What's Your View?

Or, an alternate title, "Why My Cats Don't Go Out Anymore".

I always thought it would be fun if we posted a "view" from the window

Marina...

I can take you up on this now. It's not a window, but the door from my
bedroom to the enclosure. Thought I'd show you all the pretty snow we
got the last few days - I call this type of snow that clings to
everything and outlines it in white 'lace snow.' I got to try out the
Snow mode on my camera, too! Oh, and this is why my cats still go out. ;)

we look out. I normally wouldn't do this right now, because there's
nothing uglier than Oklahoma's landscape in January. But I looked up
from the computer and saw something really startling, and stuck my head
out the back door for a pic.

That is a coyote. Just casually ambling through the yard. What's even
more disturbing, is there were three of them, two more behind him, but
by the time I got the camera ready again, they took off west over the
hill.
I guess the winter weather has made them hungry and more bold.

Just wanted to share that. It just chills me to think if Boots or Frank
were out there.

Will in New Haven...

Yep, that's ole Latrans all right. As a person owned by cats, I find
myself having an atypical dislike for a wild animal who is just trying
to get by like the rest of us. Anyway, your area prolly doesn't have
enough tree cover to make cats safe from coyotes. We have lots of
coyotes but cat loss to coyotes here is not common, although TOO
common, because we have lots of trees and brush. Dogs are in more
danger here in Connecticut. When Bear and I have seen a coyote on our
walk, the coyote did not seem at ALL interested in a hundred-pound dog
and a large man but I wouldn't have liked to have Bear out there alone.

Our cats are indoor-only because Mickey had four of them before we
lived together and she never let them out. I inherited WooToo from my
mom when she passed away and WooToo doesn't go outside because then she
would not have the services of her staff for minutes at a time. Also,
it might be cold. Or hot or windy. There probably wouldn't be a nice
chair, etc.

Will in New Haven

Marina...

Wow. That is scary. I might snap a picture when it's lighter outside,
but I think you've all seen the enclosure by now. :)