No biking today. Or tomorrow I suspect (some cat content)

Too much snow here in NYC. It's easily 3.5 feet in the backyard,
mostly caused by the wind gusts since we had around 18". I had to dig
a path through so I could restock the birdfeeder and get the snow off
the evergreens. I'll need to tie the evergreens back together when it
gets a bit easier to work back there. I had to remove the window from
the storm door in order to reach out and shovel away enough snow so I
could open the back door.

One outdoor cat (named Baby) did show up for feeding. She abandoned
the nice styrofoam home I made for her by the front steps (with
pet-safe heating pad!) and went under someone's front porch for the
duration of the blizzard. But she showed up last night as I was
helping a neighborhood girl dig out her car. She must have eaten
somewhere along the way since she turned down the Trader Joe wet food
I offered. She did eat some nice Trader Joe dry food. I'm going to
stop buying the Trader Joe wet stuff. None of the outdoor cats really
like it, and my indoor cats won't touch it. I love Trader Joe food
personally but haven't tried the cat food. It doesn't seem to come
highly recommended.

I put my one studded tire on the front of the bike over the weekend
but even if the snow wasn't so high all over, the wind is just too
insane to be biking around. They're saying the wind will die down a
bit tonight so maybe I'll bike tomorrow but the streets aren't
anywhere near cleared for the cars yet - it's the worst I've seen in
20 years at least. The plow came down our block only once so far and
my moron neighbors threw lots of snow in the street after that.

It might have to wait until Thursday before biking is reasonably safe.

On Dec 28, 9:22 am, dgk wrote:
Too much snow here in NYC. It's easily 3.5 feet in the backyard,
mostly caused by the wind gusts since we had around 18". I had to dig
a path through so I could restock the birdfeeder and get the snow off
the evergreens. I'll need to tie the evergreens back together when it
gets a bit easier to work back there. I had to remove the window from
the storm door in order to reach out and shovel away enough snow so I
could open the back door.

One outdoor cat (named Baby) did show up for feeding. She abandoned
the nice styrofoam home I made for her by the front steps (with
pet-safe heating pad!) and went under someone's front porch for the
duration of the blizzard. But she showed up last night as I was
helping a neighborhood girl dig out her car. She must have eaten
somewhere along the way since she turned down the Trader Joe wet food
I offered. She did eat some nice Trader Joe dry food. I'm going to
stop buying the Trader Joe wet stuff. None of the outdoor cats really
like it, and my indoor cats won't touch it. I love Trader Joe food
personally but haven't tried the cat food. It doesn't seem to come
highly recommended.

I put my one studded tire on the front of the bike over the weekend
but even if the snow wasn't so high all over, the wind is just too
insane to be biking around. They're saying the wind will die down a
bit tonight so maybe I'll bike tomorrow but the streets aren't
anywhere near cleared for the cars yet - it's the worst I've seen in
20 years at least. The plow came down our block only once so far and
my moron neighbors threw lots of snow in the street after that.

It might have to wait until Thursday before biking is reasonably safe.

Send your cats to "cat's haven" (Miami Beach). We feed some 12,000
stray cats according to the latest statistics.

Bird-feeders though are not welcomed here, and my landlady made me
remove mine. The reason is that the scraps "may" go to feed the rats.
Funny, cats and rats seem to coexist quite happy. Do the rats eat cat
food?

One thing, don't even think of coming yourself to ride a bike, unless
you can be happy with a short "mixed path" where you share with people
and dogs. Things may change in the near future, but it's still up in
the air. Change is in the air.

Ever heard of the commercial about the "cats' revolution"?