nanila | Snow Day

In case anyone failed to notice the ill-contained excitement of their friends in Southern England, we have had snow. Snow falls in significant quantities here perhaps once or twice a year and it isn't usually so obliging as to fall at the weekend, so everyone's gone a little mad about it. We had about 10 cm of it in Cambridge. The bloke & I went for a walk around Coldhams Common. We met many ecstatic children and dogs. And a punk rock snowman. Then we came home and met Telstar, who was thrilled about the snow. Sputnik...not so much, as you will see under the cut.

[Hovercat can pass over snow without getting his paws wet and cold.]

Sputnik stays warm.

Brushing off the hood of our car.

Punk rock snowman.

Bounding through the snow!

Be vewwy vewwy quiet. I'm hunting hoomin.

Hoomin throwin me a Snowball!

I'll catch it!

Where did it go?!

I am perplexed.

I will keep a lookout for Snowball.

Since he possesses the attention span of a cat, Telstar's snowball vigil lasted exactly as long as it took him to work out that we were headed back into the nice toasty warm house.

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Date: 2012-02-05 09:25 pm (UTC)

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capri

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So much prettier than the snow here! The snow on the car looks like cake. I am (virtual) poking half-heartedly at the photos I took this morning wondering what to do with them.

Date: 2012-02-06 01:04 am (UTC)

foxfirefey

Oh man I love hovercat.

Date: 2012-02-06 04:33 am (UTC)

meloukhia

Awwww. Kitties in snow are so hilarious.

Date: 2012-02-06 10:51 am (UTC)

nanila

The snow is gone from West London. It's still hanging on in Cambridge, but it'll likely be turned to compacted ice by the time I get home tonight.

Date: 2012-02-06 10:52 am (UTC)

That was such a lucky shot. I love how wild his eyes look, and the twitch of his ears.

Date: 2012-02-06 10:53 am (UTC)

Telstar kept putting his nose under the snow and lifting chunks of it with his face. I assume he'd been watching us shovel and was trying to help!

Date: 2012-02-06 12:56 pm (UTC)

surexit

Oh, this is adorable.

Date: 2012-02-06 05:53 pm (UTC)

xylie

While I'm with Sputnik on the snow situation, Telstar does make it look fun. Hovercat forever.

Date: 2012-02-06 06:29 pm (UTC)

yvi

Oh, very cute!

Date: 2012-02-06 11:46 pm (UTC)

Tonight he was being a Sink Cat whilst the bloke was having a bath. Then one of his mischievous humans decided to turn on the tap. He didn't notice at first, but after the first indignant leap, he made the most of it and began drinking from it!

Date: 2012-02-06 11:47 pm (UTC)

I'm grateful that it was above freezing for most of today. It means we're rapidly bypassing the part where the pretty fluffy white stuff becomes horrible frozen grey stuff and lingers for weeks making pavements a serious hazard for everyone but Hovercats.

Date: 2012-02-06 11:49 pm (UTC)

Telstar's a very obliging subject photographic subject, although it does cause problems when he decides he needs to be affectionate with the camera. Noseprints on lenses: not so helpful.