On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:54:16 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
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On Dec 18, 1:25*pm, "alan.holmes" wrote:
"Jake" wrote in message

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On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:26:36 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote:

Bitterly cold, still but sometimes a nasty bit of wind gusts across the
gardens.

No snow

Bird baths frozen solid. ...... well they were ;-)

Outlook to stay the same.

That's the S.E. Isle of Wight.

What have you got?

Mike

Central South Wales - a decent covering of snow - about 3 inches so
far and still falling - for the first time in years. The *cat hasn't
seen snow before in his 3 year life and went ballistic this morning,
dashing up and down the road chasing imaginary somethings. He's been
out since 5 am and is still bouncing around like a lunatic.

I love it to see cats go out into their first experience in the snow, they
run out, then stop because of the wet, shake one paw, then another and so
on, and they cannot see any of their favorite things, I could watch them for
hours.

Alan





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It's realy rough on cats as they normaly are going around updating
their mental map of their area and suddenly their map has been wiped
clean, no landmarks or anything else they know.

This one didn't stop at all, apart from sitting just inside the door
wondering what to do for a minute or two. Then suddenly he bounced out
and went charging across the front lawn, next door's lawn, the road,
everyone's lawn. Jumping, rolling in it, chasing something I couldn't
see. He's been out all day, just coming in for food and then back out
again. Since he moved in he's been inquisitive. Has to explore
anything new before going back to what's becoming his normal routine.
We have to be careful if there's a delivery lorry in the street. He
made it a few miles up the road before being discovered once.

The field next door looks fairly "virginal" snow wise apart from his
tracks - you can see paw marks with a large depression in between
where he dragged his stomach through the snow.

Mind you, haven't seen another cat all day! The rest must have more
sense and be staying indoors in the warm.

At least he should sleep well (and so should we!) tonight! That's if
he comes in at all of course!