For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone! It is a very wet and cool morning here. A good morning to go shopping I figured. Quite a few other people figured the same thing. But it still wasn’t that bad, going early in the morning is a great time for shopping. Especially for guys like me who don’t like shopping. Or crowds. It rained quite a bit last night so everything is nice and wet. We did need the rain though. Speaking of breakfast. No gulls showed up this morning. There was a lot of crows however and they were a bit disappointed that there was no food around. I told them to go look for worms like normal crows. They didn’t seem to like the idea. Instead they chased the smaller birds. So I chased them. I think that one nasty crow would like to chase me. Back to breakfast, which I am enjoying, nice hot coffee which is perfect on a cool, rainy day, and freshly baked blueberry maple cupcakes. Perfect on such a morning as this one.
While coming back from shopping there was deer everywhere, including several fawns. But no bucks around, not even young ones. Too bad. I need some new pics of bucks. The does are always easy to get, mainly because there are so many of them around town. There are a couple of them that like to sleep by my deck regularly. No news from Jasper and the chipmunks this morning, I haven’t been out there watching them. Right now I prefer being inside where it’s dry and warm. Enjoying another cup of nice hot coffee. Maybe this rain and cooler temps will start to bring out the mushrooms. It’s been too dry for them this year although there has been a few pop up now and then. I’m always on the lookout for some new ones for my picture collection.
Today we have some more pics of our beautiful lake taken on a nice sunny morning last week. Happy Monday to all of you and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
Like the idea go and get some worm and they did not like the idea. Which place is this? Florida?
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No, I live up in northern Canada. Have a great day!
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How nice!
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Lovely pics of the lake ! Wish I could be on one of the islands ! Have a warm inside day ! βοΈβοΈπΊπ€βοΈβοΈβΌοΈ
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Yes, it would be nice to be out on an island. The sun is mostly shining, but still very cool! Enjoy your afternoon!ππΈπββ
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You had maple, blueberry pancakes. I had maple, blueberry waffles. Great minds think alike!
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So true! Except mine were cupcakes, not pancakes. Something both Muffin and I enjoy!
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Oops I read it wrong! Maple blueberry cupcakes? Are these a thing? Did you buy them? π§
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I make them, just an ordinary cake recipe and I add blueberries and maple flavoring. Then Muffin and I eat them until we can’t move!ππΉ
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Theyβre gluten free, right? Blueberry and maple is an uncommon pairing but sounds like it would go very well together! Oh dear…. a carb coma?
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I figured I was having maple syrup on my blueberry pancakes, so why not give this a try? And it’s very good! Yeah, but so worth it.ππΉ
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Question: Does Muffin enjoy eating muffins?
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Depends on the flavor. She liked the caramel and strawberry muffins from Tim’s. I don’t think they make strawberry anymore. I can’t eat them now anyway since having to go on this gluten free diet.
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Are the blueberry muffins you have gluten free? The strawberry muffins from Timβs were pretty good. I stopped buying their muffins after they increased the prices (theyβre too expensive now). My fave are the chocolate chip muffins!
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Yes, they are gluten free. Tim’s needs to have some gluten free muffins in their selection. But I guess there’s not much call for them in our town anyway. I should try making some strawberry muffins some day.
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Thereβs not much call for them in Calgary either. Itβs the same at all Tims locations as far as I know. That would be a good idea to try making strawberry muffins! π
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I doubt I could make them as good as the one’s at Tim’s though. Sigh.π
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Agreed. The tims muffins are really good. I havenβt found a better tasting chocolate chip muffin than the tims muffin.
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Looks chilly
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That day it was 22C, warm compared to today’s temp which is only 12C at noon!
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Morning Steve, lovely photos!
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Hi Saania! Thanks so much! I hope you have had a great day and that tomorrow will be as well!ππΊπ
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Love the lake pics. Very nice!
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Bello vederti ancora qui! βΊοΈ
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C’Γ¨ il mio amico che parla italiano.β€οΈπ
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Classmate?
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CioΓ¨… Compagno di corso?
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Classmate what?
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Ehm…you said “compagno” and I thought he was a classmate… Sorry!π
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Oh!
La traduzione cambia troppo le mie parole.
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Indeed! In my opinion we are wrapping up…π
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There is something wrong with the translations ….π€
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” amico” sorry again! I’m doing a lot of confusion, but I’m doing two things together…π
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Thanks Lydia!
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Happy Monday to youβΊοΈπΊ
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Thank you Rossana! I hope your day was nice and that it continues through the week!ππΊπ
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Such a pretty lake. I have always thought living on an island would be wonderful.
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Yes, it would be a nice thing and many people do it around here, mostly summer residents but some live on the islands year round.
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Cupcakes sound delicious!
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Yes, they sure are, both Muffin and I enjoy them! Have a wonderful day Nova!
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Same to you my friendsππ
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Thanks!ππΊ
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Hope your Monday Was awesome π Bad crows, they chase birds, and not behave like usual crows, I have got some wild crows here, they occasionally come here and chase the other house crows, they are the same, if you chase them, they chase youπ³ very bad attitudeπ§ so how was your shoppingπ Hope you are good, stay warm, and walk inside the house and workout, to stay fit and activeπ have you split your meals x 5 already π€π I have split βΊοΈ only worry is, i eat my dinner bigπ hope it doesn’t add fat ππ€£
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I have split into 4 meals now,π just can’t see doing 5,π€ I might end up eating too much and I want to lose 7 pounds, not gain 7 pounds!ππ€ͺ But maybe once I’m used to this I can change more easily to 5 times. But 4 times works okay. Yes, I have to get back to my indoor workouts better.π¬ It’s getting close to that time when I won’t be going out much so I need a good routine for workouts again.πͺποΈββοΈπ€ΈββοΈ
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those blueberry maple cupcakes sound delicious!
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Yes, they sure are! We both love them!ππΊ
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how nice of you to share! π
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Better than sore feet.ππΉ
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