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Like KD_MUSE, I live in a perpetually snowy area. In fact, in my small town Montana recorded weather history the only day of the year we've never had snow is August 17th. About 15 years ago I'm told the 4th of July fireworks was SNOWED OUT! They had to wait to the 6th before it was dry enough to lite off the fireworks.

I grew up in the Midwest where we would get a snow day every other year or so and they were the most magical days of play, building igloos & snowmen, massive neighborhood snowball fights until we were so exhausted and cold we would collapse in front of the TV all cuddled up under fluffy blankets our hands wrapped around mugs of hot cocoa. Ahh, those were the days! :)

This is the one vice my cat still has. He doesn't destroy plants, but there are nibbled little corners on a few that are non-toxic. He was also scratcher when he was little so we tried the spray to keep him off certain furniture, we also tried the sticky tape idea, but the little devil would just scratch around it and he would lick the furniture where we had put the Stay-Off spray!

The squirt gun method has worked best for me. We kept a spray bottle filled with tap water at hand and if he got into or onto something off limits - squirt. He learned pretty quickly and 4 years later he doesn't get onto certain tables/counters. If you can "designate" off limits areas in this way, you can get away with flowers in those spaces - which is how I make it work. Good Luck!