The White Stuff

"... You have GOT to be kidding me..."

    This morning I woke up early - around 1:15 - to find that the fire in the wood stove needed to be rebuilt and restarted.   Again, the same thing at 4:30!  Hmmm..  D'ya' think it must be cold outside or something?
Glancing out the window,  I saw that our little corner of the world was white.  We knew that there were predictions of snow or sleet or some sort of wintry mix, but, I was surprised anyhow.  It seems to me that most of the time when "they" predict snow, it doesn't happen.
     So, as the morning dawned everything had a dusting of white.  Not much to brag about.  We could see that it had rained first, then snowed into the rain puddles, creating a giant slush field in the back yard.  When we went out to feed the chickens, it rained again.  Then sleeted.  Then threw tiny pebbles like mini-hailstones which looked exactly like vermiculite.  Now, at 11 AM it's snowing.  Regular snowflakes.  I'm hoping it will accumulate just enough to get some pretty photos, but not counting it.  We'll see.


Bath time for CassPurr ...



      Speaking of white stuff, last Saturday Mr. CassPurr got a bath.  He had gotten a little bit funky, so Moshe decided he needed a bath.
Cassie actually tolerates it real well. He just stands there and gets scrubbed.  He looks fairly disgusted, but doesn't mew or howl.  What a funny boy!  Notice Moxie peeking in at him.  I think she was looking in, saying, "Nanny-Nanny-Boo-Boo." Little did she know that she was gonna' be next!
     A week later CassPurr is still clean and very soft.  Touching his fur is like touching cotton candy - without the stickiness !

Shalom Y'all
                                                          Twyla