Why is there an inch of snow on the ground in May?

[kodalai]

My cat has finally discovered something he fears more than grass: SNOW.

It was thundering and hailing here (wtf -- May 5th and it's hailing?) and there was an inch of hail/slush on the ground. I went out to see it, and Chrestomanci decided he wanted to come outside with me. He got out onto the porch and then stopped dead, radiating WTF IS THIS SHIT from every line.

I made a snowball and threw it at the house, just for fun -- but when it burst a little cold water got on chrestomanci, and he jumped straight in the air. There's a little window next to the door, and he started trying to climb through it to get back inside. I threw another snowball (at the wall, not at him) and he LEAPED into the air and SPLAYED himself against the window! His tail and back fur were all poofy -- first time I've seen it like that! (Made him look much older.)

Then he started making a sad mournful howl, so I let him back in. Poor kitty.

Comments

[nekojita.livejournal.com]

Aw, I think I'd be torn between laughing and cuddling him. The NB threw Hoshi out in the snow after we got about two feet of it, she just went into immediate freeze position until I picked her up and took her back inside.

[kodalai.livejournal.com]

Hah. That was Chrestomanci's reaction to grass. This boy was not meant to be an outdoor cat, methinks.

[nekojita.livejournal.com]

You know, I get annoyed at the people who act all huffy when they find out my cats are strictly indoors. Like you said, I think some aren't all that comfortable roaming around the great outdoors.

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

LOL.

[foxglove6.livejournal.com]

poor thing! it could have eaten him whole, you know. Just like blades of grass can eat horses. Yup, s'truth.