Rain always follows the cattle
sniffing the air and huddling
in fields with their heads to the lee.
You will know that the weather is changing
when your sheep leave the pasture
too slowly, and your dogs lie about
and look tired; when the cat
turns her back to the fire,
washing her face…
~ Ted Kooser, from “How to Foretell a Change in the Weather” in Kindest Regards: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press, May 8, 2018)
Notes: Photo by AMJ STREETS with Cat Wash
Live & Learn 
Yup, the animals know.
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the wise ones –
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My crew have burrowed back under the blankets…it’s grey and rainy and time to snuggle in…
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And I’m sure they are happy to have you home…
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Yes, they seem to be. Beau has been steadfastly wrapped around my head like a bonnet these past few nights. Cannot be too close to Mom. Meanwhile, Lola snores peacefully by my side. Love these animals….
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awwww Yes…
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I’m like the animals. I hate going to work on a rainy day. I just want to sit by the window and look out ALL DAY.
🌧❤
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Yes. I’m doing that now and don’t plan to move…
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Funny… the day here can’t seem to make up its mind… Yet, to work I shall have to go for 4… sigh…
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Boo!
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Ah well… c’est la vie…
AND tomorrow, to boot… but it’s a holiday tomorrow here in Quebec so, double time… gotta look at the silver linings…
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Wow. I’d have to be looking very hard. 😦
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Welcomes Saturday forecast …
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good that some creatures know what’s up! I used to have a beautiful cat (Iris), that my son left with me. She became like a therapy cat–she’d place herself to soothe wherever a client was in distress. Sometimes, she’d just brush her tail against the lower legs–the way dogs often de-stress people. The most memorable was, Iris laid across a woman’s belly while we were doing meditative work–we later found out that my client had pancreatic cancer. What a loving cat!
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Wow. So cool. Thanks for sharing Valerie.
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