Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Daily Pics #293.
Good morning everyone on this windy Saturday! It’s also cloudy, very heavy cloud, so it certainly doesn’t seem as late as it is. Birds were late showing up this morning and there isn’t much action out there again. Our little birds are disappearing more and more. There are still some juncos and one fox sparrow. The pine siskins are gone, but some redpolls have shown up now to take their place. I really hope they stick around for the winter. Normally they would stay, though last year we didn’t have any at all which happens now and then with these birds. But they are cute and very friendly little birds which help to attract other birds to the feeder that are a little more shy, like the pine grosbeaks. The blue jays are the most active this morning, but that’s kind of normal anyway. I haven’t seen Theodore or Jasper this morning. Those two seem to be rather unpredictable these days. They will come around, but not necessarily at the same times each day.
It is so dark in here this morning, I need to have lights on inside. There is a little snow in the forecast for later today, nothing much though. I think Jasper enlisted the help of Theodore yesterday. I just put out some peanuts for the blue jays and Jasper, plus some sunflower seeds on the deck for Theodore. For some reason Theodore decided to eat the sunflower seeds that were closest to the peanuts, first. That kept the blue jays away from the peanuts. Therefore Jasper was happy as could be hauling away the peanuts. Seems the blue jays are afraid to come down when Theodore is close by. However, Jasper is not afraid of Theodore, though he never tries chasing him either. So Jasper got all the peanuts for himself that time and once the peanuts were gone then Theodore moved on further down the deck. It’s like it was deliberately planned that way! The blue jays were left wondering what had happened. I could just imagine Jasper sitting there sticking his tongue out at the blue jays. Jasper finally won!
For our pics today we have 2 wildflowers. The top featured image is the harebell, which I have showed before, but in this pic it looks like there is a light right inside the flower the way it glows so nicely. So I figured it would be okay to show the harebell again just because of that. Actually, I have many pics of the harebells so be prepared, I just might show them again. Then in the pic above a nice early morning pic of the evening lychnis. Personally I think these bright white one inch wide (2.5cm) flowers are quite pretty. Not many people agree with me however, most just consider them weeds. Guess I look at things differently. I prefer to see the beauty in things. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Steve`s Country 
Pretty wildflowers
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They are indeed, thanks. Hope your day has been going well Sheree!
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It has, thanks Steve
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😃😺🌞
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Good for Jasper! Way to go Teddy! Team work!!😁😊
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Scary, isn’t it!?😳😳
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Wait till they get Muffin involved!😲
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You trying to scare me even more on Halloween?
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Yep! How am I doing?😁
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I’m doing fine, but I think you’re confused.
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You have frog hair??😲
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Proves it.😂😂🤣🤣😛😛🤭🤭
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That’s pretty fine!! Lol 😁
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You were fined?🤔🙄
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It feels like it! But really it’s just the bills!🙄
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I didn’t know you had someone living with you. Say hi to Bill.
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Yeah… he needs to start paying his own way!😲🙄
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Good thinking.
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Wow good thinking two days in a row!! Look at me go!!😁😁🤣🤣🤣
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Yep, you’re really rolling out there! What were you rolling anyway?🤔🙄
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No silly! A Cinnamon Roll!!😁😄😋
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That’s twice and double not nice!😲😒
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You need to chat with me right away in the Morning so you can get all this stuff for the day! What to do with you?? I need to talk to Muffin..🤔😁🤭
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She’s sleeping. That wouldn’t help, I only shop once a week, so you need to tell me now for shopping on Monday for next Saturday. See?
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Is it a full moon? I think you should buy some rolls andy bars this Monday for next Saturday! But then the next Monday don’t buy anything because I won’t be home so then you will need to buy the following Monday to make up for the ladt Monday which would be this coming Monday so you’ll have some when Im not here! See? OH BTW it won’t be a full Moon for another month which would be three weeks from next Monday but only two weeks after I get back home. Whew….. Im worn iut and I didn’t even leave yet!😛😛😛
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Blue moons are always full moons. I can’t eat cinnamon rolls, has gluten, also has cinnamon, can’t have either. I told you you were confused. Hey two you’s together, guess that makes you a you-you!🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I am not a female sheep!😏 Ewe….
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You need new glasses. I said you not ewe.
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Is that the same as U ?
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Hey, we’re talking about you not me. Rats, forgot my bird feeders again, now it’s dark and cold and windy and scary. Better go get them. If I don’t return you know what happened. Muffin just woke up, you can talk with her.
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Good! Maybe she can help me figure this moon thing out!
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Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow!😸😹🌙
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I know!!! Can you figure him out? He knows he has to get them feeders in before dark! It’s dark out when the sun goes down and cold and there could be bears!
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That wind would have blown them bars away! That’s a strong wind out there, nearly blew me over the railing while I was reaching for that one feeder, that’s a long reach for that one and the wind kept blowing it away from me and that snow was beating against my face while that wind was blowing against the back of my head trying to push me over the side and into that dark nothingness below! It was scary.😲😬🤪
Meow, meow.=Me faint now.🙀
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You should bring them in before the sun goes down! That’s when it get’s dark ya know! Even with a full moon that we can’t see but it’s there..
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Hmm, I must remember that. Problem is, it was cloudy so I couldn’t see when the sun went down so I had to wait until it got dark so I would know the sun went down so I could get the feeders before it got dark after the sun went down but tonight after the sun went down and I couldn’t see it and I waited for it to get dark so I could see it then I couldn’t see it because it was too dark to see it. See?🤔😁
Meow, meow.=I see fine, still not know what you say.😸😾
I was talking to Dusty.🙄
Meow, meow?=You trying to say Dusty smarter than me?🙀 You looking for sore feet?😾
No, no, you’re definitely smarter.😁
Um, sorry Dusty, had no choice.😬
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Hey!!🤕🧐 that hurt sort of! Not saying im smarter than Muffin.. cuz she is very smart but… ahhhhh who am I kidding.. she’s smarter than both of us! 😛
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Well, she was right here watching me, what could I say?🤔🙄
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Why are you adking me? I don’t want sore feet!🤯🤕😲😬
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Good thinking.
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Mee too Muffin!
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I’m with you. What are we talking about?
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Im not certain anymore..🤔🙄 I think it was about candy then the moon which you say is always there but we cant see it sometimes to it getting dark cuz the sun goes down and you forgetting to bring in the feeders. Other than that… I dont know..🤔
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That’s right, your memory is really doing, um, doing, um, well it’s doing something anyway! Oops, time to sign off again, I’m only 3 minutes over time, not bad, oops, now it’s four minutes. Gotta go or I’ll lose my extra hour of free sleep again. Good night Dusty!😀😺🌙Rats, 5 minutes.
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Good night Steve! 😴😴
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I bought myself some Kit Kat treats today. That was a bad idea!!! I can’t stop eating them!!
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH. I should have done that. I should have done that. Why didn’t you remind me?😳😳🤔
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I did just now! Were you not reading the part that I said I bought some? Oh wait…. you should have bought some!!😊🤭🤭🤭 They are soooo goooodddd!
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How can I buy some when they didn’t have any? That’s not nice! Just for that I’ll get some popcorn.😁😁😁🍿🍿🍿🍿
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Are you and Muffin having a Halloween Party?🤡🤡🤡🤡👻👻👻👻☠☠☠💀💀💀
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Now I know you’re confused, using clowns and, and, what are those other things, some kind of bug?🤔🤭🤭🤪No party here, Muffin is sleeping😴😹 and I’m pretending to be awake watching the wind whistle through the trees which I can’t see because it’s dark.😳🙄 Nice that we get to see a blue moon tonight though.😁📷
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Who painted it blue?? You?? No wonder you’re tired all the time! That’s a lot of painting! Lol
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Always wondered why it was called a blue moon when it’s actually not blue at all. Very strange indeed.
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It is very cool to see though! Especially on Halloween!💀💀👻👻☠☠🌚🌕
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Yeah, except all those clouds kind of get in the way, so no pics this time around. It’s a long time before another one comes along.😳🤪🌝🌙🌜🌛
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How often do they happen?
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A Halloween blue moon happens about every 19 years. A regular monthly blue moon about every 2 or 3 years, a seasonal blue moon a little less often than that.
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That’s a lot of Blue Moons! You said they weren’t that common?😲🌕🤔
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They’re not. I mean regular moons are around every night.🙄
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Naw uh!! Not every night!
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Of course it’s there every night, just sometimes we can’t see it because the earth is in the way.
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How can the earth be in the way? We are on the Earth! Not the Moon!🌚🤔😲🤯
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That’s why we can’t see it!
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But it’s there? But where is there if it’s not here? I’m getting really confused with all these moons that are there but not here because the Earth was there until it’s not then the moon is there all the time!🤯🤯🤔🤔😬😬
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The moon is there but it’s between us and the sun, so the sun shines on the other side but not the side we see, which is why we can’t see it though it’s right in front of us.😁😁🌙🌙
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But where is it when the Sun comes up? It should still be right there!🤔😲🌚
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Of course not, it’s gone to the other side of the world where they can’t see it too.😳🌙
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You Canadians got this whole Moon thing all messed up! I liked it better when it was on the other side of the Earth where I couldn’t see it! Now I’ll be looking for it here at night and not able to see it! 😏😲🙄
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Yep, it’s fun to look for it when you can’t see it when it’s right in front of your eyes but it’s not there and yet it is and suddenly one night there it is right where you weren’t looking for it!😁😳🙄🌙🤯
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🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
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Steve, thanks for brightening up Saturday with your photos. Growing season is pretty much over in central Ohio. We experienced a hard frost overnight. I am looking forward to the time change to bring us earlier daylight in the morning.
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Oh my, we’ve had a bit more than a hard frost! Snowing right now and windy. Yes, that time change will be nice for sure, it wasn’t getting daylight until 8am. Enjoy the remainder of your weekend Richard!
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Oh ! I must check out the blue moon ! Lovely flowers ! Keep warm and sleep well…extra hour …love that ! ☕️☕️😻🙂🌑
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Too cloudy here to see the moon, it’s not blue though, it’s white. Yep, an extra hour to sleep, always good!😁😴😴
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Yay! Jasper won! Finally he has a defender 🦃🐿😉
Beautiful flowers 🌸
Stay well you two 😻😉
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Yes, it was funny how that worked out for Jasper!
Thanks Ribana, enjoy your evening!😀😺🌞🌙
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yea for Jasper! I can see him and Theodore being friends…
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Yes, it might work out, they’re both sort of loners, no other squirrels, no other turkeys.😁
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Beautiful pics, Steve! Happy Halloween! 🎃☕️☕️
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Thanks Eugenia! We had a stormy Halloween here this year!
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Oh, oh! I hope all is okay! Ours was quiet which is okay with me.
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It was okay, very strong winds, branches and some trees down, no major damage though. We don’t often get such strong winds in winter.
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