I've been trying to get this shot for weeks now, ever since I first saw our barn cat Joshua drinking from the snowmelt coming off the tractor-mounted snowblower. We call Joshua the "hydrologist" because he loves drinking from running or dripping water … from whatever the source. In Beauty's Barn, for instance, he would hop into the sink in the medical stall as soon as we turned off the faucet so he could catch the final drips of water with his tongue.
And then Joshua discovered, just recently, that there is a fine source of dripping water coming from the snowblower. I had used the machine yesterday after another night of blowing snow, and today the remaining chunks of snow were starting to melt in the afternoon sun. My previous attempts to photograph him doing this failed because he would hear me coming and then venture out to greet me. Today he stayed focused on the dripping snowblower.
For the first time, this afternoon I also saw his buddy Rocky doing the same thing as I walked away after getting the shot of Joshua. Having watched Joshua do this repeatedly, Rocky must have thought, "Hmm, he must know something I don't. Apparently this is better than the heated water bowl inside the barn. I'll try drinking from this thing, too!"
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