For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone on this beautiful Sunday! It is nice and sunny this morning, the gulls are circling overhead, their brilliant white looking so bright against that beautiful blue sky. There is a nice light wind blowing from the south this morning, bringing with it some nice warm temps starting today. But of course with it comes the thunderstorms overnight and early tomorrow morning and possibly later tomorrow as well. It has been a busy morning out here on the deck. Mama hairy woodpecker is busy trying to get her sunflower seeds. The gulls were here earlier and had their breakfast. The 12 crows sat impatiently in the trees waiting for their turn, but only 2 of them managed to get a small piece of bread, which is all the gulls left for them.
Lady Pearl was first at the feeder, one crow looked like he was going to try and come on there too but Sir George looked over the edge of the roof at that point so the crow just sat waiting. A male hummingbird was at their feeder too, but he was scared away easily by all the traffic around with those big birds. Woody and Gopher, my two squirrels, we here as well. Woody will take peanuts from my hand now, but Gopher is still not brave enough. All 3 chipmunks were here, Skamper is my friendly little one and will crawl all over me. Pocket, who lost half his tail, is the next most friendly. And then there is Skitter, the newest one, who is not brave enough to come to me yet. Actually, this morning I almost thought there might be 4 chipmunks, but it was hard to tell. Time for more coffee and a look at some pics…
In this first pic, above, is a couple of ring-billed gulls. There was actually a dozen of them swimming around and eating dead moths that were floating on the river, that’s all those spots on the water.
And in this pic above is a nice family of Canada geese, one of 3 families on the river that day. They too were busy eating the dead moths. The greenish color of the water is just the reflection from the trees along the shore. The bird in the featured image at the top is a dove that I kept encountering when on my vacation in Nice last year. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
A very Good Morning Steve β¨π
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Good morning Simon! I think you’re first today.π€ππββ
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Yes I am πYay!!!!
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As your prize, do 10 push ups.ππΉπ
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I did 100 pushups today ππ Hope that’s fine π
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Not bad. Did you do them all at once?π Or spread out through the day?π€¨
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π± how did you know π³ I made it in π€ 5 instalments πππ
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That’s still good! I do things the same way, that’s how I knew!πππΉπΉπ³
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Don’t ask me in how many instalments I did ππΌπΈ
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Oops, already did.π¬ππΉ
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Well that’s not me, ofcourse it’s me, π€uhhh the other me ππ Coming to the post, the crows are really impatient, I see it here whenever my dad delays their snacks they cry and annoy you π³ you got a new friend?π Skitterπ nice name π Have fun with your little friends, and don’t forget to enjoy this beautiful Sunday, β¨π₯°ππ
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Yes, this is going to be a beautiful day for sure. I’ll be going outside soon to spend time with the birds and chipmunks and try for some new pics.π€π· Then a walk later.πΆββοΈπββοΈ More pics.π· Back home. π‘More pics.ππ· I hope you had a nice time enjoying that nice weather that you have all the time! ππΈπββ
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Wow Steve it’s a great beginning already β¨π Enjoy this awesome weekend π€
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Thanks Simon! It has been a great day! Hope Monday is starting off good for you!ππΈπ
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It had started πΈ I’m still guessing what to cookπΌ Sometimes these are the only challenge π deciding what to cook π§
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Hmm, I solve that problem by not cooking.πππ€£π€£π€ͺπ³πΉπΉ
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πLucky You πΌ I’m still thinking ππ
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That’s it!π₯³ Stop thinkingπ€ and start cookingπ¨βπ³ and I’m leaving,πββοΈ time for bed!π΄ππΉ
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You are late π§π€π π I still didn’t cook π³π I’m not going to cook Nowπ Maybe later. π€π
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Did you finally cook something?π€π I got you mixed up did I?π€ππΉπ
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I was very late, but I did made something π Don’t ask me how was it π kind of bad cook ππ I’m usually a bad cook but today morning was worser ππ oh no you didn’t mixed up π€
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Oh good, you made something finally. Did you enjoy it?πππ€£π€£
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Not really π But I ate it anyway π
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That’s what I do too!ππΉ
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Ha ha ha then you know how I felt. We are on the same page ππ. good night Steve π€β¨
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Yep, good night Simon, I’m signing off and heading to bed.ππΊπββπ΄π΄
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You are late again π Good Night π€
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geese
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Thank you for reading!
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Your chipmunks are amazingly tame ! π€
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Chipmunks get friendly very easily, especially with some peanuts!ππΊπΏπΏπΏ
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Hey Steve! Hope you are doing good! GREAT PICS! Aww Woody is an AWESOME name!
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Hi Eshal! Muffin and I are doing great! Thank you so much, have a great week!
Meow!=Hi from me too!πΊ
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They look so happy and peaceful. Good day to you and Muffin. Enjoy the good life for me.
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Thank you very much Pene! I hope you have had a great weekend too and a wonderful week ahead! Muffin meows “hi” as well!ππΊπββ
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Thank you so much my dear. Good night.
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Have a good night Pene!ππΊπ
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I love that last pic!!
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It’s fun watching the geese families at the river, but they sure lose a lot of little ones.
Thanks for taking a look!
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You truly are one with nature!
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Kind of been that way most of my life I guess.
Thanks Jim!
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lucky you!
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Such cute pics of the Canada geese with their five little ducklings ! Sir George continues to take care of his mate…so sweet ! βοΈβοΈππ¦π¦π¦π¦π¦πΏπΏπΏβΌοΈ
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Yes, it was nice that they were fairly close too so I could get some pics. Hope you have a great night and week ahead!ππΊππ΄
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