For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hi everyone! I hope you are all having a great day! It is a very nice mild day here. I went outside this afternoon and the sun was shining on my deck, and the snow was actually melting leaving water laying around. The temp is 26F (-3C), but that sun is getting stronger every day and being higher in the sky, the snow will still melt even when the temp isn’t warm enough. But because of the milder weather there hasn’t been much activity at the bird feeders. The squirrel, however, was certainly having fun again running through the branches of the trees. He has a regular “highway” as he runs along the branches from tree to tree. So much fun to watch him go, clearing snow off branches as he runs along. There is a lot of beauty to see out there if we just take some time to look for it.
And now for our art in nature pics for today…
This little mushroom looks like it has a delicious caramel top on it. The white is just the glare from the sun hitting it when I took the picture. It is very smooth and almost waxy. Unfortunately I don’t know the name yet or if it is edible.
I don’t know the name of these alien looking mushrooms either, but I did find a lot of them in one area along my forest path.
There we have our pics for today, I certainly hope you have enjoyed them, enjoy your day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Love the pictures. Does look like caramel. I love watching squirrels, especially when they chase each other, 😆. I always think they’re either siblings or family members.
Oh! I forgot to mentioned.
Story time!
One day, a squirrel came by my window in the kitchen. At first I thought it was a mouse 😵 but then I’d seen it.
So of course, when I came close it spotted me and went away. Then I decided to put peanuts outside the window. Sure enough, the squirrel came back. So I let it eat food in peace, but then when I came back into the kitchen. He was laying on his stomach by the window. As if relaxing and enjoying the dinner I just gave him. (or her). It’s was so cute. I’m glad he (or she) had a good meal. And I made a friend. ☺️
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Thanks so very much Tiffany!
Hey, that’s so great to hear you now have a squirrel coming around! Yes, they do love to lie down on their stomach and rest like that and sometimes with their tail going straight up in the air! Why, I don’t know. I was finally able to get pictures of them lying down on their stomach last year. So nice to hear you have a new friend!😁😸⛄📷
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Oh but he never came back 😢 this happened last year. I miss my friend.
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Oh, that’s too bad. I hope he didn’t get run over by a car, I have lost several squirrels that way.😕
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Oh no 😔
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God may compensate for everything…
Squirrels can breed and multiply like people …
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So true, actually I think they multiply faster than people sometimes! Nice to see you Eco!
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Thank you …
Wael …
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Good morning Wael! Hope your day is going well!
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You are perfectly right Steve! There’s a lot of beauty out there in the nature, we just need to look for it 😉
Interesting mushrooms 🍄😉
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Thanks Ribana! Yes indeed, even in cities it can be found. Thanks for taking a look today!😁😸🍄
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Excellent photos ! …our squirrels lie on their stomach as well…resting their little hearts I expect…
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Thanks so much Sharon! Yeah, guess they need to rest sometimes too.😂😹
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Nice! That jelly looks like candy that a kid at work spat out.
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Ewwww!
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Sorry lol
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Oh well. I’ll never look at a jelly fungus the same again.
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😉
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😀😀😛🙃
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Nice pctures steve!!! The fungus looks like the caramel i once ,made and i ACCIDENTELY made it fall on the floor!!!😂
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Thanks! Now why would you throw it on the floor?🤔🤔😂😹
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I nominated you for the bee love award
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Thanks Mr Holliman, I will check it out!
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👍🏼
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Thank you for this again Outosego and thanks for coming by this morning!
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You’ re welcome, Steve. Have a wonderful day.
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Thanks so much! It is a beautiful sunny day, though the temp is -36F right now with a strong wind blowing. Have a great day too!😀😺
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Extremely interesting pictures, Steve. Yes, very interesting. I hope you’ve been having a good day 😀
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Yes indeed, always a good day. Just very cold today with the temp hitting -40. Thanks for stopping by, have a great day, um, I guess tomorrow!😁😸🍄
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Yeah! It is “tomorrow”. And woah! That’s super super cold ❄️
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Yep and it’s just as cold today!🥶🥶🙀🙀😲😳⛄⛄
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Stay warm!
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And another cold day, -39 this morning.🥶🙀😬Good day for lots of ☕☕☕😀😺☕☕
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Beautiful pictures, Steve! 🍄🍄🍄🍄☕️☕️🍩🍩
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Thanks Eugenia! Did your snow melt? Temp hit -40 here today.😀😺🍄🥶🙀☕☕
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