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We got up early today.
Very early.
Five o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Technically: me.
Practically: Minna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adi was still half asleep.
The big guy is not a fan of haste in the morning.
He thinks the day can wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not Minna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minna came straight onto my face.
Then onto my neck.
Then onto my chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then it came:
the kneading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This stamping that cats do, ever since they\u2019re babies.
Pressing, stepping, kneading\u2014
as if they still needed milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minna extends her claws while doing it.
You inevitably wake up.
Not gently.
But clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outside, it\u2019s snowing again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not pretty snow.
No big, fluffy flakes.
No snowman snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fine.
Grainy.
Like needles in your face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The kind of snow that isn\u2019t quiet,
but stings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minna wanted food.
And she wanted the day to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adi?
He stayed inside.
He just kept sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minna came along into the barn.
As always, when she feels like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Feed the sheep.
Check things.
All in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The snow lay hard on the paths.
The barn was warm.
Minna right in the middle of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adi, meanwhile, was lying in bed.
Deeply relaxed.
As if there were no world beyond the blanket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that, we went back inside.
Adi still asleep.
Minna satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then we take the photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now the day\u2019s work begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For you, it\u2019s six now.
Here, the day is already half over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wish you a good morning.
We\u2019ll read each other.We\u2019ll read each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And as always: Everything else is just noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minna is awake. To be continued. \ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udda4<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to this post, a separate Videostatement<\/a> was published that visually documents the described morning and provides additional impressions of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To the post with the poll:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If things about me are being spread online again\u2014
you\u2019ll find my own classification at marlas.army.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adi keeps sleeping.
And outside, this fine, stinging snow is falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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