{"id":573898645,"date":"2026-02-13T20:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573898645"},"modified":"2026-02-15T17:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:50:58","slug":"the-13th-passes-by-almost-unnoticed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2026\/02\/13\/the-13th-passes-by-almost-unnoticed\/","title":{"rendered":"The 13th passes by almost unnoticed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weather forecasts and the meteorologists assure us, a disbelieving group of weather sufferers, that all of this snow and ice will melt. Before it does, let me share one more picture, which I’ve been sitting on since, no kidding, February 3rd. But that’s not the most important information about that photo. What’s really important is that this photo was taken at 12:36 a.m. The bright snow and a brighter moon made for a nice composition. <\/p>\n

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So we’ll always have that view, at least. <\/p>\n

And this snow and ice. We’ll always have this snow and ice, which will never melt. <\/p>\n

That’s been on the ground for three weeks come Saturday. For meteorological purposes it’s been a long time. <\/p>\n

Isn’t time funny like that. Not so much funny haha as funny how long we can stay below freezing. <\/p>\n

We made it to about 35 for the sunniest part of the afternoon, today. Snow and ice are still on the ground though. I admired it through my office window during meetings. <\/p>\n

I had a committee meet-and-greet, and then another meeting which required someone read their slides word for word. Having slides is one thing. Reading them to an audience with a fair mastery of literacy is another thing. Reading them to audience in a webinar is another thing entirely. <\/p>\n

The meeting gave me two great big laughs. Hilarious stuff. One of them I wanted to unmute my microphone and laugh for everyone else, so that I might share my amusement, if not my mirth.<\/p>\n

As a rule, you should always unmute your amusement.<\/p>\n

We haven’t checked in on the kitties this week, and they do, of course, notice these things. They’re famous and they know it. They’re traffic drivers and they know it. And that’s OK, I know you’re here to see this cute face. <\/p>\n

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No one relaxes harder that Phoebe. <\/p>\n

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But for all of their similarities, the siblings are different in this one way. While Phoebe is serious about her relaxing, Poseidon has a different style. Here, he’s enjoying a bit of the sun one morning. I like to think he was trying to insist I stay home rather than going to work. Because of pets. The boy needs his pets.<\/p>\n

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Last night, he got an ice cube to play with, which he enjoys. Usually he’ll bat it around a bit. Sliding ice is fun! I’d let him outside, but he’s all about his creature comforts, blankets and quilts and things. Instead of playing with the ice, he just sprawled out beside it, right there on the kitchen’s anti-fatigue mat — because of creature comforts.<\/p>\n

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So the kitties are doing just fine. <\/p>\n

I wonder if they miss seeing the ground and the patio, or if they distinguish the snow and ice at all.<\/p>\n

The next time we talk we’ll be in week four of this being on the ground. But it’s getting warmer! And there’s some humidity coming! And and and, middle of February, spring is coming, all of that. <\/p>\n

Believe it when you see it though, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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