This is a last year photo - you can tell by the accumulated snow on the lawns.
The house looks like this today. The roof is covered with snow. Good thing too - the paint is peeling off the roof and it won't be painted until spring.
The cats are amused, I think by the white colour of the lawns. They sit and stare at it out the window. The bay window on the right, second storey is 'their window'.