Daily Pics #284.

Posted on October 22, 2020 by

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Good morning to everyone! I hope you all are doing well today. It is a beautiful morning with that winter frostiness in the air. And even though the deck was covered in that frost I actually didn’t slip and slide all over the place like I usually do. Not bad. Jasper is here right now once again attempting to chase the blue jays. He chased them from the peanuts outside the door. He chased them around the deck. I think the blue jays were just having fun with Jasper, making him run in circles! Then the jays went up to the feeder which seemed to really get Jasper upset so he went running up there and chased them off. The blue jays just went and sat in the apple tree. When Jasper left they came back to the feeder and started picking up sunflower seeds once more. Jasper saw this and he went a little crazy. First he ran around the deck a bit scaring the juncos away, then off he went back up to the feeder and chased the blue jays off once again. The blue jays just went back to the apple tree.

Jasper went crazy again and ran around in circles on the feeder then took a flying leap into the apple tree, a distance of about 6 feet (almost 2 meters). The blue jays flew over to another tree and so did Jasper, a distance of about 8 feet (about 2 1/2 meters). And the chase continued with the blue jays going to different trees and branches. I’m sure they were laughing the whole time. Poor Jasper just doesn’t understand he can’t win against the blue jays. They were just leading him away while the other blue jays took all the peanuts. Yesterday Theodore was on the feeder eating and Jasper came running up there to chase him away. Theodore just looked at Jasper. Jasper stopped and looked at this giant bird. He sat down staring. Theodore bent way down to look at Jasper. Jasper took off running to a safe distance, then he sat down and chattered at Theodore. That’s telling him Jasper. Guess he didn’t realize how big Theodore was until he got up close. Poor Jasper, he just can’t win sometimes. I give him a peanut. “Having a rough day Jasper?” “Chip”, he says and runs off with his peanut. Guess he didn’t want to talk about it right then. Perhaps later.

The featured image is Jasper yesterday morning as he took a brief break from running around in the snow. Then in the pic above we have a pair of bright and cheery hollyhock flowers. I hope (😸me too, me too!) you all have a most wonderful day and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

©2020 Steve McLeod.

Category: Beauty, Birds, Country, Country Pleasures, Encouragement, Flowers, Fun, Happiness, Laughs, Photos, Positive, Relax, Squirrels, Uncategorized, WinterTags: , , , , , ,

15 Comments on “Daily Pics #284.”

  1. Good morning to both of you 😻
    What a gorgeous shot of Jasper 🐿
    I guess he’s very social, without the chipmunks now he’s keeping himself entertained with the blue jays 😉
    What a funny pet you have 🐿😉
    Wish you both a beautiful day!

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    • Hi Wael, it’s kind of a cool day, but it’s still nice anyway. We can get spikes that strap to the bottom of boots, but they are no good on actual ice, they do work good on hard packed snow which can be just as slippery as ice. But they are not so easy to put on and take off all the time and I couldn’t walk on my deck with them, it would tear up the wood badly.
      Have a great evening!

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