For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone! Another cool but sunny and very beautiful morning here today. The chickadees have returned once again and they should be with us now until next spring. So nice to see them back again. The purple finches are still here and have brought their babies around. Those little ones, now as big as the parents, just sit there squawking and flapping their wings while the mother sits at the feeder eating. I’m sure she’s telling them to stop squawking and get over here and eat. One was trying but didn’t seem to understand it needed to sit on the perch in order to reach the seeds. It didn’t take too long though and the little ones had it figured out. Finally went for a walk yesterday after a week, there was flocks of little birds, mostly warblers, all through the trees. Most of our warblers will be heading south over the next month, along with other birds. Most of our summer birds are here for such a short time.
Sir George and Lady Pearl were here twice this morning for breakfast, and Sir Charles was here as well. There is another gull that comes now too, but he’s not very brave and is a bit scared by all the crows. So I stand out there to make sure he gets his food. Or maybe it’s her food. That could be why she’s scared of the crows. Lady Pearl used to be scared of them too, until she discovered she can chase them off the feeder easily. Although there is still one nasty crow who likes to defy her. But now that nesting season is over, she comes with Sir George all the time anyway. That nasty crow tried to come on the feeder with Sir Henry yesterday, he ended up with a headache. Oh well, it’s a beautiful morning.
For our pics today, we have another hollyhock in a different shade of pink for the featured image at the top. And in the photo below is the “bicolor monkshood”. This is a beautiful, very tall flower, but it has trouble standing on it’s own. Once the flowers begin to open it kind of falls over easily.
I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
Really nice pics today!
Have a wonderful day!
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Thanks so much Lydia!
Enjoy your afternoon!ππΊπ
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AWESOME pics Steveπ
YES!!!!! I am second today!!!!!
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Good job Maro!!!!!!! That’s fantastic!
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Thanks Lydia!!!
Yes it isπ
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Thanks so much Maryam!ππΈ
Yay, that’s twice now! First place is coming!ππ₯
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no problem Steveπ
and yes i am excitedππ
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You’ll be first soon!ππ
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YESπππ
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Great pics Steve πΊ
I was just a second late today or I could’ve come second!
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Good morning Steve and Muffin βοΈ Have a wonderful day! π Gorgeous flowers πΈ
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Thank you so much Ribana!
I hope your Friday is a fun filled day!ππΊπββ
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It is great to see both flowers today ! Some birds are beginning to flock…kind of sad…π’βοΈβοΈ
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Thanks so much Sharon!
Yes, birds are flocking and soon to be leaving, such a short summer. Enjoy your afternoon, a nice day here!ππΊπββ
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Very Good Morning Steve, am I late?π€ Oh! yes I am π. I’ve got migrane, it’s too hard to focus on reading today π³ I’m honest, I saw two flowers and recognised both are hollyhock with different colours, also you mentioned it π. Have a wonderful day Steve β¨ I’m signing off early today π€
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Sorry to hear that Simon. I hope you get over it quickly.
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thanks Lydia, Have a wondrful dayπ₯³ I am signing off nowβ¨
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MAY GOD HEAL YOU …
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Sorry to hear of your migraine Simon,ππΏ hope it clears up quickly for you, those are not good. Have a good night!ππΊππ΄π΄
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Yes Steve, Not good at all, I don’t remember having a migrane any recent time, last time I had about an year before when I had dengue fever, this time I was shocked, and surprisingly I woke up fresh feeling no migrane, very strange, my usual migrane last at least 2 days, lucky that it gone too soon this time ππ Have a peaceful night Steve β¨π€
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Oh good, glad to hear it’s gone already Simon! Wow, you answered that question fast! And Good morning too! Also good evening! Hope you have had a good day so far!ππΊπ
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Have a wonderful Friday β¨π€
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It is a beautiful beginning!ππΊπ
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A veritable feast of flora and fauna – have a great day Steve
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Thank you very much Sheree! Enjoy your evening!ππΊπββ
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Watch the full moon in the coming few days …
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I enjoy looking at the full moon, seems all too often it’s cloudy.
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Align to source energy thrpugh feeling good as Abraham Hicks says in this video …
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Happy Thursday, Steve! Lovely pics!
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Thank you so very much Saania! Have a wonderful day!ππΊπ
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colors everywhere – from birds to flowers!
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Thanks Jim, enjoy your evening!
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Hi Steve, Iβm sorry Iβm not super talkative today. Iβve got the worst headache right now and canβt focus on anything without my head pounding. Again, I didnβt get enough sleep last night.
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Oh no, I’m so sorry to hear that! Get yourself some rest, hope you are feeling good soon!ππΊπ
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Good day Stevie, nice pics.
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Thanks Jerome, have a nice evening!
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With the chickadees showing up, the eventual changing of seasons appears to be right on schedule.
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Yes indeed! Though it is a bit sad to see our summer fading away already. But there is some time left yet, before fall arrives, I hope.
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I love that last photo. It reminds me of a flower of some climbing plants back when I lived in the rainforest. So nostalgic βΊ
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Hi Jessica! Hey, that’s nice to hear! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!ππΈππ
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Thank you. Same to all of you over there π
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Thanks so much!ππΊ
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