For a smile as wide as a country sunrise

Hello everyone! Well, it’s not so cold this morning, a welcome change for sure. Okay, it’s not exactly warm out there, but at least I don’t freeze solid as soon as I step outside the door. So that is a definite plus. And even milder weather is on the way, for a few days at least, and that will be very nice. Especially standing outside trying to get pics of these birds. Some have been cooperating nicely, others are a bit shy. However, some challenge is a good thing sometimes, if it was too easy it wouldn’t be any fun. Too much challenge can work the opposite way though. That’s where flowers and certain insects are so nice, like the following…
Here we have another look at that colorful bee, this time on a lavender bachelor’s button that is starting to fall apart with age. The bee doesn’t seem to mind though.
Here we have another bee all covered with pollen from his favorite hollyhock flower.
And there we have our pics for today, I hope you all have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.
If you can’t be in warm place, at least you can daydream Steve! Lovely pics and the bees are awesome!
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Yes indeed, nothing like a good bit of daydreaming on a cold winter day! Thanks so much Renee! Have a great day!😀😺⛄🎄
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OOOOOH! Sooo pretty!
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Thanks Lydia! Finished school for today?
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You’re welcome!
We celebrated my dad’s birthday a little late at the zoo 2 hours away! We had fun!
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That’s great! Is it a large zoo?
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It is a big zoo! All the c-mas lights were sooo pretty!
A friend of ours met us there and she’s from the north. First thing out of her mouth was “Oh my word! There’s so many palm trees here! I don’t see any up north!”
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Christmas lights and palm trees. No animals?🤔🤯
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Oh yeah, but I’m not a big animal person! And they had fake snow!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone was running to it!
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Fake snow?? Amazing. I would be running away screaming NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!😂😂🤣🤣🙄
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I know! I told everyone in my clan that and about you!!!!!!! I thought it was sooo funny! When SC sees snow, they scream with joy and runs to it!!!! We had fun! The snow was falling all around the lit up palms!
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You told them about me? Did anyone faint?🤔😳🤪🙄
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Yeah! No silly!
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That’s amazing!😲🙄
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What’s amazing?
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That no one fainted.🙄🤪
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They did act a little weird cuz I’m talking about this guy that would go crazy if he saw this.
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I wonder why they would do that?🤪😜🤔🙃
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What?
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Act weird.
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Because you are weird!
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Naturally.
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What’s with the natural stuff today!???
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I like nature. Naturally.
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Ooooh did I spell it wrong?
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Nope.
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So you just made a joke out of it?
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Naturally.
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Tired?
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Yes, but no.
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?🤔🤔???
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Ha! I know, I’m bad!
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Naturally.
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Hey that’s mean!
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I was just agreeing, agreement is a nice thing.
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Yeah whatever… go check email.
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Sorry it took so long, I was having trouble accessing my email. Sigh. The pics are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Real palm trees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why are you dressed up like it’s cold??
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Ok.
Ha yeah right! I look so stupid because I was wearing 7 coats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, they’re real!
It was good!
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7 Coats???????????????????? Oh my. What would you do if you were up here in -30?
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Geez I don’t know. I’m not lying…. 7. I’m normally skinny.
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Amazing. 7 coats.
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I felt horrid though! I couldn’t move!
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I believe it. That’s the way I feel sometimes after getting dressed to go outside.
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Yeah. Cold weather is awful!
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That’s why I like summer.
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Me too silly! Summer is my favorite…. but the humidity argh!
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We really don’t have to worry much about humidity most of the time. Sometimes it gets bad but usually when it’s hot the humidity gets very low.
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That’s so cool, but it’s so thick outside here you can’t breath.
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That’s like it was in France. Beautiful, like walking into an oven when I left the hotel. Seems like a dream now.
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Wow! Crazy!
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Yeah, it was Nice!
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Better than the cold!
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Yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to get those pictures sorted so I can start putting them on my blog.
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Cool!
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Nice pics…!
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Thank you so very much! Have a wonderful day!
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Welcome and same to you !
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Flowers always are “pick-me -ups” to me ! How and when can you grow the delightful lavender phlox ?
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Yes, that’s true, flowers are great that way. You should be able to buy the plants at your local nursery in the spring. Might even be able to grow from seeds, not sure how well it would work. But when the flower seeds show up in the store take a look if there are any.
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Lovely photos!!
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Thanks so much Keziah! Have a great evening!
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You too!!
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Thanks Keziah!
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Wow, look at the beauty, should i see the flowers or should i see the bee’s…. This looks awesome Steve! Loved it ✨
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Thanks so much Simon! These pics are a combo with the flowers and bees.🌞🐝🌺 Personally I like the bees, but they go together so well. Enjoy your evening Simon!😀😺⛄🎄
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They did! Just like pillows and bedcovers 😁 wait, yes, I’m feeling a little sleepy now. Time to turn off my laptop, i still have fee more mins to work and more yawning to do looking at my file transfer speed🙄😒. Hope your day is awesome ✨🤗💐
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Better get to bed then Simon. Thanks, it’s milder, but high humidity today so it feels cold still. Heavy clouds too so it’s very dull day, not good for getting pics with my camera, but I tried a bit anyway. The trees are so nice and frosty today, would look great if the sun was shining. Sigh. Maybe the sun will come out later.
Hope you sleep well Simon!😀😀😴😴🌙🌙🤪⛄
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Good Night Steve, My work is homoficially over for the day and I’m signing off✨😁
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Good night!😴😴
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