Never ending snow

Yesterday morning, I suddenly got the urge to take a picture of myself coming and going, so to speak... well, at least, the impressions of my feet coming and going.
At this point, winter is showing no sign of ending... and the snow keeps on coming... and, sometimes, it glitters beneath the sunlight or the moonlight in colors bright and wonderful...

catnap

This is how Smokey likes to relax, on his back, paws over his eyes, and on a seat that a human would like to occupy.
Smokey is some cat. He stares at you until you uncross your legs, move your crocheting or your book, and give him a clear lap so that he can jump up. Then he does the annoying cat thing (shows off his butt). Cats are beautiful creatures but a butt is a butt.
Smokey love human attention, except when he's lying upside down, with his paws over his eyes.
He's also had some unique adventures of his own. One day, a mouse got into the house. I was sitting in the living room, reading a book, when I heard a funny noise. I turned around to see Smokey chasing a little mouse, who was squeaking mightily. I joined Smokey in the chase because what I really wanted to do was to catch the mouse and put it outside. Neither Smokey nor I had any success in catching the little mouse. So... I went to bed and my parents went to bed... with the mouse still loose in the house.
In the morning, I got up and went downstairs to empty the dishwasher and set the table and do all of the usual morning activities. I saw Smokey staring at something under a counter... and then realized that it was the mouse. Smokey was meowing at it. He wanted to play but the mouse preferred to stay in a little spot where the great big cat couldn't step on it. I got a pair of gardening gloves, leaned over, and picked up the mouse. Then I put the mouse into a paper bag and took it outside. I talked to the mouse the entire way. I am sure that the poor little thing was scared. When the mouse and I got outside, I released it under a tree. It scurried off.
It was a cute little thing. If we didn't have cats, I would have liked to have had it as a pet.

Too cold...

It's five degrees outside, too cold for humans or, at least, this human. I went outside briefly, just to get my dad's Wall Street Journal. The snow crunched loudly under my boots, and the cold wind bit into my face.
I have already forgotten what the groundhog said, but, today, spring seems very far away.
So... my adventures have to be indoors, for the time being.
One of my upcoming adventures will be a community book discussion at the local public library. The book to be discussed will be To Kill a Mockingbird. This event is taking place in conjunction with an initiative by the National Endowment for the Arts, titled The Big Read. The goal of The Big Read is to encourage more Americans to read literature for pleasure. Events connected with The Big Read began occurring last month and will occur until June. Take a look at http://www.neabigread.org/ for more information about events in your community.
In Buffalo, the Studio Arena Theatre is presenting a play version of To Kill a Mockingbird. It opened on January 29 and continues until February 24.
I am also going to write about the book discussion for the Island Dispatch.
In the meantime, try to stay warm!!!