Wandering in my mind

This is the view from my back door this morning. It's heavy and wet and the power has flickered off half a dozen times already. Hopefully it doesn't go off for a long period of time. Our provider is pretty good about getting the lines cleared when it is sticky wet snow, so we will see. I, meanwhile, will just be spending most of the day under my blanket. What great timing! And how obvious is it that I haven't finished putting away the summer stuff yet? Are you at least having a good weather day?

In a totally non related topic, I understand that this little critter is coming to live with us:

Presently he is at the agricultural college in town here. They have a vet assistant course, and over the next month he will be spayed by a vet and the students will assist and do follow up care as part of their course. Oldest DD has already applied to adopt him and paid the $40 they charge, so I guess in a month he will be here. Currently he is being called Phantom, but DD doesn't like that. She is leaning towards Gerard, but if you have any suggestions, I will pass them on. I like Charlie or Bailey, but DD doesn't. It remains to be seen what Juanita, queen kitty of the house, will think of all this, but I'm sure she won't be impressed.