Willow just went swimming...

[janedavitt]

in the snow.

We got 14 inches (measured it with the tape measure on the patio) and though the schools were closed, David had to go to work and it wasn't too awful out there. The girls and I cleared the drive and 70 foot of sidewalk four times and now the sky is blue and the snow is glittering.

Sending good thoughts to those of you who had twice that much and may have lost power.

I opened the patio door to take a snap of it and Willow hurtled past me, landed in it and gave us this look of pure astonishment as she realized how deep it was. I quickly changed to movie mode on the camera because I'm evil.

Any other cat would've come straight back in, but she decided to go further out before seeing sense. I feel bad that we were laughing at her, but we gave her many cuddles when she swam back.

Vid is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEckAcn4HCg&feature=youtu.be

Comments

[isabeau_gower]

Oh, my. That's was rather an unpleasant surprise for the poor baby. Thanks for snagging the video and sharing it though. I'm amazed she'd want to go out at all. All my cats have always had a great hatred for the evil white stuff.

[janedavitt]

Macallan is very unimpressed by it but he's a stately 16; Willow's only 20 months old, bless her.

[carolyn_claire]

Ahhh, she's so astonished, that's wonderful. She might think twice about dashing out the door, now! (Probably not, though, if she's anything like mine.)

[janedavitt]

heh, she's always panting to get outside. Born in a barn; we rescued her.

[ozsaur]

AWWWWWWW! LOL

[janedavitt]

::g:: Such a brave little kitty.

[everbright]

The complete loss of traction seemed to be the most confusing thing. :D Poor dear.

[janedavitt]

It was definitely a new experience to enrich her life :-)