Weather Portal

We are in the middle of another interminable period of rain as the remnants of Hurricane Ida travel up the Atlantic Coast.

Our cats are unhappy, and frustrated in their efforts to find better weather. They seem to feel that the weather on the other side of the front door should be better that what waits beyond the back door and vice versa. When one door is opened, the cats puff up like a sponge in a bathtub and head for the opposite side of the house.

As much time as they spend patrolling the perimeter of the property, I would think that by now the cats would know that mother nature's offerings are the same front and back.

Perhaps our feline friends can't make the connection between inside and out. Perhaps they just don't understand that both doors lead to the same yard. Perhaps they expect one door to be a portal to a different weather destination.

Ah, if only that were true. I would come in the front door at the end of a work day, shed my insulated jacket, and head out the back door to enjoy blue sky, gentle breezes, and palm trees.