For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone and Happy Monday to you all! Well, it definitely was a wet night here with thunderstorms hitting us starting last evening. Poor Muffin, she really did not have a good time at all. She felt that severe weather 2 hours before it actually hit us and she stayed with me during that time, but when it hit she disappeared under the bed. I used to enjoy thunderstorms, but since that one severe storm flooded my apartment it kind of changed my opinion just a bit. Ordinary thunderstorms are one thing, but severe thunderstorms are a little different. One storm that hit the area last night at 8 pm produced ping pong sized hail and very strong wind. It missed us right here going by just a bit north. That was fine with me, especially with these big, and old, windows in here. We received about 3 and1/2 inches (over 8cm) of rain overnight. We did get some hail here, but it was only a small amount and marble sized. It’s actually going to be a rather wet week with a fair bit of rain coming over the next couple of days. On the plus side, it is supposed to be warm today, 85F (29C) for a high. That’s not so bad! And now for some nice bird pics to share with you today…
In the above pic with have a female hairy woodpecker filling up with sunflower seeds to take back and feed to her young. Both her and the male have been busy doing this for several days now. They have also found that peanuts work great as well.
And in the above photo we have a female goldeneye duck with her family of little ones out for a swim. This is actually the first time I have seen goldeneye ducklings so it was certainly a nice treat for me. I hope you all have a great Monday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin. (who is still a bit nervous)
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
Good Morning Steve β¨π Beautiful birds, hail storm π³ my god was that scary, I never faced a hail storm but I know it’s dangerous though. My mom just looked at your pic and as usual she loved it, strawberry flowers of yesterday is amazing πβ¨ she loved it so much. Enjoy the beautiful week Steveβ¨π€
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Good morning Simon!π You must have been sitting waiting for my post this morning, or evening.π My poor flowers are not looking too good this morning, but they will recover. Yes, hailstorms can be very dangerous.π³ππ² Hope your day is going well. Glad to hear your mom liked the pics. Say hi to her for me. I’m off to do some shopping. Enjoy your evening!ππΊπ§π§
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Hey Simon! I actually saw this post before you, but decided to let you win at least one time out of the ten that I normally win.π
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That’s not fair π I was showing my Mom Steve’s pictures and happen to see it first, I thought ππ
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She’s just talking Simon, there’s no way she could have beat you today!π€ Seeing it and commenting first are two different things.ππ€ͺ So you’re first!ππΊ
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Yay!!! Im the first, she tested my confidence π³π clever girl πThank you for your support π€β¨Hope you both got my award π π looking forward to see that π
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I just spotted the award this morning and Muffin and I are ready to tackle it,ππΊ um, soon.π I’m a bit behind in my awards.ππ Meow!πΎ Oops, I mean, our awards!π€π³πΉ But we’ll get caught up soon.π Meow.=HA.πΌ I don’t think Muffin believes me.π€π³
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Happy that you have found some time to see my blog post π€ Happy Reading β¨π
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Yep, I’m way behind in everything right now. Sigh. But I’ll get caught up yet.ππ Meow!=HA!πΌ There she is again.ππ
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That’s totally fineπ Everyone is way behind something πΈ Why worry Muffin πΈ Have some fun with your boyfriend. And try to lure Jessica to your house β€οΈ, oops she is a figment of imagination π. Fine forget that.π
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But what if Jessica is behind all this mess?π² Maybe she’s trying to kill me?π³π³ Maybe she wants me there forπ€ͺ…actually I’m not really sure why I’m there for,π€π¬π therefore maybe I should leave.π€ππ³
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Ha ha haπππ LOL… Enjoy the evening Steve β¨π€
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Thanks, shall do!ππΊ How does Wednesday look?π€π
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Wednesday is a insomniac beginning ππΉ I woke up at 2 am. π
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Oh no!π² Don’t tell me that!π³π€ͺ That means I should go to bed early.π€ Wait, too late for that. Oh well.ππΉ
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You supposed to be asleep, time for bed ππ
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Your flowers are looking awesome β¨ what happened out there to make it look badπ³ it’s just a bad weather and it will be back to normal soon. I’ll surely say a Hi β¨π€how is your day Steve, is it raining π shopping is over? π Enjoy the beautiful day β¨ππ€
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I’m really late answering, lost my internet due to the storms, had a hard time getting it to work again. Sigh. Yep, still raining, lots of storms, bad ones and a lot more rain coming today. We have already had more than 8 inches of rain. The hail damaged my flowers and now they are drowning! But they will come back again. Enjoy your evening!
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My gold, that must be a bad stormπ³π₯Ί hope you are safe, and at good height. Is the flood is over? Are you safe from hail storm, that must be a pain. How the cars been saved from hail stormπ§. That is one bad weather. Hope all of you are safe.
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Yep, we have had several very severe storms, kind of early in the season for such bad storms. One last night produced golf ball size hail, but that storm went just south of us. π¬π²There was also tornado warnings out but none touched down that I know of, might take awhile to find out for sure.π€ No real flooding problems here except for a few low areas. So much rain!π³π³ Now I can’t go walking to the river for at least several days!πΆββοΈπ Sigh.π I went yesterday and…had some problems.π So I’ll wait.ππ€ͺ Just raining lightly right now. Enjoy your evening Simon!ππΊπ
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Problems π what happened? π§ Hope you are alright now? This climate is really dangerous, we can’t mess up with weather, but really you got a confusing weather, like multi personality, one day it rains and next day it shines and next day these snow, you got used to it. How about someone from a warmer place πππ . Enjoy the climate and be grateful Steve π€β¨
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Problems?π€ Did I say problems?π€π€ͺ Well, it was wet and well, you know me, well, the path goes downhill in a few places and because of all the rain parts of that path are just kind of slippery wet mud and well, you know me when things get slippery going downhill and I well, you know me, I go wheeeeee,π then AAAAAAAA,π³π³ then splat,π²π² or was it splash?π€ Anyway, today my back is soreπ¬ soreπ¬ soreπ¬ and I am stiff and hard to move and well, you know me, things happen.π€ͺπ³π Sigh. Did I explain that good?π€π
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OMG!! Please please take care, did you see your doctor? Ensure everything is alright and all muscles are in place π. But seriously Check if you have any stiffness or pain in some areas.
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I’ll be okay, a day or two of gentle stretches and I will be good as, um, well, good as a used car!π Legs are stiff but I have been stretching them today.π² By the time the sun returns I’ll be fine. Hopefully.ππΈ
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Consult a doctor if you feel some signs of unusual pain. Just be cautious π€. I know you will πππ you will get better π€
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Yep, I’ll be fine by tomorrow, just wait and see. I’m always cautious, kind of. Sort of. A little bit.ππΈπ
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LOVED THE PICS Steve! A storm? That’s scary! I had a sand storm in my place! It was REALLY windy!!!!
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Thank you Eshal! A sand storm? π³Do you live in a desert?π€ππ
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No problem! Yeah! No i kinda don’t! LOL!
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I know! You live on a beach!π
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Nope!
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Mars? Lots of sand there. I think.π€π
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Hahaha no neither! Keep guessing!!!
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I know, I know! The Australian outback! I’m sure they have lots of sand so they probably get sand storms too. Maybe?π€π
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Nope! You’re not yet there,!!!
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I know! China has a big desert. Somewhere. So there would be big sandstorms. I think.
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No not China! You’re so not getting there! Where i live there aren’t any sandstorms but this one appeared suddenly out of nowhere!
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I get it now, that must mean you live in Iceland, they don’t get sandstorms. I’m right, right?
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Nope! Hahahah LOL! I hate cold weather more than anything! I would’ve moved away if i was living in ICELAND!!!
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Hmm, guess that rules out Antarctica too.π€ I know, I know!π You talk about the amazon a lot so it must be Brazil!π₯³πππΊ
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Yeah π Hahaha it’ll take you years to find out π π Nah it’s not Brazil either!!
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Rats. I know I’m getting close though. Let me think about it some more.π€ No hints! I can do this.πππ
Meow, meow.=That what he think.πΉ
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Ok you have the whole time in the world π Hahaha I wasn’t gonna give a hint ππ
LOL MuffinπΉπΉπΉ
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That’s okay, I already have a big hint, it’s a place that doesn’t get sandstorms but does get sandstorms. And…I know! Hawaii!π
Meow, meow=My human embarrassing at times.π
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Hahaha you are seriously making me roll laughing ππππ
Muffin you are really amazing and awesome and funny which I think you know you are πππ
You are too Steve π
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Glad I can make you laugh.
Meow, meow.=I tell better jokes.
Who says?
Meow, meow.=Me say so, you want sore foot?
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
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You’re doing it again!
Hahaha LOL!!!!
You two are so made for each other!
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So true!π
Meow, meow!=Yep, except he hard to train, slow learner.πΉ
What?? I think it’s the other way around.π€
Meow, meow!=HA, you say that? Time for your exercise!πΎπΎ
No, no, no, no!πββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπΌπΌπΉ
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You just can’t find anything much cuter than a momma duck and all her biddies swimming by. Christobal blew through here last night, still in the area but just rain. A few days ago a real storm came for a visit and took down a large pine tree along with the fence, gate and power lines. The internet went too. Such is life in the country.I do enjoy your photos and stories. Give Muffin a hug from a me.
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Yes, I always enjoy watching a family of ducks, especially when they are still so tiny. Country living does have a lot of “joys” with it.
Thank you so muchπ and Muffin also thanks you for the hug!π»
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Wow! That’s some big hail. Poor Muffin.
Pretty pics though!
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Yep, it is big hail for sure. Thanks so much!
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That sounds like a crazy storm; glad to hear that there did not seem to be too many problems as a result…
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With all that lightning and strong wind I’m wondering if any trees are down over my walking path, guess I will find out later.
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Hopefully not too much damage!
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A couple trees down, one large white pine which fell partly into the river. But I won’t be going back there for awhile.
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that’s too bad, but better to be safe…
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Yes, very true!
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In some parts of C anada , it rains in the summer more than in the winter …
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Rain is very rare in winter in this country except along the west coast, it happens elsewhere too but not often. June is typically our rainiest month of the year.
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ping pong sized hail, wow! Luckily it missed you! Hopefully the rest of the week will be just “ordinary” thunderstorms π€ͺ
Poor Muffin, she’ll pass quite a while under the bed π
Wish you both a wonderful week! ππ»
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More thunderstorms on the way with severe storms possible tonight again. Right now it’s sunny and getting hot, that part is nice!ππΊπππ½Thanks Ribana!
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You take wonderful pictures Steve! We have had cyclone and thunderstorms back to back. Even today, we had heavy rain. Heavy rain is still okay, but heavy storms isn’t. I hope you are doing well! I love the pictures again.. Take careβ€οΈ
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That doesn’t sound like fun, too many storms! Yep, we’re supposed to get a lot of rain the next couple days.
Yes, I’m fine, thanks, how are you doing? Thanks for stopping by Ramyani, have a wonderful day!ππΊπ»
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Poor Muffin, Iβd be nervous after such a storm. Adore those ducklings! Have a great week Steve.
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Thanks so much Sheree! Lost my internet so I’m a bit slow answering! Enjoy your week too!ππΊ
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Hey, what would that be like? Here too there have been several thunderstorms and rain is expected throughout the week, but our max temp today was 21C!!!π±βοΈ
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Only 19 for us today with rain and thunderstorms all day. We have had over 8 inches (20cm) of rain so far. 2 very bad storms missed us, one last night had hail up to tennis ball size and there was tornado warnings out for us too, but none touched down. Kind of early for such severe weather! Have a great day!ππΊββ
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π± Tornado?!? How scary!!!
Now we have a thunderstorm here and 19C. But today was quite good.
Hi Steve, enjoy you day!βΊοΈ
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Hey, similar weather, only 16 here but all weather warnings are over, just rain for the rest of the day. Good day to stay indoors and clean. What am I saying?!
Have a nice evening!ππΊππ§
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Loved the pics ! Very clear…I have not seen that kind of woodpecker around here…we get flickers…we never got the storms…just a little rain…more weather alerts for tonight…poor Muffin !βοΈβοΈπβοΈβοΈβΌοΈ
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Thanks so much Sharon! The storms just don’t want to stop here, very bad storms! And amazing amount of rain. Muffin is not happy!ππ³ββ
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The baby duckies are too cuteπ
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Yep and the next time I get down there they will likely be a lot bigger. I was hoping for more pics while they were young.ππ· Oh well. Have a great day!ππΊπ
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Thank you! I hope yours was awesome!
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Definitely was!
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Good!!
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