saw another German video this morning where there was a huge storm (rain turning to snow, with strong winds, thunder and lightning!). Don’t know about Berlin, but the Stuttgart area looks like it’s getting drenched. I presume weather will drift eastward, so maybe your sister has something to look forward to later today or tomorrow!
https://youtu.be/-QuNol6xHQk
I’ll have to tell my Dad. He just got back from Germany yesterday, He was complaining about the cold. But I think it’s better than Germany right now. 😀
From the video, I’d say probably so!
I emailed it to him. 😀
That should make him feel better about the chill there!
OPPS we’re expecting snow tomorrow!!! 🙂
We’re not…! 🙁
Stay tuned for some fun pictures tomorrow! 🙂
Will be there!
We have about 8 too ~8 not -8
Not too cold, certainly better than -8°C! 🙂
We made it up to -2. Just warm enough to get ready for another snow storm coming tonight and tomorrow. 🙂
We’ll probably have more snow before it’s all over, too, but I’m enjoying the unseasonal warmth for the moment.
Take full advantage. We still have “April showers” to put up with. 🙂
I love spring rainstorms!
Better than snow. 🙂
Overcast and cool here today.
It snowed here overnight, too, the nights are significantly colder. And it was rather rainy yesterday evening, before I got home.
It actually was pretty chilly here last night, too — below freezing a bit.
It’s snowing here now, as predicted. 🙂
You wishing ill upon your dear sis?!
Ugh! I hate sleet! When I was still working, I’d come home for lunch. If it sleeted, It took a huge part of my lunch hour just getting ice off the windows, then there was the matter of driving safely on icey roads. Not fun!
I am not a fan of the hot weather either, but I would take about 10 of those degrees so it could be in the 50’s here.
I’d gladly send them your way, too!
I’m having trouble getting my post to post. Do they take turns sitting on the crate and the tub?
Ahhh…success at last.
Do they take turns sitting on the crate and the tub?
In theory, the carrier is Andy’s domain. The tub was supposed to be for Andy (since Dougy claims the original one like it…!), but Dougy took it over, too. I guess he figures “his” tub magically hops across the room to be on the settee when he’s over there or hops back to the floor on the other side of the room when Dougy’s there…!
It has been in the 70s during the day here Doug, and yes it is good to air out the place after a being closed up for winter! The cats love a good seat in front of an open window, especially if there is a bird feeder on the other side. 🙂
Andy is a screen climber, and has pulled a screen or two off the window in his excitement to avoid Dougy or to get at a bird. My big concern, then, is him jumping out the window to “freedom”, something he’s never experienced. I don’t make them wear collars since they are inside cats, though they are microchipped just in case they were to get loose and lost. That said, the doors seem adequate for keeping them inside but able to connect with outside through the screen, and the front door overlooks a bird feeder…!
I solved that problem here by buying those sliding screen windows at the local hardware store and putting them inbetween the kitties and the real screen window.
That’s a thought!