Thursday, February 25, 2010

Spring is springing. . . maybe?

Today I am reporting on a seldom seen event: there is a large object in the sky which seems to be giving off heat and light. My library workers say this object is the sun. Old-timers say they recall when several days of sun would precede a season called spring. When asked, the Old-timers said something called flowers (technical term) would appear, the buds (technical term) on the trees would begin to show, and the snow (obnoxious white stuff AND technical term) would disappear. They also recalled grass (technical term) appearing from underneath the snow (oh those technical terms!).

Should this spring really occur, Humans and Animals will be leaping and skipping and hopping about. (Cats, of course, will be doing all this in a Very Dignified manner.) Old-timers will sing songs about “Tiptoeing Through the Tulips” and other fanciful melodies. Everybody look up into the sky and sing a song of welcome!!!

Your weather Repurrter,

Tober

Hello Sunshines!
Glossary of technical terms:
bud - flower and leaf babies
flower - the colorful part of a plant; good for sniffing and nibbling
grass - green ground-covering; good for hacking up hairballs
snow - awful white stuff that covers everything
spring - the great warm-up; when Humans begin to shed their winter coats, revealing pale skin beneath
sun - big ball of heat and light in the sky

13 comments:

Amy & the house of cats said...

Hi Tober - thanks for the awesome explination! We have that sun thing here right now (though it isn't giving us much heat - it is actually colder today) so it is good to learn about it!!

Kea said...

We don't think we're old enough to remember what this "sun" is. :-/

We really enjoyed your weather report; maybe we'll get to see this "sun" too...eventually.

Cats in Trees said...

We remember that. And our trees will have leaves again and we will have the most wonderful time in the trees again. We hope we'll see the sun again very soon.

JC said...

You look so nice in the sun !!!

The Island Cats said...

Hey, Tober! Could you tell that big ball of fire in the sky to come visit us?? We haven't seen it for a few days!

Noir the Texas Tabby said...

What a SUN-sational photo! That's a pose that should be hanging on the library wall! And it's still chilly here in Dallas. Our sun hasn't heated up much--yet.

Noit

Unknown said...

Over here we is still waiting for the snow to go away...sigh.

Laila and Angel Minchie said...

Tober, now that the sun is peeking it's head out more, you can start working on your fur tan.

Have a great weekend!

Cheyenne -Millie said...

We thinks that you are so very handsome in that sunpuddle!!

My Mind's Eye said...

Hi Tober we enjoyed your post about the possibility of spring's pending arrival....one can hope...although we have foul weather predicted for tomorrow. Hopefully if it comes it will be short lived and then spring....
Madi and Mom

Charlemagne and Tamar said...

You look very handsome in that sunbeam, Tober! We hope that spring is really on its way - we love warm weather.

Charlemagne and Tamar

JC said...

I've given you the Beautiful Blogger Award. Go to my blog to get it ^,,^

Kitikata-san said...

Tober, your coat looks so lovely in the sunshine!