While my yard is drying out after the endless melting of snow, I find myself in my usual musings about global warming and what other surprises the weather and climate in general will bring us. Is it safe to assume that winter is over? Apparently, my trees have already made the necessary conclusions on this matter, because buds have appeared on them!
But cats are cats. I should definitely learn from their lifestyle. They don't bother themselves with global issues at all. All they really care about is that I remember to fill their bowl. I'm not even sure about that, though, because they've never found their bowl empty and can hardly imagine such a situation.
As soon as my yard was no longer covered in puddles my cat Fairy went on an inspection. The first thing she did was check to see if any mice had made a nest somewhere, taking advantage of the absence of a cat patrol. After making sure that everything was normal, she just started enjoying the warmth of the almost spring sunshine.