For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning to everyone! It is a nice warm morning again, clear sky except for a few lingering clouds from the storms overnight and the sun was about to peek over the horizon. Muffin didn’t have a good night, even though the storms never actually hit us, they were all around us and the thunder could be heard easily. And the lightning. Some fantastic lightning last night. Fortunately I brought my chair inside last night, it’s a folding type, so it stayed dry this time. So here I sit, the sun is shining so brightly, it’s just beautiful. What’s that? I thought I felt a drop of rain. I did. Suddenly it’s pouring down from a very dark cloud above me which I wasn’t paying attention to because the sun was shining so nicely. And the birds were singing so nicely. And I’m getting wet.
I come back inside and Muffin is rolling on the floor like she often does. I’m sure she was rolling with laughter. I could tell. It was the look in her eyes. I’m back inside sitting in my chair and look out the window. Blue sky everywhere, the sun is shining brightly, the birds are singing, the air is so nice and fresh. Out I go once more, sitting there enjoying my coffee and, what was that? I felt a drop of rain. I look up and sure enough, though it’s sunny from the east, the clouds have returned and down comes the rain. It wasn’t 5 minutes. I’m getting wet. Back inside I go and the rain stops. Can this really be happening? Yes. It can. I decide to stay inside anyway. Sigh.
Well, as you can see, we have birds as our pics today. The top featured image is a female mallard duck with her little ones. There is actually two mallard families at the river, the other family is smaller, only 5 ducklings but they are a little older than this family.


Then in the 2 pics above, we have “white pelicans”. I’m trying to make friends with these pelicans and each time I am down at the river they get a little closer to me. I’m thinking I should buy some minnows to take down and feed these birds. But it seems to be working okay by just talking nicely to them. I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
Does it rain there in July …?
Here , where I live in Lebanon , raining in July is rare …
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Oh yes, we get rain every month from spring through fall. And actually we have had rain every month of the year, though it is an oddity in winter.
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Good Morning Steve, These summer rains are unpredictable, Here in our place, summer rains are very important to keep our ground level water, sadly no rain this time, just a 2 hr spell one day, that was heavy. π and Look what happened today, the weather is playing with you ππ, Muffin must have been laughing looking at youπΉπΈπΉ Pelicans are so close this time, looking so beautitul and the mother ducks too. Have a beautiful day Steve β¨π€π
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Yes, this weather today can’t be trusted. It’s just waiting for me to go out so it can rain again!ππΉπ³π§π§ Muffin was laughing for sure. πΉπYes, if I had some minnows I could get these pelicans eating from my hand I’m sure. But it’s fun doing it the hard way too. Poor Muffin just can’t settle down because of the weather.π A beautiful day it is, even with the rain!ππΊππ§ππ§ππΉ
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πππ I was laughing too.. Muffin u r not alone πΉπΈTake your time to have fun enjoying the beautiful rain β¨π₯°
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That’s good, glad to give you a laugh! Enjoy your evening!ππΉππ€ͺ
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Beautiful
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Thanks Haroon!
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You’re welcome
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Good morning to you both! The weather is playing with you π€ͺπ for Muffin’s fun π»π»
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Good morning Ribana and good evening! Yes, Muffin was certainly enjoying it, I’m sure of that!πΉπΉ Hope you have a nice evening!ππ»
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Great pics!
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Thank you so much Sheree!
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So beautiful, Steve – wonderful photographs π thank you – amitiΓ©s
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Thank you so very much! Have a wonderful day!ππΊπ
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that rain can sneak up on you some times!
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Yes, it certainly can!π
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Cool pics Steve πΊ
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Thank you Maryam!ππΊπββ
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No problemo Steve and Muffinπ
Where is Muffin I have no tbeen talking to herβ€οΈ
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Meow, meow!=I still here, it very hot for me so I sleep a lot more, not much time for talking. How are you?πΊπ»
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I am fine Muffin π» π»
Well the weather at my place is very wet but it is warm alsoπ
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Meow, meow!=That good to hear, we going to get rain soon. New chapter of mystery story come out today, I so excited!π»π»πΊπΊπ΅οΈββοΈ
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Sameπππ
Well I better go to do my homework
I hate homeworkππ
I wish I was a cat so I wouldn’t have to do itπ©
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Meow, meow.=We cats have homework too. We knock over plants and do all sorts of things to make our humans run around and get their exercise! It hard work sometimes, but fun!πΊπΈπ³π³π²πΉπΉπ»π»πββοΈπββοΈπΉπΉ
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Yeah π well it is better than home workπ
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Meow, meow.=I like my homework! So much fun!πΈπΉπ»π»
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Yeah well I don’t π
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Cool looking pelican!
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They really are, especially up close.
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