For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone! I hope you are all having a great day so far. It is a beautiful, mild morning here, but cloudy. It was such a wonderful sunrise, with dark and light pink in the sky reflecting off the clouds. I was just coming out to feed my early gull and stopped to enjoy the moment. Then I quickly put the food out and went back in for my camera. When I got back outside there was…no color, except gray clouds. Oh well. I did get to enjoy it anyway. Sir Henry was next to arrive for his breakfast. That is, next, for the gulls, the crows were here the same time as the early gull and the grouchy crow tried getting on the feeder with the gull. He doesn’t learn easily that crow. Mr. Gull chased him off with a few black feathers floating to the ground.
Yesterday I was wandering through my landlord’s garden looking for bees to photograph and I felt something tugging on my jeans. I look down and there’s Skamper standing up as high as he could on his hind legs looking at me! I could almost hear him saying, “peanuts please”. He just looked so cute. I always carry some peanuts with me so gave him 3 and off he went scampering so happily. Also yesterday, Pocket was around and Runner spotted him…the chase was on. Through the shrubs and across the neighbor’s yard and disappearing in the shrubs over there. Nothing moving. No noise. Poor Pocket, if that squirrel catches him there won’t be much left of him. A little while later Pocket is back. Yay Pocket! So I gave him some peanuts and off he went. The chipmunks were busy for a while during this quiet time without Runner. It was 20 minutes before Runner finally came back. I think he must have gotten lost or something. Oh well.
Today we have some wildflowers to share with you. There are so many wildflowers out right now, they seem to be doing extra well this year, perhaps because of the rain and heat combination this year. Anyway, the top featured image is the “cow vetch”. I’m not sure who gets to name these flowers or why they choose the names they do, but some just don’t seem to match the beauty of the flower.
The next one, in the pic above, is the “vetchling”. This is a relative of the cow vetch. I will be showing more vetches another time. Well, time to go once more, I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
Wow. You are so loved by almost all animals! Except bears.
Very nice “cow vetch”
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Actually I think bears like me too, but the feeling is not mutual!
Thanks Lydia!
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You’re welcome
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Beautiful
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Thanks Haroon!
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You’re welcome
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Very nice and funny description of the drama at your place today ! π
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Thank you Sally! Hope you have a great day!ππΊπββ
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Cooooolπ
Wowww you could be the animals king they love you so muchπ
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Awww, thank you so much Maryam!ππΊππΏπΏ
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No problem Steve πΊ
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Have a great day too!
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Thank you Sheree!
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That was fun with Pocketπ so good to see them run around… These crows needs hard lesson, impatient birds ,π they don’t have patience and greedy too, Glad it taught crows good lessons, beautiful flower Steve .. Hope your day is better than yesterday ππ Take care Steve π€
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Yep, Pocket seems to be doing okay these days! And the crows are learning to wait their turn! Hope you sleep well Simon!ππΊππ΄
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Yes Steve, I did sleep well, asusual woke up at 2:30 still managed to keep my eyes closed π
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Good for you Simon!π You really should stop waking up at 2:30 though,π€π² much too early!π³π³π
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I truly wish Steve, Tell me something that could help me π I feel like same episode wake at 2:30 look at my phone and say oh yes it’s 2:30 I knew it and close my eyes tight again π
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I know how to change that, go to bed 1 hour earlier, then you’ll wake up at 1:30 instead!ππ
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Wow, how did I not think about that π³π€, fine I’ll stay awake and sleep late, by that way I’ll wake up by 4:30 π
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My brain is wired to think crazy! That’s how I come up with these ideas!π€ͺππ
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ha ha ha πππ
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Last time I tried Mint and you know these acid reflux, bothered me all night π³ Have to try something else for a long night sleep π§
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Yep, that can happen, whoever told you to do that should be put in a bucket of mint tea up to his ankles!π³π³ββ
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ha ha ha, that’s rude, no I won’t do that. I tried it it’s my mistake I forgot I have GERD π
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Hmm, good thought, why waste all that good tea?ππΉβ
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Exactly, give it to the one that can drink πΈ
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You real live with animals like They are you’re best friendsπππ£ Though they are you’re best friendsπππΊπΉππ’πππππππ¨ππΌπ΄
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Yep, all these animals are my friends and they know they can trust me. Have a great day!ππΈπΏπΏ
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That’s so COOL! You too Steve!
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At least your day is always a total fun with your friends. And if you have your sweet tooth on hand, even better so they are looking for you. the monotony of the days, for you they are things of the past. Always something new comes your way. The color of the flowers is great. Very good shots. My greetings
Manuel
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Thank you so very much Manuel! Yes, it seems every day brings something new and fun. And having all my little friends around each day certainly brings a lot of joy.
I hope you have a wonderful day Manuel! Thank you for visiting.ππΊ
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Rather, thanks for your adventures. I’m having fun
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I’m very happy to hear that!
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Skamper is getting a little aggressive! π
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In a friendly sort of way!ππΏπΏπΏ
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I noticed that my comment never got through today…will try again…the cow vetch is very unique…pretty in colour too…glad that you had the opportunity to get a good pic… βοΈβοΈπππ₯πΏ
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How strange, don’t know what the problem is. The cow vetch is quite pretty and a very common wildflower around here. The vetchling is the harder of the two to find but there are a few along the path to the river. Glad you liked it!ππΊπββ
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Oh my, they are so used to you now…theyβre really not afraid anymore πΏπ₯πΏπ₯ peanuts please πΏπ₯ Way too cute! π»
Strange names to give to such beautiful flowers indeed πΈπ
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Yes, that is so true, they are not afraid. And it is just so cute to see them stretching up as high as they can to look at me!ππΏπΏ
Yes, so many weird names and more to come! Have a great day Ribana!ππΈπ
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You have lots of animal friends and those flowers looks so beautiful !! πΉ
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Thank you so much Suni! Have a wonderful evening!ππΊπββ
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