Love the photos!
Just wanted to comment on cats in snow. I've had 2 cats that love it, especially a new, fluffy snowfall. One of them would just dive in and try to tunnel under the snow, or lay down and roll all over. The other just acted like nothing happened and trotted off to do ... um, whatever cats do (in his case, probably looking woebegone at the neighbour's back door). In the stickier snow, I would make a simple maze in it, and they would chase each other through it. Or, I'd toss small snowballs and the playful one would chase them. One year, with the freeze/thaw cycle we had a small natural ice rink -- the playful one would run up to it, jump and slide on his ass -- over and over.
Then he'd come in and huddle by the heat vent.