








Valentine greetings and felicitations to all! One again I dig into my father’s collection of cards he saved as I child, and present some more children’s vintage Valentine cards from the 1920’s. I have no cards with cats upon them. There are, however, several with dogs shown. The cards shown today are all from the 1920’s. I have plenty more of these for the future to show. Note that I deleted all previous Valentine Day posts.
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Yesterday was the third day of the snow storm. I documented the cats’ activity and post it for you all today. Thousands are STILL without power, because many falling trees knocked down the power lines. My luck held. So, what’s been going on?

What I found in my bed when I woke up. Not interested in the catio
In Snow days, the first wave of snow hit, I took the photos following, and yet more snow came since I took these photos. There was minor damage to trees and shrubbery, but nothing serious. Many thousands lost power, but I managed to hold on to most of mine, and the daily routine was normal, except for some snow shovelling. My cats did not get to go out in the snow. The catio is as close as they came to it. I think they prefer it that way. Scooby has made it clear that even if he is bundled up, he still hates having frozen feet. He needs booties like the Alaska sled dogs running the Iditarod dog sled race. Seen in the previous post, Zeke likes the cold weather. Where is Opie, you might ask? Wanting none of this and in a very warm place.

Scooby watching the first flakes of the snow storm

Increasing snowfall

Marigold checking morning snow and weather the next day–long after Zeke’s earlier inspection (see previous post)

Marigold checking out the backyard

My poor Japanese maple. I beat it with my snowshovel and it popped back up to normal shape!

Wedding Cake. Looks tasty!
Much snow has been falling in western Washington. Schools are closed. There are scattered power outages. We are OK. In fact, we seem to have less snow than everywhere else! More snow is coming. Zeke had to go out in the catio before sunrise to check things out. He comes running downstairs from his home under a bed, whenever he hears the catio window open. The catio is partially protected by the roof overhang. He loves to sit out in the weather even when it is bad. That is a trait of the Maine Coon breed. He has a big fur coat to keep him warm.


Are the deer in the woods? I am not scared of them!


I am NOT coming inside yet!
This post is about my WordPress Reader woes, and other computer related thoughts. This post is NOT about cats but there are cat pictures in it. My helpers are here stimulating my thoughts on the problem.

Zeke says: Let’s get this figured out! 2005 HP desktop. It takes a licking literally but keeps on ticking.
Firstly, my WordPress Reader is malfunctioning.
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