Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Daily Pics #254.
Good morning everyone on this beautiful fall day! It’s always so nice when a day begins with the sun shining brightly, it kind of energizes a person to help us get ready for the day ahead. I think it energizes Jasper too. Or perhaps the cooler mornings makes him want to run faster to stay warm. But he seems to be sleeping later these mornings, the chipmunks can usually finish the first batch of peanuts before he arrives. Then the fun begins. He is just coming up the stairs and onto the deck as Pocket is leaving with a mouthful of peanuts. The chase is on! But Pocket has a good lead and is over the edge of the deck long before Jasper gets there. Didn’t stop Jasper from following though. Just after he went over the edge another little head looks out from behind a flower pot, it’s Skamper, and he rushes over and picks up his peanuts and leaves just as Jasper comes onto the deck again. They are almost side by side.
Skamper leaps and Jasper scrambles to get after him sliding into a post, losing his balance and over the edge he goes legs waving frantically. I think someone needs to tell him he can’t fly, flapping his legs just won’t help him. Back up he comes as Coffee is leaving with his peanuts, but he has a good lead so Jasper just looks and decides not to chase. And off to the peanut box he goes only to find…another chipmunk filling his cheeks! That was too much! He pushed his way through the door as fast as he could, the chipmunk was out the other door, the chase continued around the other boxes and through the boxes and finally over the edge. Meanwhile, along comes Chester, gets his peanuts and starts to leave over the edge as Jasper comes up. Jasper’s mad scramble to turn around and fly over the edge! But Chester was gone. Coffee comes back, gets his peanuts and leaves as Jasper comes back up. Jasper looks, decides against it once more and gets a peanut instead. Smart idea.
Today for the featured image is another look at the river from further downstream. And another bright rudbeckia, sort of a golden orange color instead of the bright yellow I showed before. A beautiful bright flower for any day of the week! I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Do you see bats ?
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Not for a few years now, I used to see them all the time but there is a disease hitting our bat population for a number of years now which has really cut their numbers down around here.
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May God bless our world…
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Yes indeed.
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Hope you two have a great day as well
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Thank you so much Sheree!
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The last two mornings have been cooler here until the sun rises above the hill in front of my place and then it heats up. We have dropped below the triple digits but the winds have picked up. At least the winds blow the smoke away but does not help with controlling the fires. The sky has been a weird orangish color and the last several days there has been a light dusting of ash on the cars.
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Well, that’s a little improvement for you at least. We are getting back to normal Sept temps today for a few days. I know that orange color very well, happens here a lot in the bad fire years, changes the color of everything. Hope you have a nice day!
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do you ever personally reward Jasper for all his efforts? 🙂
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I always make sure he gets his share of peanuts. We’re actually on good speaking terms.😃
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I feel better now 🙂
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Was waiting for church yesterday in the car yesterday, and a squirrel was standing at the door of the building. Next I saw it with a treat in its mouth. It descended the entrance ramp to bury the item in the ground. Gifts.
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Everyone likes feeding the squirrels. They are just too cute to say no to them!
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We never say no to the squirrels ! One thing you can say about Jasper…he perseveres ! We can learn from him ! Nice pics Steve ! ☕️☕️🐿🥜😻🤔🙂‼️
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Thanks so much Sharon! Have a good night!😃😺🌙
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