Wind and blue

For all my complaints about gray skies, now we have plenty of blue skies—but they come with too much wind. Poor Jessie isn't comfortable with the noise inside or out. She's just not happy. I am talking to the vet about what I can do for her.

Cyrus is happy inside and out. Rolling in the snow is one of his favorite things to do. And Monkey is happy with the peace and quiet inside. (What noise?)

The birds don't care about the weather, just the food—although sometimes it's tough to hang onto a swaying BirdBuddy.

Katzenbirds

It was hard to find a good BirdBuddy photo with a blue sky in the background. There has been a constant few inches of snow on the ground for weeks now, with gray skies, wind, and flurries to top it off.

I had to go back to January 3 to get this photo of a white-breasted nuthatch. He usually sneaks off before the camera can catch him, but this time he struck a pose AND there was a blue sky.

Martin and Monkey truly love watching the birds at the bird feeder right outside the window. It's better than a video for cats because it never ends...until it gets dark dark or when I forget to fill the feeder with sunflower seed.

These boys are still working out their friendship, but I am sure they will make it work soon enough.

New Jessie, BirdBuddy and cat buddies

Jessie has been reliably coming in in the mornings and evenings for a while now. She sleeps overnight in the cozy spot on the floor next to our bed. 

She also reliably wakes me up at 5:45 am to go out for a pee, but the new Jessie comes back in and stays in the house until about 12:30. That’s a big deal!

And yet she still insists on shivering out there on nasty, cold, windy, snowy days like today, until I convince her to come in when it gets dark and she gets hungry. 

The BirdBuddy has a hard time getting good pics on days like today when the birds have a hard time hanging on long enough to catch a seed or 2. That was a white-breasted nuthatch who succeeded. 

Monkey and Martin are getting better at being buddies. They still have a boxing match at least once a day, but then they act like BFFs. 

And the last pic is what happens when I spend too long writing a post. Even in his sleep, Martin tries to get my attention away from the phone (which was in that hand).