Happy New Year to you all, and I hope that you spent New Year’s Eve doing exactly what you wanted to do. We did: I went to bed early like an old lady, and Cat Daddy and Louis Catorze stayed up late for a special, extended Boys’ Club. After not minding fireworks, then disliking them, Catorze has changed his mind again and decided that, actually, they’re not so bad. Which is just as well as there were a lot of them, both at The Front and The Back.

Ever since late December, everyone* has been saying that we UK residents will be getting a snow bomb. I don’t even really know what a snow bomb is, but it sounds absolutely brilliant. 

*Mainly the trashy media outlets.

Now, I know that snow causes absolute chaos if you have something important to do, or if you need to travel to work. However, if you don’t have anything important to do, or if work is within reasonable walking distance, it’s the most beautiful thing in the world.

I don’t know whether or not Catorze likes the snow, because he hasn’t spent a great deal of time in it. However, since I have only managed to take two Catorzian snow photos – one of him, and one of his paw prints – in all the years that I’ve lived with him, and I think it’s about time that we had more. 

Snow beast.

If you have been following Le Blog for any length of time, you will know that Catorze has a natural talent for producing the worst photographs imaginable (he does it on purpose), plus he’s not particularly compliant when we want him to do something. We are also dependent on the snow bomb being a real thing and not just some made-up shite, plus we need enough of it to fall in TW8 to make a presentable backdrop for a Catorzian photo shoot.

There are so many variables to consider here, but will the good spirits of 2026 make them work for us? 

*EDIT: obviously, when a snow bomb is on its way, sensible animals take refuge somewhere warm. Catorze, however, has just escaped out at The Front. It’s 11pm and I want to go to bed, but I am now doomed to a wakeful vigil until the little sod decides to come in. 

For more Catorzian capers, please visit http://louiscatorze.com

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14 responses to “La bombe de neige ”

  1. Kate Crimmins avatar

    He doesn’t appear to hate it!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      I think in this picture he was a bit “What the hell have you DONE?” I’m hoping that if it comes, he will like it enough to pose for a few minutes.

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  2. M - avatar

    LOVE the photo.
    In spite of my getting only 3 hours of sleep last night, The Boyz woke me up at 6:30 this morning clamoring for breakfast. I made them wait until 8…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Ugh, they both ganged up on you? I can’t imagine what that must be like, having two of them!

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  3. cat9984 avatar

    I was going to say that a lot of cats don’t really like the snow, but Louis doesn’t seem like the type to let a little inclement weather stop him. And his fur will be a good contrast to it

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Well, he likes storms, so I figured that he wouldn’t mind snow THAT much. The only thing is that it’s cold, whereas storms aren’t necessarily so.

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  4. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    This photo looks quite lovely. Is it new or one of the previous two ?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      No, this is an old one from 2019. The snow bomb hasn’t hit us yet!

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  5. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Even if snow designs beautiful landscapes, it can complicate life, especially when you get older and lose your balance easily. Be that as it may, we have no choice and thanks to you, we can enjoy dear Louis galloping through it 😺.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Cat Daddy hates it and gets annoyed with me when I wish for it. 🤣🤣🤣 Karma will probably take a swipe at me by making it snow when we go for one of our two weekends away this month!

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  6. Dr. CaSo avatar

    Louis is so perfect on the white snow like this 🙂 I haven’t allowed Rosie to go out on the balcony to test the snow that has accumulated there because it’s between -10 and -15 (literally, and around -20 with the windchill) these days and I can’t make myself open the door. So I hope your snow bomb doesn’t come with a frigid arctic cold spell like it did, here.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Ooh, I’d love to see a picture of your snow scene!

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  7. Charles Huss avatar

    I think snow is quite beautiful, but why can’t we have it without the cold?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Snow without cold would be great! At the moment we just have cold without snow.

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