Why??

 

It was 38º outside when I got up this morning.  The weather weasels predicted this, so it wasn't a surprise.  To me.  To the furry family member... "This ain't right."

Yeah, he really wanted to go out after the sun came up.  "It's cold out there, buddy," I told him.  He wasn't swayed.  Being the good cat Dad I am, I put on a fleece jacket and a stocking cap... and took him out...

 Look at that face.  "Why is it so cold out here, Dad?"

"It's winter in the desert, Murph.  This was your call; we don't have to stay out here."  He wasn't in a hurry to go back inside, though.  He was a party of one.

After coming back in and getting a snake (on edit: Joan informed me that I put "snake" in there - I did NOT feed my boy a snake - I gave him a snack!), we invited Tango over.  Here's the orange boy checking out Murphy's new man-cave...

Those two play together pretty well.  But Tango doesn't go outside like Murphy.

Today's kitty Advent Calendar required some "re-gifting"... it was a really small plastic ball; we were concerned it would be a choking hazard.  Joan pulled one of Murph's previous balls out... "Hey, I've seen this one before!"

My Advent Calendar gift for the day...

I had no idea what it was, either.  That blue dome is actually white - it glows in different colors and changes in time to the music it hears.  Ah, another music-related gift (yesterday was microphone clips, that hold a mic to the mic stand).  This may be Joan's way of telling me she wants more music played at home... along with our little "disco light."  ;-)

Without the dome...