We got our first snow of the season. It was a good flocking of white this morning. Between 5:50 and 9:30 we received about 2.5 inches of wet snow. Just enough to give all the big bushes and trees in the garden a good flocking.
Even the water feature looked tame with its flocking of white. The snow didn't last long on the streets because after it stopped snowing it started raining. It has rained all day and now into the night. If this had been snow we would have had a foot. It will be interesting to see what we end up with in the morning. More snow, rain, ice or all of the above.
It is funny how Luna and Oly are different shades of white. They rather blend in with the snow despite not being snow white. They have their paths that they take through the garden. It doesn't matter if it rains, snows or the sun shines they have their routine.
Despite Oly being so tiny. He doesn't mind getting out in the snow. He trotts around sniffing, lifting and swishing like the big dog. Not much gets past this little fellow.
Luna has to do her fence patrol no matter what the weather. She ran one rabbit out of a flower bed. It was bedded down in some leaves. Oly was right on their tails trying to keep up with the chase. As Luna skidded across the patio Oly was hot on their trail
Unfotunately for them, fortunate for us and our plants, I didn't find any evidence of nibbling. I could track the rabbit all around the garden though. It is intersting that it stayed on the regular paths for the most part. I could see where it would go into its favorite bushes where it likes to hide from us when we come outside.
I could also see where it cut through one flower bed right over the top of the big rock where the lizard usually sits. The lizard must have gotten cold and moved to a warmer place. Here you can also see that Luna was tracking the rabbit. Her footprint goes right over the rabbit print on the rock.
You can see right where this rabbit departed from the garden. In one side out the other.
The cats have been checking out the bird feeder right out my window too. They have been quite active in the garden. I wish they would go eslewhere to hunt. It doesn't seem fair to feed the birds just to have the neighborhood cats take them.
