Steve`s Country
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Daily Pics #256.
Good morning everyone on this cloudy Saturday morning. I hope you are all able to enjoy at least part of your weekend. If the weather is nice don’t forget to go outside and enjoy it for a while. I am taking a chance here this morning and hopefully I can get this posted before my laptop freezes again. It’s such a weird situation with this machine. It will work for a few minutes, then it freezes solid. Fortunately I have everything backed up so nothing will be lost, but I can’t access anything with my phone. The joys of our modern technology. Jasper and the chipmunks don’t need to worry about that. They just worry about each other. Jasper yesterday came onto the deck and Skamper was getting his peanuts so the chase was on! Skamper went in one of the other boxes but there was already a chipmunk in there, and another in the next box, and another in the next box. Poor Jasper, he didn’t know what to do with 4 chipmunks to chase. They were going in 4 different directions and Jasper was scrambling to chase each one. Finally they all jumped off the deck with Jasper after one of them. Meanwhile, Coffee was sitting there loading up with peanuts and left before Jasper got back. It was fun to watch a confused Jasper trying to figure out which chipmunk to chase. I tossed a peanut to him, he sat up and looked around and a blue jay swooped down, grabbed the peanut and was gone. Then Jasper came over to check. You’re too slow Jasper. I gave him a peanut anyway. He ran off happy.
The featured image at the top is a painted turtle, very common around here, more so on the lakes than on the river here. It’s not the best picture, but the best of the 3 I managed to get. And in the picture just above is the pine marten that visited us the other morning. He hasn’t been back since. I better stop, my laptop is starting to have problems again. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Steve`s Country 
Where I live , turtles are very different …
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Painted turtles are quite small, the underside is the colorful part. We also have snapping turtles which can get very large and dangerous. Hard to find them though.
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Snapping turtles do not attack unless they are scared or bothered…If someones leaves them alone , they do bot attack …
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That’s the problem, when someone sees a big turtle they always want to check it out.
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It is advisable not to catch them on the tail but from the back side from its house…
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Just stay away from it’s mouth, they can snap a finger off real fast.
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Enjoy the weekend
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Thank you, have a good week Sheree!
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You too Steve
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Happy weekend, Steve!
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Thanks Saania! Have a wonderful week!😃😺
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So that is what a pine Marten looks like ! Good pic !.glad to see the chipmunks are not in hibernation yet ! Have a pleasant night ! ☕️☕️🐿🥜🙂😻‼️
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Thanks Sharon, have a great week!😃😺
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glad your computer worked for you. and I hope that’s the last you see of that pine marten…
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Yes, I got some temporary use of it anyway, tomorrow it goes to the doctor! Hopefully he doesn’t return.
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I’m glad your computer is working and that you have everything backed up. My “big” laptop (has a 17″ screen as opposed to my other laptop which is 15″), gets cranky once in a while. I back up everything to an external hard drive just in case it decides to go kaput. It’s 4 years old and I just recently replaced the battery so I hope to a few more years out of it. Good luck with your computer! ☕️☕️💻 ⌨️🤞
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It only worked briefly, goes to the doctor tomorrow then I will find out how much it will cost, though it might take a few days to get the news. If it’s too expensive I will just get a new one. Mine is only 3 years old so I really didn’t expect problems yet. Oh well, things happen. Have a great week!😃😺☕☕
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I FINALLY HAVE A DAY OFF! If the repairs cost more than $600, get a new laptop. You can get a decent one for under $1,000.
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Sounds great, now you can relax a bit! Hmm, I guess that was probably yesterday. 🙄I’m behind right now. Sigh. Yes, I was planning on doing that, why spend $600 and get a 90 day warranty? 🤔Better to buy a new one. Still waiting for them to actually look at it. 🙄 This could take awhile. Have a great day Hilary! 🙂😺
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This reminds me of my husband. He have so many things complain about the computer and one time I got tired of it. He asked “Why is it doing that and this?”
Irritated I said “It’s a computer that’s why!”
He laughed. I did too because I realized that we use to compare computer to anything that makes no sense 😀
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So true Jessica! I’m still waiting for the computer doctor to look at it and let me know if it can be fixed 🙂 🙃 This could take awhile, it’s always slow in this town. 🙄🤪 Until then my blog is down and Muffin and I go crazy 😜, or maybe I should say crazier!😂😹Have a wonderful day Jessica!
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I’ll vote for crazier 😂
Have fantastic day for you both! 🤗🤗
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Thanks Jessica, we’re sure trying, Muffin is sleeping and I’m cleaning! 🙃😂😹
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I’m not of help either when computers starts to behave…I don’t know anything 🤪 Luckily there’s my husband who do all the “technical” stuff….I hope you’ll be able to fix this issue!
That pine marten is so cute 😍 I’ve never seen it before 😻
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It could take a while to get my laptop fixed. There is only one person in town that fixes computers and he is very busy right now. The joys of small town living! 😂😹
Yes, the pine marten is a very cute little animal. I wonder if it likes peanuts? 😄😸
Have a wonderful weekend Ribana! 🙂😻🌞
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Hope you will fix the problem and come back soon Steve !! 🤔💌
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Thanks so much Suni! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂😺🌞
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You too Steve !! 😀
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Thanks 😊 😺
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Hi Steve, Very Good Morning, How are you? Didn’t hear from you 🙂 What??? 🧐 I can’t literally hear what you are talking🤔 Did you heard? I just said Hi!😜 You think you had a backup? I had too, to read this post of yours 😃 Hope you had a good day, So this was the last post with the frozen laptop🙄 I miss Jasper chasing series😻 and Muffin’s fun series “Steve’s dance” and Blue Jay’s relationship development with Steve 🐦 It’s fun with these modern machines, 🧐 ALl look fancy, and nothing inside🙄 I wonder why no one had discovered this with woods yet 🤔 Technology means, It is only plastic and metals, why no one ever think of making this with wood🧐 Okay, now I am talking too much, Sigh,… Did you hear that too🤔 I am getting crazy, without having much time to write blogs. Or read some of my fav posts. Have a wonderful Day Steve 🥳🎉
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What is the animal in the second picture? He’s really cute! Blessings Steve!
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Hi Cindy! That is the pine marten, it is very cute but a dangerous animal to have around, they love eating chipmunks and squirrels among other things. They are not big, about the size of a small house cat with short legs, but they can move fast through the trees. I will finally be back to blogging tomorrow after being away for 12 days because my laptop quit working. Have a wonderful day!
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Oh! I thought pine marten was a bird! (Silly me) I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before. Glad your computer is fixed! Blessings Steve!
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They are a hard animal to see, they prefer to remain hidden from view. God bless Cindy!
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