Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Now that it’s Summer ….
The rain has returned to the Great Northwest, in keeping with the tradition that summer only starts in Seattle after the 4th of July.
Earlier this week it was sunny and blue for our walk on Ruston Way in Tacoma.
But by yesterday afternoon, dark clouds gathered, then dropped their load. Today is more of the same – cold and rainy.
Benji is dismayed, and doesn’t understand why I changed the weather.
I try to explain that it was inevitable since the calendar says it’s summer and this is after all, Seattle.
I went outside to see for myself – yep, it’s raining – time to capture some raindrops.
Tiger followed me to capture some raindrops for himself, much preferable to the water bowl inside.
I replenished the feeders and this sweet boy stopped by the drink, undaunted, by the rain. He understands, he’s a local, too!
Happy Saturday – Happy Caturday!
~ Susanne
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 
Beautiful photos, Susanne! Hi Benji. 😻 Your weather is the polar opposite to what we have down here. Bone dry. 💀😂
Our drier months kick in July – September. Our holidays before then (Memorial Day, 4th of July) are notoriously rainy! 🙂
Just when you need it – on the holidays! That’s what happened to our big family gatherings in the 1970s on the lake in Michigan. It ALWAYS managed to rain on Memorial Day and July 4th!
I thought summer was on 4th of July, unless the 4th was on a weekend. Then summer would be postponed to the next work day.
Seriously, I’m just jealous of your cool, wet summers.
I don’t really mind the rain, just funny how it arrived on the first day of summer. We usually have pretty nice and dry summers, starting in July through September.
Poor Benji
He still went out rain or not. 😺
Benji is a cutie.
Thank you. ☺️
Poor Benji, so trusting in you that he thinks you can control the weather! Tiger seems more pragmatic, making the best of things. As did you, with those lovely raindrop images 😀
Thanks so much, Sarah. Eventually, they both went outside, rain or not. And yes, me too! 😀