For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone! Another beautiful morning here at Steve’s Country. Outside it’s cold with a little of those white fluffy things coming down once again. Actually, now that the temp is below the freezing point, we need some snow soon. With all that moisture in the ground the frost will go deep this year. That will cause lots of problems. But it’s still a beautiful morning and there’s a wonderful day ahead. It’s a new day, so that makes it a wonderful day. So let’s get that smile going and enjoy today. This isn’t one of my picture days, but I decided to do some pictures anyway. Not many birds around right now, so let’s look at some birds that were around.
The very tiny male ruby throated hummingbird at the feeder getting some sweet water.
And his mate, the female ruby throated hummingbird. She doesn’t have the red throat, but still a beautiful tiny bird.
Above we have another look at the common merganser and her ducklings. She had 8 when I first saw her and 5 survived to adulthood.
Above we have Big Blue, one of my 10 blue jays. He always seems to be fluffed out like that, even when it’s not cold. The other blue jays don’t do that.
I might do this regularly even if not regularly, if that makes any sense. I think I’m tired this morning. Speaking of shopping…wait, that’s for my next post, coming soon. I hope you all have a beautiful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.
Good morning, Steve! Yes, a beautiful new day. The sun isn’t quite up yet—but the sky is all allow with golden light…and slightly Smokey. But at least the winds have calmed down now. Lots of branches and other stuffs down.
Shopping? Ooh—shoe shopping? Teehee.
Enjoy your day. Thanks for the lovely photos and smiles. 😊
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Good morning Nina! Nice that you dropped by this morning!😃😺 Actually I did go shoe shopping, but that isn’t what I will write about though.😀
I have been trying to get to your blog but it just keeps coming up with an empty page, 4 times now.🤔
Have a wonderful day Nina!😄😸🌞
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Hmmm…wonder what’s up with that? I have no clue why it does that. I did check by googling and all seems fine—maybe it’s just the reader that’s messed up? Thanks for letting me know.
I went shopping yesterday. Bought a book for my husband and me. “Hold Me Tight” by Dr. Sue Johnson. Love and relationships. Not easy—but so worth it.
So new shoes, eh? Good for you! That should also help with your therapy and healing.
Ok, I gotta run—wood chores today…
See ya soon! 😊
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Yep, working fine now. Odd things happen now and then.🤔🤪
New book, sounds serious. I hope things are working out okay for you two.🙂
Second ultrasound treatment today. Hope it helps, can’t tell yet.🤔 Sure hope it doesn’t take another 2 months, think I would go crazy!😂😹🙄
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great photos, especially like the hummingbird and blue jay shots.
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Good afternoon now, but your greetings and photographs are much appreciated. No snow here in central Ohio, but the rain is making up for a very dry autumn.
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Wow, you had a dry autumn and ours was the wettest on record! Although winter temps have arrived, only a dusting of snow on the ground and the ground is quickly freezing solid. Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!😄😸🌞
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Loved the Hummingbirds Steve!! They are so amazing!
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Thanks so much Dusty! Glad you enjoyed them, hope you are having a great day!😀😺🌞
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I am! And the very same to you Steve!🌞
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Thanky!😀
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😉 Funny!
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Thanky!😀What happened?🤔🙄
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It’s really really hard to say…. To much of the mint tea perhaps??😉😳😲🤔
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Lack of coffee!☕ That’s it!😲 Am I right??🤔🤸♂️🙄
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Only if your left handed! Think about it!🤔😉
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Already did my thinking for today, have headache now.😳😵😧
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Left handed = Right Brain
Right Handed = Left Brain.
See?
Easy!✋
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So if I’m right handed it means I left my brain somewhere? Sorry for the delay, making supper. Also had phone call, always when I’m making supper.😂😂😹😹🤪😜🙄
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I understand… I mafe mine and ate it too. My supper.. Not my Brain!! If your left handed you use you right side of your brain
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So if I’m right handed I get the ‘left’ overs?😂😂😂🤣🙄
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Only if you eat them all!!
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I want french fries with mine!🍟🍟🍟🍟🤯
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Left over French Fries??ahhhh oooooo ohhhhh…..
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You don’t eat left over french fries??😲🍟🍟
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Uh ah! Not cold…. do you?
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Heat ’em in the microwave, just a touch of fresh oil.
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Hmm.. never heard of that. Usually I eat ’em all right away🙄 so I don’t have left overs. Hehehe 😉😁😂😂
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Me too, but sometimes others have leftovers, and I hate wasting good fries!😀😀🍟🍟🍟
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From now on I’ll save all I can and send them to you..😂😂😉😉😁
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Don’t forget salt and vinegar!😃😃😀😂🙄
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In the oil?
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No, no, for the fries.
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Vinegar? With fries? I’ve never heard of that.. might need to give that a try!🤔
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Forgot you don’t use vinegar on fries down there, common in Canada.
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Fall asleep??🤔🙄
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No I could ask you the same question..
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Hey, it was your turn to answer.🙄
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I did I think? What was i answering?
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We were talking about vinegar.
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Oh yeah, mo good for ctchong flies! Use honey i stead!
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Getting worse all the time, ctchong??
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Sorry no glasses on when I wrote that one🙄😉😂😂😂
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I thought maybe you were counting your money and adding it on one of those old adding machines that you talked about before.
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You mean my toes? Yeah, thats what i was doing!😂😂😂
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You’re toes make a noise?😲🙄
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Only when I tsp them!😂😂
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Why do you hit them with a teaspoon?🤔🙄
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So they make noise!🤯
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Oh, oh, Muffin woke up. She heard us typing about her!😲😬😳😵
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Ha ha!! Ypur in for it now mister! Better run! Ohhh wait you cant! Its been really nice knowing you! So young…😵
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Just because she’s right beside my feet staring at them doesn’t mean any…AAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
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Been mice knowing ya!😳😲😬
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Now I have purple splotches on my socks.
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Eating with your feet again? That must be tricky…🤯
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No silly, blood.
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You should use band aides instead of socks.. no wonder they’re always wet.. you said it was melted snow but it was blood??
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You must be tired, I never mentioned melting snow. I have enough water without that. Socks work good for soaking up blood, always handy.
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Kinda spendy huh?
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Tomorrows treatment day again? Are you feeling any improvement?
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Yep, back tomorrow again. Yesterday I thought maybe a little improvement, today was worse than ever. Sigh. But I did go shopping today too, probably didn’t help. Just went out to bring my birdfeeder inside and Sugar was out there, startled me. Startled her too, glad that was all that happened!
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Sugar?
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She’s a skunk that comes around here, thought she would be hibernating by now.
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Yeah, Don’t scare her!!🤢
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Gotta go, time for that trip to slumber land again. Sigh.😂😂😴😴
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Yeah, me too I think..😴😴
Sleep Well!
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No I could ask you the same question.. I thought naybe you were making some tea.
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Did you realize you’re repeating yourself. Bad sign.😂🤪😜🙄
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I did, I did?
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Yep, yep.
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It’s catching!
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Only when I’m fishing.
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Fishing for flies? Very odd thing to do!
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That’s what I think too, but apparently fly fishing is very popular in some places. Must have big flies.
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Must be quite a battle with the big ones😂😂😂 a person could get carried away with it!😳😬😂😂😂
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Hey, that’s good! That would likely create quite a buzz at the coffee shop!
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I’m sure it has already!! Bzzzzz
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Keeps people’s tongues bzzee anyway.
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😂😂😉
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Speaking of which I need to trim my nails!😬😳yikes!
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Sticking through your socks again?😂🤣
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How’d you guess?? You watching me again??🤔🤔😳😳
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That’s what phones are for.🧐
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😳🤯😬🥴
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hehehehehehehehe!
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Not nice!😉are you listening too?😬😳😲
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My feet can’t hear.
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Good thing!!😉
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Is that sign one wuth a circle and a line through it?
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Whut’s wuth?🤔🙄
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I was hoping you could tell me!
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After the vinegar comment my laptop just shut down and restarted, no warning, lost something I was working on. Sigh. It’s supposed to give me warning!!!😒😠
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I didnt do it!😳
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Might have been Muffin when she put her big paw on the keyboard.😂😹🙄
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Better be careful she’ll use that big paw to scratch your foot!🐯
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She’s sleeping.😂😂😼
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Lucky you! Better hope she doesn’t read what you said about her big feet!😳
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She knows her feet are big. She keeps measuring them on top of mine all the time. I have the claw marks to prove it!😂😹
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😂😂😂
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Sure, laugh at my puncture wounds! That reminds me, did you read part 2 today? That one is ssssoooooooo good.😂😂😂
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Not yet… I will…
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uh oh….
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Soooo pretty, Steve!
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Thank you so much Lydia!😀😺
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You’re very, very welcome!
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😁😸🌨⛄
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A snow emoji??? Really?
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It’ll be that way for the next 6 months!😳🙀❄
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Yikes! Lucky y’all!
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Only if there was no snow.😂Actually not much out there yet, the ground was warm enough to melt what we had, mostly, but more will replace it in the next couple days. After 2 or 3 feet the thrill wears off.😬😜
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Haha!!!!! That’s so cool though!
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Considering snow is rare down your way, I can understand that. Up here most people are tired of it after Christmas.
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Well yes, that is true!
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For me, I have seen enough snow already, time for spring.😂😂😹😹🙄
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I’m so sure!!!! 😉
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hehe, that’s me!😀🤪😜🌨🙃🥶
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🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Oh , the birds are so cute ! I like the mother with her ducklings…she seems to be very calm !
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Thanks! I’m not so sure she was calm though, she left quickly. That was our first encounter with each other. After a few encounters she had settled down.
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Hi Steve, Beautiful pictures. Humming birds are cute. i love dem.🥰. Merganser duck, only 5 survived? 🤔 r u sure i didnt eat 3 of them😜. well i would do 😁 oh this one blue jay? see that? he needs a serious diet it seems. he is lot puffy 😜😀. And also honestly, what do you think of the weird comments out of the blog content.🤔 i see it and all i think is, dey hav a problem🥴✨😉 Have a beautiful .Friday ✨🤗✍️
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That hummingbirds makes drinking looks so good 😋
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They are such amazing tiny birds!😀
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How in the world did you get the picture of the hummingbirds so crisp without the blur of the wings? Well done!
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Took a lot of pictures.😂📷 Thanks so much Peregrine!! Enjoy your weekend!😃😺🌨❄
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You as well!
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