Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Daily Pics #269.
Good morning to everyone from Muffin (๐บthat me) and I (๐ธthat my human)! It’s a beautiful, sunny, fall morning, a bit on the chilly side, but it is October. The number of small birds coming around is changing on a daily basis. And variety is changing too. White-throated sparrows were common and there is still some around, but not nearly as many. But they are being replaced by the juncos now which are around in large numbers these days. I saw a white-crowned sparrow yesterday as well. Tree sparrows are likely around now too but they are never as common as the other sparrows. The northern robins are here in good numbers now too. Most of our purple finches are gone now, pine siskins came to replace them for awhile, but are not in large numbers this year. A male hairy woodpecker has arrived looking for food, but it’s a bit warm yet for putting suet out for him, it tends to melt. And they don’t like that store bought stuff that doesn’t melt. So he contents himself with sunflower seeds from the hanging feeder. Jasper and the chipmunks have not been around yet this morning but the blue jays have been busy hauling away peanuts.
Now for oddities. I have been getting phone calls, on my old fashioned land line phone, at different hours during the day. When I answer the person hangs up. The calls never come at the same time. Second oddity. When I came home from church on Sunday there was a very strong smell of tobacco, from cigarettes, in my apartment. I don’t smoke and I’m sure Muffin doesn’t either. Third oddity. Muffin wasn’t at the door to greet me, she was hiding and didn’t come out until about 10 minutes after I got home. She only hides for certain reasons, things that scare her, such as bears, wolves, thunder and people she doesn’t know. Was someone in here? I don’t know. Nothing was missing however. Just some oddities.
Well, once again for our featured image we have another fall pic showing the beautiful golden colors of poplar and birch trees. And in the pic above we have one of my favorite wildflowers, the harebell. I know I have shown harebells before, but not this picture of them, and they are so nice. Well I (Hey!๐พ), oops, I mean, we hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday and God bless!
Steve (๐ธthat my human) and Muffin. (๐บthat me).
Good Morning friends โค๏ธโค๏ธ
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Good morning Nova!๐โโ๏ธ๐บ๐โโ
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Pretty pics!๐
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Thanks Dusty!๐ I thought you would be at work this time of day.๐ค๐คช
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Hardly working๐คช
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Hardly working while working hard.๐
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Yep! Hardly working!
I see you haven’t been eaten by a bear yet!๐ป that’s great news! Now if you can get Muffin to stop smoking and try vaping… scary stuff! Did you ever find out if someone was in your home without permission?
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No, I asked Muffin, but she was too scared to meow. Just seems odd that someone would come in and not take anything. However, it did happen before in the apartment I lived at before this one.
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Glad to hear it hasn’t happened again..๐
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Sometimes people phone at different times of the day to figure out a person’s routine so they can come in to steal. There is also a gang in town that has an entry test, going in to a place, take pictures and leave without getting caught. One gang even has it a bit different, go in and take pictures of people in bed while they’re sleeping without getting caught.๐ณ๐ท
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Smith and Wesson Security System sounds like the answer to that problem! Yes I know… it’s against the law to have a gun. But so is going into peoples homes without permission while they are away or asleep! Spooky scary stuff…
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Yep, so true, but here if I was to shoot someone and they died, even if they attacked me, would mean a minimum 10 years in prison for using excessive force to protect myself. If I only wounded him it could still cost me 2 years in prison and the thief could sue me!
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Man.. what’s wrong with the world these days.. when you have to let someone assault or kill you, rather than protect yourself… crazy stuff…
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Tell me about it.๐ณ
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Sounds like I don’t need to. I’ve had people in my house to in this past year. It is unnerving. Makes me want to move also. Which is my plan after I have this MRI and there is nothing found between my ears๐ณ๐คช then the house will be sold and I’m leaving my job and moving south. Time to make a big change! The longer I stay here the more trapped I feel here.
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Yes, I feel strange knowing someone has been in here. What were they doing? What did they touch? What all did they look through? Just an odd feeling.๐ณ
Hey, good for you! Sometimes a major change is a good thing for a person. Can help relieve stress and be more relaxing.๐
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We’ll see… I may end up under a bridge in a cardboard box, but it will be different.
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Just don’t get a box that’s too big or people will be knocking on your door looking for a place to stay.
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Maybe I could charge them rent? You’re full of good ideas.
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Sure, just get a smaller box to put inside the larger one, cut a separate entrance into it, find an old blanket to toss into a corner and advertise furnished room for rent.
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I’ll put that on my list TTD.
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You could even cut a skylight into it and advertise it as a studio for rent, you can charge more.
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Problem is verifing employment! To many street corners to check…
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No problem, just rent by the month, paid in advance.
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How much do you think? One or two old news papers? I suppose I could ask for an extra sock or shoe as fist and last months rent?
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For a studio, 5 newspapers, an apartment 2 newspapers and 2 yards of string. Charge extra for camera security.
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Camera?? You must think I have film or something!
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No, you just cut two small holes in the wall so you can see inside.
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Ahhhhh… I see!๐ค
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That’s what I just said. Time to sign off, have some things I need to get done tonight. Glad I could be of some help. Have a good night!๐ด๐๐โโ๏ธ
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Good Night
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Did they teach you that stuff in college?๐ค
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Nope, learned that one building forts as a kid.๐๐
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Self taught! Impressive!
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Thanks, got more candy that way.
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Smart!!
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It worked.
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No doubt!
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I wish I was smart!๐ค๐ฅบ Just a simple old country boy…๐ฎ๐๐ท๐๐๐๐ด๐
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That’s how I outsmarted them, pretending to not be smart, made them think their side was better.
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Their side of the box?
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Yep. I had two appliance boxes, one was smaller, the rented side, which I said was the better side since it had wall to wall carpeting. I had a triangle piece of carpet I found which I put in one corner, that way it touched two walls. I also charged extra for security.
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Where did yku find a stick?? ๐คฏ
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Stick?
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Security
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Blanket.
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So you’re an urban developer then? Wow! I always wondered where you made aฤบl that money for dry socks!๐ค๐
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Yep!๐
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Here’s a sign for you to hang on your door:
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What’s that? A blank sign?
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I see it didn’t paste properly. Oh well I’ll just post it then you see sorry about that. My technical abilities are questionable this morning.๐ฅด๐คช๐ณ
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I noticed.๐๐
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Not enough glue I guess๐คช
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Hey, that’s it!๐
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I tried posting it on my laptop but it doesn’t seem to have posted. Perhaps it just isn’t that funny.. like most of my humor.๐
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You can’t send such things through the comments, have to send by email.
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Ahhhh…. I get it..
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I thought I was supposed to get it?๐ค๐๐
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You were… but it wouldn’t stick! I don’t like licking things and I had no water to wet it with! Computers don’t like water!!
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Try coffee.๐โ
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Good Idea!! Why didn’t I think of that?๐ค
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Hey, I thought of a great idea for a kids book, I’ll be famous! I’m thinking of calling it “blue eggs with spam”.
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Sounds fun! Great idea! Where do you get blue eggs? From Robins?
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There are chickens that lay blue eggs. And green. And yellow.
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I’ve never seen a green, blue or yellow chicken! How can they lay those color of eggs??๐ค
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The chickens are brown, but they lay different colored eggs, quite interesting,๐ but the inside is still the same color.๐
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Clear and yellow?
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Wow, how did you know?๐ฒ
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Lucky guess??
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Very good!๐๐
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Why do you suppose all eggs are like that? Chicken, ducks, geese, robins…. hmmm… good question!๐ค๐ณ
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Looks better.๐
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Hmmm…. not to sure about that answer!๐
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Would you want to eat a red yoke?๐
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Hmmm.. noooo…. maybe a green one? You!๐
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A moldy egg?๐ฒ Not for me.๐ฌ I could handle sunshine yellow though.๐๐๐ณ
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It wouldn’t need to be moldy!! It could still be good just a different color! ๐
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Green always reminds me of mold, unless it’s supposed to be green, like grass. Or leaves. Or perhaps frozen peas.๐๐
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Of course frozen peas!! Nothing says yum like that!! hehehe
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Muffin agrees too.๐๐ธ๐ฅช
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A little crunchy but good!๐
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Muffin uses them for bowling practice.๐ธ๐ณ
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What will it be about?
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A funny cat wearing a toque with a bunch of chipmunks.
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What does Muffin think about wearing a stocking cap with a tassle? I presume it’s based on Her?
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Yep, Muffin is going to pose for the drawings of the cat. There is a sticking point, the chipmunks want Jasper included and he wants 25 bags of peanuts. The chipmunks are asking for 10 bags each. This could get expensive.๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
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See what happens? Better hope they don’t unionize!
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I think the chipmunks already have, they set a strike date if they don’t get a raise in pay too.
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1st snow fall?
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I hope not yet. It was warm and sunny, then the north wind started blowing, now it’s cold again.๐ณ๐คช
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No I meant the strike date!!
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They decided to sleep on it until spring.
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Sleeping on it ! Smart!
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Puts production plans back a bit though.
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It’s all about those on whose shoulders you stand!๐๐
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Chipmunk shoulders are too small.
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Now you did it! Wait till they hear you said that!! Wouldn’t want to be you!!
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They don’t mind, they prefer sitting on my shoulders.๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Of course closer to the peanuts in your pocket!!
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And they like the view. You should see them clicking pictures on their little phones!๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ท
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Ahahah… What a sight I’m sure!!
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They call me Mount Peanut Head. Aren’t they cute?๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ
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Right up on Mnt Rushmore!
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Do I have to climb that high? I might get dizzy.๐ต
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It’s not all that high actually! But no… you can walk it.. i think they have stairs now!๐๐๐
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No elevator?๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ
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Maybe? It’s been a while since I was there.
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Yeah, me too. Wait, I’ve never been there.๐ค๐
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It’s not so far… very much worth the trip!
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Yes cute as a button on your sleeve!๐
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Yep, down to just Coffee coming around now. Sigh, soon he’ll be gone too.๐ญ
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He’ll be back in the spring
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I hope so. Sigh. Time to sign off again, didn’t sleep much last night. Good night Dusty, talk tomorrow if you’re around.๐๐๐ด
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I’ll be around working on the house. Sleep Well!๐
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That’s a great story line!! I like it ๐
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Rats, now Muffin is asking for a salary increase since Jasper is getting so much.
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Throw in one can of tuna fish! That’ll do it
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Nope, she wants a fresh salad served to her in bed every day, plus a new play structure.๐ณ๐พ Not sure where she got that play structure idea.๐ค๐ผ
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Diva cat sounds like to me
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Muffin says she’s not going to diva into water for anything!
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Smart cat!๐๐คญ
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Meow, meow.=Naturally.๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ธ
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Hi Muffin!๐ how are you? Is Steve taking good care of you?
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Meow, meow.=He always look after me good, after all, he not like walking with crutches.๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ณ
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You’re finally getting through to him!! Good Girl! MEOW!๐ธ
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๐น๐น๐น๐น
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Did you go get the bird feeders?
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Surprisingly I actually did remember!๐๐ฅณ
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The bear will be disappointed! Miss out on his evening snack!๐คญ๐คญ Good job!
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Yep, got to make sure he/they don’t find any food when they come around.๐ณ๐ป๐ป
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For sure
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Yep.๐ป
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How bizarre
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So very true.๐ณ๐
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Good morning. And muffin and Jasper.
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Good morning Cathy!๐๐บ
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I love the robbins because I saw them on Google images …
Are their colors gray and Orange ?
The Eurasian Robbins are blue and orange …
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The Eurasian Robbins look blueish gray and orange…
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Yes, they are gray and orange for our regular summer robins. The northern robins that are here now are darker gray, black heads and darker orange.
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Here , you go to see suchย a beautiful sea ,
For all of us , for you and me ,
Sit in the shadow under a tree ,
Know the blessings of nature ,
For the divine would set you free ,
With God , nature is everywhere to be …
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Good morning! Very strange happenings, perhaps a camera to catch the intruder.
Please be safe.
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Hi Pene! Yes, I’m beginning to think a camera might be a good idea, or at least a better lock, this lock can be picked easily. Have a nice day!๐๐บโโ
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Oh my…that are strange oddities ๐ค better be careful! ๐พ
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Yes indeed, oddities like this I don’t like.๐ฌ๐
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Most of the time, close encounters with animals are not so dangerous than human encounters ๐คจ
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Yes, that is so true! For the most part I would prefer the animal encounters!๐ณ
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I think you need a new lock on the door…it has to be a neighbour…love the pics !…โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐คญ๐๐
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Yes, a much better quality lock than the one on here. Thanks, have a nice evening ‘Someone’!๐๐บ๐
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Well, I can see that you need a new lock ! Love the pics ! ๐ฎ๐ค๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ
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Yep, I agree, and a good quality lock, not a cheap one. Thanks, hope you are having a good evening!๐๐บ๐
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some strange happenings indeed. I would definitely invest in a better lock and a camera. perhaps a watchdog as well…
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Yes indeed, I’m looking into that now, except the watchdog, my landlord doesn’t allow dogs. Muffin probably wouldn’t like it either.๐พ
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I didn’t think Muffin would… ๐
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I think I would end up with a lot of broken stuff!๐๐น๐ถ
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Beautiful๐
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Thanks Lillian!๐๐บ How are you?๐ค
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