I once read a description of a wisp of wind on the surface of the water as a "cat's paw." I liked that description; it seemed about perfect. When we were last at Roundrock, there was a whole passel of invisible cats pawing at the surface of the lake. I hoped to capture some of these cat's paws in the video, but I only managed to get one, right at the beginning. (I think the angle of viewing makes the difference. Farther up the hill I could see them readily, but that was too far away for the camera to capture them. Closer to the water I had a better focus on the water, but the angle wasn't as good. Sorry about that.) So here at Roundrock Journal I've given you cat's paws, cat's mouths, and even cattails. I'll have to figure out some cat's whiskers to share with you. Don't laugh at my "lake." It's slowly improving, and in another century, it may even fill in the whole lake bed. I haven't had any luck uploading my four-minute video yet, so I haven't posted it for you. I'm hoping to get that straightened out for next Saturday. Stay tuned. It takes me about a hour to upload a 40 second video, and I spent about that time earlier this week doing so with the video above. But after an hour, I got a message that the upload failed because the video was too long. (That explains why the four-minute video wouldn't go up.) Anyway, I've posted this one at the other service, which allows longer videos, so maybe I'll have the four-minute clip up for you next weekend. It could happen. Missouri calendar:

• First day of winter/solstice: shortest day of the year.

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