It Is Cold

Bloom Day was cancelled by 24 hours of rain. Then it got cold. The temperature range has been a steady 20 to 40 degrees. I look out on a winter garden coming into view.

Nobody wants to stay outside. It is below the minimum operating temperature. Anything moist is frozen stuck. Three cats make ever closer contact. There has been some hissing of course, a couple of screams. There is acceptance too.  

Herding cats. It is going very well.

I get home to a garden washed over by a mountain shadow. It is cold.