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Roses in the Snow
Miss Kitty: First Winter Snow!

So this is winter! Snow! This is new. I watched downy white feathers floating past the windows until everything outside was covered in a thick white blanket. It looked so soft and fluffy and inviting that I thought I might like to go outside and play in it. Miss Jerrianne insisted that I wear my harness and leash. What a surprise when she opened the door! White and fluffy, it was ... and so very shivery cold. Brrrrr!

I tried to explore the Sitka Rose Bush in the front yard, but it's worse than the Easter Lily Cactus ... not at all user friendly. It has teeth and claws and it does not hesitate to use them. I batted at the little red balls with my claws and tried to bite them. Prickly thorns scratched me right back. You can see a bit of the Sitka Rose Bush in the photo. Those red rose hips are pretty, but they aren't worth the trouble to play with them.

We went for a snowy ride in the van with Shannon to CompUSA to buy a panther OS X for her Mac computer. I went right along in my pouch, riding in the passenger seat to Shannon's house. Then the pouch was set on the floor. There's no view from the floor, but it wasn't far. Miss Jerrianne slung the strap over her shoulder and we went inside to tour the store. Somebody picked up an iPod and set off a theft alarm. It made a fearful noise until somebody stopped it. I'm glad it wasn't screaming at me!

Shannon found herself a panther, but it was all caged up in a little box. I wondered how they could stuff a powerful OS X full sized panther in there. Apple Computer must use some mighty powerful compression software. I'm a 5 lb. panther and I sure wouldn't want to be squeezed into such a confining space. Compared to that, my Celltei pouch is downright roomy. I peeked out my window and got some good attention there, too.

It's terribly cold outdoors now, temperatures way down below zero at night, so I don't mind as much if I have to stay home when Miss Jerrianne goes out. It's cozy here. I'm not that fond of Oriental food, anyway, so I didn't protest when she went to dinner with friends at a Chinese restaurant. When Miss Jerrianne came home, she showed me the little slip of paper she found in her fortune cookie:

You will win success in whatever you adopt.

I'd call that a no-brainer, now that she has adopted me!

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