The barn cats have been inside a lot this winter, the cold has been brutal and relentless. This morning is the first day in months that I think both of them wanted to be outside, and actually in the barn. I was relieved to see it, Minnie had no trouble hopping up onto the hay bales on her three legs, and the usually reclusive Flo joined her – they are rarely together, I see this as a harbinger of Spring, it is our wish that they both return to their natural lives as soon as possible.