Outside in the sun

While the day was cold - 10 degrees when I took this photo - the sun was out all day so it felt warmer in the sun.  Rascal wanted to go outside for a short time.  I watched to see when he wanted back inside the house.

Here he is sitting in the sun.  I don't know what he was looking at.

Norwegian Forest cat info

I saw a recent post on Reddit showing a beautiful cat.  I - and others - think it may be a Norwegian Forest cat, similar to Rascal.   This cat's fur is longer than Rascal's fur.  Apparently Norwegian Forest cats are a much more common breed in Europe, so I suppose some of them can have longer fur than Rascal.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/rjer0f/what_breed_is_this_beauty_found_this_cat_in/

Norwegian Forest Cat – The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc (cfa.org)

Here is a YouTube instructional video about Norwegian Forest cats.  While the video says Norwegian Forest cats tend not to bite or scratch you, when Rascal doesn't want to be petted, he can try to bite or scratch me.  As Norwegian Forest cats are not lap cats, Rascal usually only sits on my lap when he wants to be petted.  When I stop petting him he will then leave my lap.  Sometimes - like right now as I type this - he will lay and sleep on my lap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhS80xObrMI

Snow

Rascal doesn't go outside much these days.  A month or so ago I found lots of white fur in the backyard.  I think a neighbor cat got into a fight with Rascal.  Rascal now sometimes will go outside for a short while.  Often, as he thinks about going outside, he will smell the door.  Many times then he won't go outside. I look and often find the door had been sprayed.  Today I was outside for a little bit to take photos of the snow and Rascal wanted to come outside with me.  He stayed outside with me until I went back in the house.

Here are a few photos of him.

Usually Rascal like to nibble on grass.

Rascal doesn't wag his tail as much as Daisy did. I often knew Daisy's mood due to her tail moving.  When Rascal's tail is not moving he often has the end of the tail curved over and not completely straight.