Whiteout at the window this morning.

[wnylib]

Like most cats, Ember loves looking out the window, especially in spring and summer when there is more going on. I have an upper floor apartment with a view for several blocks.

As soon as the sun comes up in the morning, Ember is on the window sill, checking for any changes that might have happened overnight. But this morning, there was a thick fog, blocking out everything except a building across the street, which looked weirdly like it was floating since the ground below it and sky above it were not visible.

Poor Ember looked startled at the scene. She stretched her neck forward as if she could not believe her eyes. I gave her some reassuring scritches, a kiss on the head, and a hug. Told her it would be "all right" later. She knows that the words "all right" mean nothing to get alarmed about. But I think she felt cheated. She jumped down to the floor and has not looked out since.

It is starting to clear up now. Once it does, I expect she'll be back at her window post.

[elleng]

1. Sweet!

[wnylib]

2. She is more alert to changes in her

environment than any cat I have known. She is used to the sound of sirens in the city (firehouse and a hospital just a few blocks away), but the slightest sound inside the building makes her ears perk up. Unusual sights on the street get the full feline stare. If they are too strange (like a series of parade floats) she growls at them.

The whiteout after winter snow is gone had her flummoxed.

[elleng]

3. Amazing!

'White out' almost got me flummoxed today too, but couldn't catch a pic.

[wnylib]

4. There is a river nearby but my

apartment building is higher up, on the side of a hill, so fog doesn't usually extend this far up from the river valley. She has not noticed fog before today. But this morning it was everywhere.

(In winter, she watches the snow coming down and swats the window when snowflakes hit it.)

[elleng]

5. I live @ river's edge, and saw fog over fields with young corn growing.

[wnylib]

6. No corn growing here in the city. LOL

The fog has cleared and Ember is back at her post, keeping guard over the neighborhood and our building.