Tag: weather

Why a Groundhog????

Categories Cats, Hemingway and Steinbeck15 Comments on Why a Groundhog????

Hemingway, why does a stupid groundhog get to have a whole day? I can easily look outside and see that winter is going to be around for many more weeks. I think we need to have a Steinbeck day. We could have fish tacos and catnip cake. I know all the humans would love that.

Well, I think we should have a Hemingway Day………and I’m not talking about that writer human who had cats with six toes. I think we need to celebrate me. Just look how regal I am. For my day, I want that salmon mouse stuff and tuna water martinis.

How can a fish be a mouse? I think you’re all confused. Did too many snowflakes hit you in the head when you were outside?

Instructions May Be Needed

Categories Cats, Hemingway and Steinbeck, sunshine10 Comments on Instructions May Be Needed

A very strange thing happened over the weekend.  It happened briefly on Saturday but happened again almost all day on Sunday.

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We had a bright light in the sky!!!

We haven’t seen that bright light in days and days and days………… Well, you get it.

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Still, I knew exactly what to do!  I plopped myself down in the biggest sun puddle I could find and I flashed my sparkly green eyes at Mom to let her know that I was very happy.  Mom said that she liked how my black whiskers showed up in the photo.  However, she didn’t like my messy bib so I did get a brushing later.

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I was busy telling the Cookie Jar Kitties that they should get in the sun puddles, but they weren’t moving.  Oh, and I also got a brushing even though my bib wasn’t messy.

Mom is actually the one who needed instructions on what to do when the sun shines.

She said she needed to take a class on how to put on sunglasses.

Of course first she had to find them!!!

It was a fun weekend.  What about yours?

Cold, Ice, Snow………..What’s Next?

Categories Cats, Hemingway and Steinbeck, winter16 Comments on Cold, Ice, Snow………..What’s Next?

We think we know why Mom is not a big fan of winter.

Well, we’re not big fans either.

True, but just think what we’ve been through in the past few days.  Last week the actual temperature was -30 and the windchill was around -50.

Isn’t most wind chilly?  At least in the winter.  That’s stupid to measure how chilly the wind is.  Humans……..

Anyway, then over the weekend it got warm and things started melting and it even rained.

Not a good plan, Mother Nature.

That’s right.  Mom went out to her car on Monday morning and before she knew it, she was kneeling in the driveway and couldn’t get up.  All around her was ice covered with water and there was no traction.

We promise we didn’t laugh.

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I may have giggled around the cookie jar…….just a little.  But I only did that when I knew Mom was okay.  Even she admits that she looked kind of funny trying to get up.  She told us later that she kind of scooted over the water-covered ice so she could grab hold of her car.  Maybe if she had paws instead of feet with shoes on them, she might have been able to get some traction.  She got up, looked at us, kind of smiled and headed to work.

Now today the angels are busy dusting and they have feathers and dust flying all over the place.  Mom’s view at work got shortened with all that stuff flying around.

They must be working really hard ‘cuz the dust and feathers are flying all over the place.  Everywhere we look outside, it’s white.  Sometimes we can’t even see across the street.

I bet Mom wishes she had stayed home with us.

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By the time Mom got home tonight, this is what it looked like.

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Mom……….the angels just dusted up a storm today!!!

July Sunday Selfies by Hemingway

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Mom said I can be the star today since Little One got to do it yesterday.  We’ve had all sorts of weather today.  We’ve had rain, wind, blue skies, sunshine, clouds.  We did manage to get outside for a bit but we had to time it very carefully!

Here’s my selfie for the first of July.

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Check out all our other “furiends” at the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop hosted by our dear “furiends” at the Kitties Blue house.

This and That on a Wednesday Night

Categories Cats, Hemingway and Steinbeck, spring16 Comments on This and That on a Wednesday Night

imageedit_17_9906361773Hemingway, do you think Mom will let us go outside?

Why would you want to go out there, Steinbeck?  It’s still cold. I like being inside where it’s warm.

But that white stuff is disappearing.

Did you hear the wind today?  That wasn’t a warm wind.  I think we should stay inside.

But look what Mom took pictures of tonight when she got home.

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Look at all those green things sticking up out of the cold ground?  Do you think they are related to catnip?  Do you think they know catnip and can tell it to start growing?

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And look here.  See……..there’s a little bit of color showing.  Doesn’t that mean it’s warm?

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And look at that spot of color!  I think that’s gorgeous.  I think I should have a catnip toy made out of that color.  I could really celebrate spring then.

Steinbeck, I think spring got lost.  Even Mom is beginning to wonder if the spring’s GPS stopped working.  She got excited about that little bit of color tonight, but she said it’s going to get cold again.

So does that mean we’re going to have to stay inside the rest of our lives????

If it means not going to the doctor’s house, I’m fine with that.

Sunday Selfie

Categories Cats, Hemingway, Sunday Selfies

I decided to post my “Mr. Charismatic” look today.  Mom says she loves my shiny black furs and my white furs that look like snow.  We don’t have any snow here yet and that’s really strange.  Mom hasn’t even been turning on her “bun warmers” in the car.  I still sleep on her head at night just in case she might get cold.

I hope you enjoy my selfie and I hope everyone has a fantastic week!!

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Don’t forget to check out what our other friends posted for their selfies.

 

Would You Believe………..

Categories Cats, Hemingway and Shakespeare, weather15 Comments on Would You Believe………..

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This is what I think of what happened outside today!!!

Mom!!!!  Have you looked outside?  The flour fairies came back and they really made a big mess out there!  Hemingway and I would have chased them away but you were at work and we are not supposed to go outside when you’re not here.  We did try showing them our grumpy faces, though!

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Mom would really like to have Flower Fairies in the yard instead of those naughty Flour Fairies!

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Mystery Solved!

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I’m sure all of you readers were sitting out there wondering if we would get snow and how deep it would be.

Mom says we got dumped on!

Here are some pictures she took last night.  They aren’t real good ‘cuz she was so late getting home.

She was late giving us supper!

We got it, Shakespeare, so quit whining.  Anyway, as I was saying, it was still snowing when Mom took the pictures and the battery on her camera was low.  Just take our “meows” for it that we got lots of snow!

Mom said over ten inches so I think that would definitely touch our tummies if we went outside.

We’re staying inside and that’s for sure!

Mom’s car waiting to get into the driveway.
Poor evergreen has heavy snow on it….but it looks pretty!
Under all that snow is wood.
The backyard is all white now.

I’m Grumpy!

Categories Cats, Hemingway14 Comments on I’m Grumpy!

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This is not a happy face.  Not only did we have zero degrees for a bit, then we went even below that so Mom said we had minus degrees.  Great.  Now we owe some degrees for it to get to zero again.  It’s not fair!  I want the green grass back so I can roll around in it.  I want to listen to the birdies.  I want to splash in the bird bath.  I want to look for little bugs on the ground.  Instead I’m stuck inside with Mom and Shakespeare and none of us are very happy in this cold!!!  Could you please send some warm this way????  Thank you very much!!