For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning and Happy Saturday everyone! It is definitely a cool and wet morning here today, such a difference after yesterday’s warmth. It was too cool for sitting outside this morning so I enjoyed my coffee indoors instead. However, that meant I missed all the fun and frolicking of the chipmunks and squirrels today. I have discovered there are now 7 chipmunks coming for peanuts now, the word is getting out! Some chipmunk is out there advertising this wonderful peanut take-out place. They must talk to each other, how else does the news travel out there to chipmunks that don’t live anywhere near this deck? There is still one other chipmunk that hasn’t discovered the peanuts yet.
That one is a sibling to Coffee, they came together and were often on the hill playing together when they first showed up. Now they chase each other away if they are too close to one another. The other chipmunk is content with staying up on the rock hill gathering natural food for the winter. But he certainly hasn’t grown like Coffee has over the past month. Coffee is still the smallest of my chipmunks though and will stay that way for this year. The new chipmunk, I call him Stubby because half his tail got chopped off somehow like Pocket’s tail, is the same size as the other regulars, Skamper, Skitter and Skatter. The two largest are Pocket and Chester, with little Coffee coming in last. The other little chipmunk I call Rocky since he loves being up on the rock hill. Chipmunks love rocks, there is always lots of great places to hide from danger.
Well, for our pics today a couple of wildflowers that most people call weeds and generally have a great dislike for them. But they are nice and bright and if someone is wanting a nice wildflower look, these are a good addition. The featured image at the top is the “Evening Lychnis”, kind of an odd name but really quite a nice looking and very bright white flower. As it’s name implies, it comes out in the evening, blooms through the night and well into the next morning. Then the flower below is the “Canada Hawkweed” which really isn’t a weed at all, but I guess because it resembles dandelions they added the ‘weed’ into it’s name. It’s actually hard to know why certain names are used. These flowers grow up to about 4 feet (120cm) tall though usually about 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90cm).
I’m very late today due to health. I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
ยฉ2020 Steve McLeod.
1st!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nu uh!!! On the chapters not Daily Pics!!! So you’re not first!!!๐๐๐ Ha!
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Girl! Noooooooooooooo on both!
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Only on CHAPTERS๐๐๐
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You’ve gotta be kidding me. You can’t be that confused!!!! And don’t say no to your elders.
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Nu uh! I’m not kidding! Hahaha if you were my elder wouldn’t be competing with you! You are a little older than me of course but still in your teens! I think Steve will post today!
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๐๐๐no. I’m am adult.
Of course he’ll post today!!!!!! He always does!!!!
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Fine!!!
YEP!
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Why are you awake?
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Where I live it’s 3:00 P.M.!!!!!!!!!
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Ouch okay!!!!!!
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Haha!
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I guess I’m the bad one then.
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Why?
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Up way too early
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Hahaha you are going to get punished!!!!
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Again, I’m an adult. I can get up whenever I want.
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Yeah that’s true! Lucky!
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Not lucky. I’ve waited way too long to get to this point in my life. Just plain knowledge. You’ll get there at some point… Maybe.
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Lol yeah
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She’s an adult, but she’s still a teen too. hehe.
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Ha! See Lydia!
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No, not true. You can’t be an adult and a teen. I’m an adult.
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Check this out
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenager
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๐๐คฃ this is funny!!! I’ve never known you to be one to actually look things up like this.
My neighbor told me something else though.
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Teen is teen even as an adult.๐
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Hey, I like that!๐๐
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Yep.
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Naturally, already did.
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Yep! Just checked it!!
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I noticed.๐
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Doesn’t count, that’s not a real comment.
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But my 2nd comment was still 1st.
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Didn’t I just say that?๐ค
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Yes, sorry.
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Now for my real comment…. Very nice pics.
Sorry you’re not feeling well.๐ข
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My comments keep disappearing this morning. This one counts, so you’re first! Here’s your prize.๐ฅ
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Yay thanks!!!๐๐๐๐๐๐
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You’re welcome!๐
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Great pics Steve! Hopefully you will feel better soon!
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You almost did it, so close, but you’re second and here is your prize!๐ฅ๐
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Haha yeah!
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Thanks so much Eshal! Have a great day!
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No problem Steve!
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๐๐ค๐ท๐คง๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ธ
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Hi Nina! Thanks for stopping by, hope you are well and enjoying the start of your day!๐๐บ๐โโ
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im sorry to read you are not feeling well. i can only hope you will get better quickly.
sending you healthy vibes!!
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Thanks so much Buddy! Yes, it’s a very bad day today. Have a great weekend!
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Get well soon Sir Steve ๐บ
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Thank you so much Saba! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!๐๐บ๐
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Meow!
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Is it s wet morning ๐ค Are you sure you woke up in Canada ๐ was it hot yesterday? oh yes, then yeah you are in same place ๐. ever smoked that๐ to say it’s not weed ๐ ๐๐ I wonder how people discovered that, Before discovering a weed, how many plants people would have tried smoking how many leaves ๐ธ๐ธ so curious to know that ๐๐ . nice flowers, have you fixed your bird feeder?๐ Have a wonderful day Steve โจ๐ค
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No, haven’t fixed the bird feeder yet, it will be a while before I start,๐ค still need to figure out how to do it so I can still put food out without falling to the ground!๐ฒ๐ณ
Yep, nice yesterday,๐ cool today,๐ฌ a bit of sun but mostly cloud. And strong north wind. But warmer weather is coming back Tuesday for the rest of the week! Have a good night!๐๐๐ด
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How about get a small staircase like stool which you can climb and move at ease ๐ but it should be at least 6 ft so that you can climb ๐๐ค not sure they sell that big in market ๐ค๐ Keep trying for some plans so that you can do it safely ๐๐ค
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They don’t make anything that tall except ladders and I’m not supposed to climb ladders, too dangerous.๐ณ๐ฌ๐คช
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Don’t climb ladders Steve, tats definitely not safe. Take some help โจ๐ค
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I won’t climb ladders,๐ฒ I learned my lesson on that one!๐ฌ But I think I might have a good idea,๐ค but I will need to buy some wood now to do it, maybe later this week.๐
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maybe you can hide the bird feeders for a while until you get some time ๐๐ค bad idea ๐ค anything that save some dollars for you is good ๐
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I have time to get it done, no real rush as long as I don’t take too long.๐ณ๐๐
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Well, I missed that last part, what happened ๐ณ have you tried anything for bird feeder ๐ don’t tell yes for that. please take care, did you speak to your doctor? did you complete your latest checkup? ๐ค
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Yep, everything is done for my last checkup. I’m just not feeling good today, happens sometimes, too much pain affects my stomach and my head so I’m moving slowly today. Hopefully it doesn’t last long.๐๐คช
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Hope you had recovered now, How do you feel now? I’m sure you’ll be recovered from all that. Don’t over do anything ๐
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No not yet, still not feeling too well.
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Sad to hear that Steve, Please take care, if needed don’t hesitate to go hospital โจ
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No hospital needed for this, it’s just normal for me. But thanks. And Good morning!๐๐
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๐I’m glad it’s normal, but don’t that normal to bother you normally, normally again. Hope is said it right ๐๐ค๐ณ๐
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Thanks Simon!๐ I think.๐ค Now if I can just decode that…๐ค๐๐คช๐๐น
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๐๐๐Hope you decoded ๐
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Muffin and I each decoded it.
My version=Steve is intelligent.๐
Muffin’s version=Steve needs to give Muffin double treats tomorrow.๐ป๐ป
So we voted, Muffin’s version won.๐ Hey, I don’t want sore feet tonight!๐ณ๐น
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Well that said it ๐ธ๐ธ Muffin Won. Ofcourse you don’t need sore feet. ๐ ๐ Hey, you are late to bed๐ง ๐ค Hope all is Well ๐ Get back to bed soon ๐ I can sense muffin waiting for your feet ๐
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Yep, I’m late, time to leave and head to bed for me. Happy Monday Simon!๐๐บ๐
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Happy Monday Steve โจ๐ค
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It is indeed! Hope your Monday has been good!๐๐ธ๐
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So good, have some good problems to laugh it, so technically I’m having a great laugh ๐๐
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That’s good to laugh at problems, I do that too, which means I laugh a lot!๐๐๐น๐น
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Hi Steve, I’ve sent you an e-mail, I need you to add your fun elements, we can publish it together ๐ป
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Are you sure you sent it to me? I checked, wasn’t anything there.๐ค๐
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๐ณ๐ are you sure? check now please, I resent again
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Came through this time. It looks great, I will send a couple suggestions in the morning, need to go to bed now. Good night Simon!๐๐๐ด๐ด
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Great Steve ๐ป๐ I’ll be waiting for that Have a peaceful night. It’s too late.๐ง Gud Night ๐ค
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Happy Saturday. The Hawkweed, is quite vibrant with an unusual design.
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Hi Pene and Happy Saturday to you as well! Yes, it is very bright, even on a cloudy day it really stands out. Yes, when viewing it up close that unique design really stands out. I enjoy getting a nice close look at things to see it’s real beauty.
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Thank you for allowing us to enjoy it with you.
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I’m so glad that you enjoyed it! How are you feeling? Still improving?
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Returning to work tomorrow, still improving…I hear it could take a while. The headaches are still there… and they have a grip like a vice. But I am pushing through.
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That’s good, but I hope those headaches don’t bother you at work. It seems that some symptoms can stay quite a while, I’m still struggling with some, headaches are one, something I never used to get before. Plus fatigue, muscle weakness. I will keep praying for you.
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Thank you and I will pray for you as well. Everyday whenever I pray for myself.
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Thank you, much appreciated.
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Wordโs definitely gotten out anout the peanuts
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Yes indeed, I have never had so many chipmunks!
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one person’s weeds are another person’s flowers. I hope you feel better…
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Yes, that’s right. Thanks Jim!
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Nice write up today Steve. Feel better buddy.
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Thanks Dusty!
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You’re welcome! ๐
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Are you feeling better?
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No, not yet.๐
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I am sorry to hear that. Maybe an extra cup of coffee this morning will start you on the way to feeling better.โโ
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Tried that, didn’t work. Time’s flying, gotta go, talk later.๐
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Altight๐
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It’s a breezy and cool morning here today! It has that hint of fall in it with the wind out of the north.๐ฅถ
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Yes, that is so totally true, fall is not far off!
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Nice standout pics!
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Thank you very much!
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Lovely flowers ! Having a bad day due to health issues ? Sorry to hear that ! Hope tomorrow will ease up on your symptoms ! โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ข๐ฎ๐๐บโผ๏ธ
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Thank you so very much Sharon! Enjoy your evening!๐๐บ
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Those chipmunks must have cellphones! They are spreading the word! ๐
Great pics! ๐ธ
Hope you get well soon! ๐๐ผ
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Yep, somehow the word is getting out there!
Thanks so much Renee! Have a great day!๐๐บ๐โโ
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The flower is gorgeous, Steve, and I love reading about the chipmunk family. Feel better and have a great day! โ๏ธโ๏ธ ๐ผ ๐ป ๐
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Glad you liked it Eugenia!
Still not feeling well but the day is great!๐๐บ๐โโ
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Gorgeous flowers as usual! I hope you’re ok Steve!
Please take care! ๐ค๐ธ
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Thank you so much! I am feeling much better today, though I keep getting dizzy. Hopefully I can get out for a walk today.
Have a great evening Ribana!๐๐ธ๐ป๐๐
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