For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hello once again everyone! It is certainly a nice sunny day and a bit warmer than it has been, even though the wind is still on the cool side, but not so strong today. I went for my walk to the river today, my first time in 3 days. It is just such a joy to be out there in nature enjoying all the beauty God has provided. It was quite calm when I first arrived at the river and sitting on the bench looking out across the water was just so nice. It didn’t last too long though and the wind began to blow once more making it just a bit too chilly to sit there. So I moved a bit further down the path, but due to the direction of the wind there just was no place to sit where it did not blow directly on me. So I decided on coming back and once in among the trees again I could no longer feel the wind so it was very pleasant indeed. And listening to all the little birds singing provided a wonderful calming effect. There were several little squirrels busy along the path in different places, looking for pine cones they had cut down from the trees. I didn’t see Scramble today though, he was probably further back from the path today.
And here are a couple pics from my walk to the river, true art in nature…
Above we have the simple beauty of a dried flower stalk left from last year.
Above we have sort of an abstract beauty of ripples on the water going in different directions. The river level has dropped about 2 feet (60cm) from last week. It’s at the level of summer, which is quite amazing, it should be much higher this time of year. But we didn’t have much snow this winter and little moisture this spring, so it is now very dry in the forest.
Kind of a water themed nature’s art this week, but there is a lot of beauty found along our rivers and lakes in this area. I hope you are all having a wonderful day, stay safe and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Cathy Native
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Thank you for reading Cathy.
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Very peaceful walk in the forest Steve! I truly enjoyed it. Thanks for writing it. I was right there walking in my mind.🙂
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Thanks Dusty, glad you liked it. Hope you had a nice day.😁😸🌞
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Thank you so much! Yes I did. I’m ready to be done sitting in a cube, but only a few more days to go.
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Good cubing! I mean thinking. I mean I’m tired.
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Yup! Me too! I spent about 90 minutes cleaning the tubes on my pontoon this evening. Almost done finally. It’s a lotoc work gettin that scumm off of the metal. But it has to be clean before I put it in the lake.
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Lotoc?
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A lot of work! My hands are even tired!
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Oh, I get it now. I think.
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You must be tired! hehehe!
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What😴 makes😴 you😴 think😴 that?😴
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That loud noise I hear coming from the north… sounds a lot like SNORING!😂😂😂😂😂
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Could be thunder, you’re supposed to get rain.😂😂😂
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Hahahaha… I almost said I thought it was Thunder!😂😂😂😂
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Told you. Speaking of thunder, time for me to log off so I can saw logs. All that fresh air made me😴😴😴😴😴.
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Alrighty.. rest well! Talk tomorrow!😴😴
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I surely enjoyed the walk with you ! Did you bring coffee with you ? Or hot soup ?…that rippling effect on the river was pretty ! Nice contrast between the dried up flower stalk and the rocks beneath the water ! ☕️☕️🙂💨☀️
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Just bring my camera, I like to travel light.😁📷
Thanks so much! Have a good night!😃😺🌙😴
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I love the ripples in the water.
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Thank you Lydia!😁😸📷
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Such a beauty that you are surrounded by, beautiful pictures! I wish the spring last more for your city. And the ripples in the water, did you jumped in for a swim 🤔 do you swim🤔😉 Just curious 😁 Good Morning Steve ✨🤗
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Those ripples in the water were made by the wind. That water is too cold for swimming yet! Yes, I can swim, I’m not a real good swimmer but I can swim.😁😸🏊♂️🤽♂️🏄♂️🚣♂️
Thanks so much Simon!😃😺🌞🌧
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That’s great 😁 So have you ever jumped in these lakes recently😃 I am just asking. 😁 And you will answer me right 😉 I do not swim and afraid of water, I want to learn that first, for real. I badly wanted to come out of that fear. I wish I get that time to learn 😉 Have a good day 😁
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We have such a short season for swimming here, about 2 months, sometimes less. I haven’t been swimming for a long time, years in fact. But swimming is fun, I just don’t like crowded beaches, can’t do anything, always bumping into people. That’s not for me.😂😹
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I love sitting and watching the ripple effect on water. So soothing😊
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Yep, sure is Stu! Thanks for stopping by!😃😺🌞🌧
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Hope you had a great day Steve!
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It was cool, cloudy and rainy, but a great day indeed!
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K, your cool and my cool might be a little different…lol My cool is in high 60’s
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That to me would be a beautiful warm spring day!😂😹
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😂
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😁😸
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Beautiful
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Thanks so much!
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You’re welcome
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Loved it Steve 😊
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Thanks Eshal!😁😸
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Any time Steve 😊
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Thank you for sharing your lovely nature walk, Steve. 🎍 🎋 🍃 🍂 🍁 🍄 🌾🐦 🐤☕️☕️
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Glad you enjoyed it Eugenia! Have a nice day!😃😺🌞☕☕🌧🌺🌼
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The spring has sprung …
Have you started seeing frogs and butterflies or is it still cold ?
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When we had a few nice days a week ago there was quite a few butterflies around and the frogs came out. But they all disappeared when the cold weather hit. Yesterday I saw 2 different butterflies again, but no frogs. They will be back though. Warmer weather is coming by the weekend.
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Good to know …
Here , I could hear the frogs now wag wag wag wag wag …
Lol…
Blessings …
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There is quite a contrast in rainfall between your home and mine. We are several inches above normal here with more monsoon weather coming Monday.
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We are definitely below normal rainfall, just as we were below normal in snowfall. Now that things are really starting to grow it will likely dry out very quickly.
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