Cats in first snow

First snow came - and much to our surprise it also stayed - for a few days at least.

We opened the door to our balcony to see what our cats would think of the snow. They had not been out in winter before, but this summer we had our balcony renovated so that the cats cannot jump out from it. Opening the door was thus safe.

One of the cats did what was expected: shook every paw after every step and looked at us with an unbelieving expression on her face. "What have you put on the floor? Take it off!"

The long-haired one sat like a king, safe in the warmth of the fur coat given by nature.

And the third one… He made one huge leap to the balcony and stopped with utter surprise on his face. Looked down. And all of a sudden he hugged the snow with his front paws, bum high up in the air, scooping the snow with his paws. Then he made a few joy leaps in place and - yes, this is true - with elegant wrist movements started throwing tiny pits of snow at the other cats. The he ran inside and out again. But going out was a whole new show: he lay flat on the floor, then he started to shake his behing like he was ready to bounce on a mouse and again made the huuuuge leap to the snow. Repeat the scooping of snow and throwing it at the other cats.

And this has now continued for a few days. What joy our funny cat has brought to us! That child-like enjoyment of fresh white snow. Our pets sure can teach us how to approach the little joys in life!