Daily Pics #170.

Posted on June 18, 2020 by

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Good morning everyone! It is rather wet here today, we had thunderstorms move through again last night. We didn’t get a lot of rain, we must have been on the edge of the storms. But there was a lot of lightning and thunder. Poor Muffin. Not only was it too hot for her, but then to have the thunder on top of it, well, she didn’t get much sleep. So she is enjoying a nap right now, which will likely last all morning, and maybe into the afternoon as well. The birds were not singing much this morning as there was light rain from the time I got up until just a little while ago. When it rains they prefer to try and stay dry, can’t blame them for that. A loon was calling so beautifully early this morning, before I got out of bed, it sounded so nice. I would like to get a pic of a loon chick, especially while they are still young enough to be riding on the parent’s back. They usually have one or two chicks, but I have seen three chicks once. But it seems that one chick is the normal for them.

I am having my coffee indoors this morning, but you probably guessed that already. I forgot to mention in yesterday’s Daily Pics that it was my 400th post for the year. Thank you everyone for being here so regularly, reading my posts and enjoying my pics! Only had one gull here this morning, one of the not quite so friendly ones, but as long as I don’t look at him then he will come down for the food. The chipmunks and one squirrel were here early once again. Skamper is still the most friendly of the chipmunks, but Skitter is getting there fast though he would still be in third place after Pocket. Now time for some pink wildflower pics…

The featured image at the top is the alsike clover just beginning to open. In the above pic is the “twinflower”, one of my all time favorite wildflowers. They are small, the plant is about 2 inches (5cm) tall and the flower is about half an inch (about 12mm) long. I had to lie on the ground to get this pic. And they have such a beautiful scent, something you notice long before seeing these small flowers.

In the above pic is the wild rose, or pasture rose. They are not so beautiful as the garden variety perhaps, but they are beautiful in their simplicity and they also have a most wonderful scent that can carry a long distance as well. There we have our pics for today. I hope you all have a fantastic Thursday and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

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34 Comments on “Daily Pics #170.”

    • Good evening Ribana!
      Yes, she is sleeping peacefully at the window where she gets a nice cooler breeze.😸😻
      Wildflowers can be very beautiful even though many are so small.😁📷🌺
      Thanks so much! Enjoy your evening!😁😺

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  3. Why there was only one gull? 🤔 It must have been a bad weather for Muffin 😼 It’s good she is taking her naps at daytime. Congratulations on ur 400th post ✨🧞 Yay!!! Ur are doing awesome… Best wishes to the 1000th Post 😍😉👍 Have a beautiful day ✨🤗

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    • Hi Simon, the gulls are busy with their babies now so they won’t show up much until the babies are flying, which will be sometime in the first half of July. Then all my gulls will return again. Thanks Simon!😁😸 I just looked and since I started blogging I have now had 1,044 posts!🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🥳🥳 I wasn’t even keeping track of that one.🤔 So thanks for that one too!😁😸 Have a great evening Simon!😀😺🌞🌧

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      • that was awesome😍 gulls will come back with their family to meet you😊 1044 ✨😉That is wow 😍 You have made 1000 already. well, my best wishes for reaching 2000 soon 😁👍 Good Night Steve ✨🤗

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      • Might take a little longer to reach 2,000, I’m not posting as much as I did last year.🤔😄 But hopefully I’ll make it eventually!😜 Good night Simon, hope you sleep well!😁🌙😴 No, wait, it’s me that’s going to bed.🤔🙄😳 Hope I sleep well!😂😹

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      • ha ha ha 😂 Come on Steve u can’t confuse me😁 I’m gng to bed and u r gng to 🙄🤔 No no no, u gng to bed and I’m gng to sleep now, I’m tired of workout, how about a 5 mins nap 😜 Good Night Steve, I’ll take a short break 🤗

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      • See? You are mixed up,🤪 saying good night to me in the morning.😜🌞 I’m up now. I think I am anyway.🤔 Sometimes it’s hard to tell though!🤪😳🙄 A nap? Good idea, but I just had breakfast,🤔☕ still drinking my coffee, no time for a nap now. Oh well. Enjoy your evening Simon!😀😺🌙

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      • Now I see why u don’t fall asleep, You have coffee in ur hand 😂. Don’t drink caffeine, then you’ll likely to feel asleep at daytime. but I feel instead of blood there is only coffee running in ur veins 😜 like I have black tea 😂🤪 Are you sure it’s morning, because it’s dark out here (◠‿◕) Have a beautiful Friday ✨🤗

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      • It’s dark so early in the evening?😲 Doesn’t get dark here until past 10:30pm!😁 I don’t drink caffeine, only coffee,😜☕☕ it’s the decaf kind of coffee,😬 not quite as good but better than no coffee!🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️
        It’s a cold, cloudy day here, the sun did come out and the clouds disappeared for about an hour, but the clouds came back. Looks like an indoor day again.😕

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      • Here usually we won’t have sunlight after 6 to 6:30 pm during summer on other seasons it will be 6pm during rainy season it will be 5:40 😁😂. our morning sunshine begins at 6 to 6:30 sharp 😋 during rainy season that will be delayed. 10:30 pm is a sunlight😳🙄 glad it never happened here, else we will be wrkng for 15 hrs a day 😂😂. Oops indoor day again 🙄 Hope u have something better to do inside 😇😊

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      • Right now it’s daylight about 3:40am until 10:30pm, nice long days!😄😸🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️ Quite a difference from that other season of the year I don’t like talking about!😂😹

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  7. Lovely pics again ! Thunderstorms can be scary, even for humans…we finally got a “real” rain…one inch…minor thunder and lightning…☕️☕️🙀😢😻☕️☕️

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      • I probably have not even done half the posts you have. Just sort of taking it easy this year. Last year sort of wore me out.

        You are consistent brother! That’s what counts😊

        Thanks! You too! Tell Muffin no toe biting or scratching tonight😂

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      • It actually cooled off so much in here last night that Muffin was back to sleeping with me. When it gets too hot she sleeps by herself in the coolest place she can find, normally by her window.
        Posting too much can be hard at times, best to find a schedule that works good without draining you.
        Have a great day Stu!😀😺🌞

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      • You live too far south brother. Yesterday I was wearing a Tshirt and sweating, today I had on a jacket and still wasn’t warm!😂

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  10. Well Steve, the rain will keep those wildflowers blooming. Yesterday’s walk took me to a different park for my first visit of the summer. Fortunately, I took my camera, and my route took to a rendezvous with a very relaxed deer.

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    • Hey, that’s great! Yes, you should always have that camera ready just in case! The wildflowers are really starting to pop now. I was hoping to get out to a different area to find some ladyslippers, but it just hasn’t worked out and it’s probably too late now. Too bad.😕📷

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