Winter...

Have you ever had one of those days when everything does not feel right ? Incidentally these remarks are addressed to you humans as well as my fellow cats...
Today was one of those days.... Nothing one could put one's paw on, in fact nothing really bad happened, there was just that feeling in the air that something could... We had more snow, the weather man on TV seemed surprised, I know I certainly was... This is supposed to be the place to live where we can snigger slightly, if a little damply, at the rest of Canada in a freeze up.
What do I know about it you ask, I listen well and heard Morn say to Dad " what about all this snow, it is not supposed to snow here" Dad s comment was "we are just making up for the fantastic summer we had, I reckoned we would pay for it somehow".

Last year, when I was very young, I remember it raining a lot, we had a little of the while stuff called snow but I was too young to know what it was then and certainly did not find out how cold it can be... But this year there has been a lot of snow, it has stayed on the ground a long time and, as soon as the grass starts to show through and one can see a little soil to dig into it seems to snow again.

I have already told you about my first real snow and about Gemma's antics so perhaps I can dwell on the feeling I mentioned earlier, I have tried to express it as follows:

WINTER....

A quiet is upon the house
a feeling of unease
it's nothing that I can describe to you

Foreboding is too strong a word
and gloom does not depict
the sense of something hovering, but due

It's probably the weather
that's creating this effect
the skies are heavy, threatening and dark

The trees are bending to the wind
their branches, like thin arms
are bare, the total scene is somber, stark

Tomorrow though, the sun will shine
and this dark mood will change
then everyone will look towards the Spring

These Winter months are hard to bear
with just the moan of winds
we long to hear the birds begin to sing.

I do hope I have not depressed you too much, it was just one of those days, I am sure you have all had them, thank goodness they do not last....
Gemma has just looked at this effort, she did not say anything, which, in itself is somewhat amazing, but she sniffed very expressively, gave me a pitying look and stalked off again... She is moody at times but, being still young, she never seems to get depressed.

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