For a smile as wide as a country sunrise

Good morning everyone on this another cold morning! But, Happy Saturday! At least for a lot of people this is not a workday, although it can still be a work day at home. But for many in our modern society, Saturday is just another workday. But we can still make it a happy day anyway! Even living in a frigid climate like this. Though really, this has been a nice mild winter for us. And that is certainly a nice thing after 4 brutal winters in a row. That’s something to be happy about right there, for us at least. Muffin just gives me that look. For her it’s not nice until she can have her window open. I am looking forward to that time as well. So nice to have those windows open and get all that fresh air in each day.
However, for now let’s just enjoy some more nice summer pictures…

Here we have two male goldfinches wearing their summer feathers. Certainly a lot brighter than they are now in the winter.
And here we have a beautiful white throated sparrow. This is one of our largest sparrows and one of the most colorful too.
Well, I thought we would have a little break from the flower pics for a bit and bring you some of our summer birds for a while. Probably won’t be for very long, or I might do one bird pic and one flower pic. Guess we will find out tomorrow. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Thanks Steve for sharing these photos. Keep the coffee hot on this cold winter day. Believe it or not, I finally had to shovel a bit of snow yesterday (for the first time). These Ohio winters can be “brutal.”
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Thanks for stopping by Richard!
Shoveled snow for the first time this winter?
It’s cold with light snow here again this morning, not supposed to be much snow however. I wish we would have such a brutal winter.😂😹 Have a great day!😁😸⛄⛄
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I’ll be honest Steve. I miss the more brutal winters back in my home state of Montana. Take care up there in the Great White North!
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Wow! I don’t think I would miss our winters at all. But really, this winter hasn’t been bad except for a few cold days. Not like the last 4 winters, so it’s nice to have a break. Enjoy your weekend!😁😸⛄
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Nice pics!
Have a nice Saturday!
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Thanks so much Lydia! I hope you have a great Saturday as well!😃😺
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You’re welcome!
Thanks
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😀😀😀🐦🐧
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Cool pics steve!!!! And have a good day Sir George, Muffin ans Steve!!!😂
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My friendly Sir George has headed south for the winter, but he should be back in late March or early April. Thanks Eshal!
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Oh! Well safe journey to SIR GEORGE!!! And no problem-o- steve!
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😃😺⛄⛄
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Lovely pics Steve ! Your birds are very colourful !🦉🐦🦅🦆
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Thanks again! Yep, most summer birds are colorful, but even some winter birds are just as nice.😀🐦
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Large sparrow ✨🤔 nice picture Steve 😍😜 Hope you had a beautiful night, time for me to have one ☺️..
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Thank you Simon! It was, I slept great! Hope you do as well!!🤪😴😴🌙
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