Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy’s First Snow

~ John W. Howell

Twiggy and Lucy

Here s a shot of the front yard on Sunday as the snow begins to stick. We never get snow, so this was a big occasion.

Twiggy and Lucy

“Lucy. What is that white stuff starting to form up on the yard.”

“I saw this once at the Coast in 08, Little One. It’s snow. I’ll go down and confirm.”

Lucy and Twiggy

“Well? Is it snow?”

“It sure is. It’s starting to fall pretty good.”

“Is it dangerous?

“No. It is cold, though. Let’s wait a few minutes till it gets thick, and then we can play.”

“Wow, this stuff is cold all right.”

“Go ahead and sniff around some more.”

“Look, there is still some grass over here.”

“Yeah, the vines keep it from getting snow.”

“You should smell this.”

“What is it?”

“I don’t know. Almost smells like a wet cat. Look, here are some tracks.”

“Wet cat? You having an olfactory hallucination again?”

“Where did these tracks come from. They smell very familiar.”

“That’s cause they are yours. What is the matter with you, anyway?”

“No wonder they seemed familiar. Can you eat this stuff?”

“Yes, you can, just watch out for the yellow snow. You are right. There is the smell of wet cat.”

130 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy’s First Snow”

  3. “Olfactory hallucination?” That sounds dangerous. 😄 Well done, John. Whether two-footed or four-footed, the first experience with snow is a delight. Thank you for the reminder and delight. 💗

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  8. Oh my gosh, snow! Twiggy will remember this. Such fun and chuckles over yellow snow. Much love to you and your girls, John. ❤ Xx

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  11. Ha ha. I always loved it when an animal companion of mine first discovered snow. It was a wonder to see and remember. It must have been fun to watch Twiggy be introduced to the elusive snow.Our Boxer Samantha reacted like a small child at the beginning of each winter. She’d love to run and chase the snowflakes. Great memories!

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  15. Nothing like a first snow! Pets are particularly funny to watch when they have their first experience. Some love it and some… not so much!
    Mustn’t happen all that often in your neck, eh?

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  16. There’s nothing more fun that watching a dog encounter snow for the first time. On the other hand, I remember a lot of full-grown adults running out into our Christmas Eve snow in 2004 in bare feet and pjs, acting for all the world like four-year-olds. It’s only mid-January — we still have a chance!

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  17. We had snow so deep when Otto was little that he couldn’t get outside without getting stuck. When I got home from work, Old What’s Her Face had shoveled him a loop so he could take care of business. Even a good frozen crust won’t hold up a bulldog.

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  20. It’s so weird to see snow in Texas. I liked Lucy “confirming” what it was.
    The girls must have been so delighted to explore all that cold, white stuff. I love seeing their paw-prints in the snow!

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  21. I’m gld Twiggy got to see, sniff and eat some snow, John. The girls seem to like it just fine. Maddie always eats a little and sniffs a lot. We’re getting a little “wintry mix” today.

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  31. I’m delighted the girls got to play in the snow, John! Funny how y’all got it but we didn’t. I can remember taking a shovel and cleaning trails in the backyard for Dallas so he wouldn’t get his feet icy and wet. Too bad the joke was on me — he wanted to run through it!

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  33. I love when cats or dogs see snow for the first time. Some dive right into it and others want nothing to do with it. Cute pics and glad the girls enjoyed it. I hope we get snow this year, it’s been a strange one with only 30% of rain so far.

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  35. I’m curious what part of the country you live in, John. I spent nine years of my childhood in the Dakotas, so we had some major blizzards. In that respect, it was a kid’s paradise with fort building.

    I’m now on the west coast in northern California, and most years, we don’t get any snow. What was comical to me as a kid with midwestern roots, school got canceled when there was a mere dusting of snow on the ground.

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    1. I currently live in an Austin TX suburb. I also lived for a time in Marin County and also Sonoma so I understand the snow situation in Northern CA. We would love to drive to Lake Tahoe for feet of snow. Other than that I also lived in Illinois, Michigan and Indiana. The last time I really had to contend with snow was in 1992. That was the year I moved to California.

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      1. I just asked her—El Verano(elementary), Altimira (junior high), and Sonoma Valley High School. We celebrated our honeymoon in Tahoe, at which point I tried windsurfing for the first time. It didn’t quite make the “how-to” instructional series. 😂

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  36. You call that snow??? Hah! A heavy frost at best! Still, I’m glad the pups got to have some fun with it. I needed a smile before going to bed tonight, so I popped over here. Glad I did! 😊

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      1. Seriously??? It closed schools? Wow! Not even enough for one good snowball! I say this as the snow began to fall here about an hour ago, and we already have about an inch. Well, if it has to happen, better on a weekend than when the fools are slip-sliding into work on a weekday, yes?

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  37. Brrrr. Don’t miss that stuff. It’s one of the reasons I moved to Florida from Upstate New York. Of course, here in Northeast Florida, we’ve dipped into the 30s. I made need to move further south.

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        4. It was the first time in a long time. Even when I have client meetings on video, I’m in a button down shirt with shorts and flip flops. I also wear them when I ride my bike, but that doesn’t count because it’s exercise 🙂

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  43. Snow is lovely I didn’t think it snowed in Texas, my parents hate it though they work in transport and one of their vans got stuck on Thursday in the North of England, when I called my Mum she was worried because a recovery company couldn’t pull the driver out of a ditch, a kind Samaritan with a 4 x 4 and snow chains on his Landrover attached a rope to the toe bar and pulled him out thankfully.

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