Steve`s Country
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Daily Pics #304.
Good morning to everyone! It’s a cool morning once more with a temp of 18F (-8C), but the sky is a beautiful blue and the sun is now shining on the tops of the trees. The blue jays are here arguing over their peanuts. The evening grosbeaks are sitting casually on the feeder feasting away on sunflower seeds, oddly no arguing among them this morning. They often do a lot of arguing for some reason. Pine grosbeaks are more calm and get along much better. The chickadees were the first birds here this morning, usually redpolls are first but I didn’t see or hear any redpolls this morning. That’s not good. I was hoping to have lots of them this winter.
They are a brave little bird and they don’t mind coming up close to me. That gives confidence to the larger birds so that they too will come close. That helps for getting better pics of the birds. And it also helps so I don’t have to stand out there in the cold for too long a time in order to get those pics. That’s a big plus. I would really enjoy having the redpolls and pine grosbeaks back this winter. They were not here last year, but there was a lot of them the winter before. Having the evening grosbeaks here is also a treat, their yellow color really brightens the winter landscape. I have put out some suet now to hopefully start attracting some woodpeckers and also to give some quick energy food for the chickadees and nuthatches during the colder weather of winter. It’s a quiet morning here, even the birds are gone now except a few chickadees. This winter has been off to a rather odd start. Guess I will keep this short today.
For our featured image at the top we have a nice red poppy in honor of Remembrance Day here in Canada. Remembering those who gave their lives so that we might enjoy the freedoms we have. Then we have the little blue “forget-me-not” flowers, a nice cheery addition for any garden. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Steve`s Country 
On Wednesday, November 11, 2020, Steve`s Country wrote:
> stevescountry posted: ” Good morning to everyone! It’s a cool morning once > more with a temp of 18F (-8C), but the sky is a beautiful blue and the sun > is now shining on the tops of the trees. The blue jays are here arguing > over their peanuts. The evening grosbeaks are sitting” >
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Thanks for stopping by Cathy!
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Very appropriate and lovely photos for today Steve
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Thank you very much Sheree!
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how will I forget 😍 beautiful flower 💐 did you said -8C❄️☃️ that’s very cold 😳 did you covered yourself with multi layers of clothes 🙄🤔 cause, I shiver just by reading the numbers 🥶🥶 that’s cold. it’s rainy season here, North east monsoon finally at a pace here 🙄 muddy shoes, dirty pants, flood roads, uhhm.. perks of our monsoon 😅😂 have a lovely day 💐❄️
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No, just regular clothes yet,😀 but one of these days when I go out to feed the birds I will have to start wearing my boots, jacket and gloves.🤔😛 Hmm, the monsoon sounds like fun, get some toy boats and have boat races.⛵🙄🙄
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for real 😳😳😳 just regular clothes? what do you mean by regular? thats -8C, 😳🥶 can’t believe you 🙄🤔 and me on this side worried about getting a flu and headache 😜😂I have this best immune system in the world, you know the one that works very rare? that’s my immune 😂😜
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Same clothes I wear in summer,🌞😎🌳 except long sleeves on my T shirts.🙂 But when it gets colder I will have to change things a bit.😬🥶 But no colder weather in the forecast for the rest of the month. Nice!😁🌞😺
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Wow that’s nice to know 😍 here its cold 🙄 I’m suffering for 22 to 19C at night 😳 and here u are with -8C and no changes 😅 see how we can adapt into different climate. Lucky for you, for me worst rainfall ahead for next 2 days 🙄 I should learn swimming 😭
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I don’t know if I have adapted to the cold,🥶 I’m just too stubborn to give in to it!🤣🥶 Hey, maybe a kayak would work good!😃 Just think, moving along in your kayak,😀 surrounded by water,😳 no way to get out,😬 surrounded by water😳 and there you go,😲 surrounded by water,😳 having so much fun,😛 surrounded by water!😳😂😂😹😹
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🤯🤯 about that part 🧐I feet were almost drained, as I drive my bike, water on the road, what a view😳 so scary, I felt like driving on a lake 🙄 damn rain, I want this rain, but I don’t want this all on same day 🥶 it’s cold 24 C now 😭 I need to sleep warm 😁
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24C? Wow, a beautiful warm summer day!😂😂😹😹
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🙄 seriously? can you show us some Sun 🧐 it’s cold here 🧐🤔I can’t be warm 😾I want to be warm and sweating , this is not working 😭 cold cold cold 🥶
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No sun here either, just cloud, snow and cold. Good time for staying inside and drinking hot chocolate!😁😸☕☕
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glad you could drink hot chocolate, here I am just depressed staying in cold 🥶 alone 🙄 uhmmm … I’m getting crazy right 🧐🤯
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Well, it’s not real hot chocolate, it’s a plant based alternative,🙄 but it tastes good anyway, I like it.😃 Drink something hot, it will make you feel better☕ and wrap yourself in a blanket and lie down on the couch.😀😺 It works. Really.😁
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so that means a herbal chocolate 🤔I should find some alternative, not sure why I feel heart burn🙄 must be something I ate🤔 not sure what 😳. I had some hot water now and it’s too late to be awake, good night 😁
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Good night Simon! Hope you sleep well.😁😺🌙😴 Heart burn is terrible, if I get it at night it keeps me awake.😳
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It kept me awake for a while 🙄😾 not sure what I ate 🤔 must be an oily snacks I received from mom 😳 can’t blame her love, so I just ate it, and it was a cruel few hours 😅 I slept anyhow after some hot water 😁
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Heart burn is terrible,😬 I used to have it almost steady for years,🤪 I was taking 200-250 pills a month to try and control it.😳 When I went gluten free it stopped.😛 Still happens the odd time, maybe once a month, but it’s not bad. Have a great Friday Simon!😁🌞😺
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See, it’s all in the food, I ate something wrong for sure 🙄 these days my mom helped me with the food, and guess what? she made food with more sodium and less fibre and more oil and I must avoid certain foods, and I can’t tell her when she makes it with love 😳 I simply accept and eat it 😁 and it’s tasty too 😜😅 and suffering at night 🧐😅😂 ita okay. anything for them 😁😜 Have a lovely Friday you too Steve.. Oops time for bed right… Good Night 🤗🤗
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Yep, it’s definitely the food. Yes, time for my bed, good night Simon!😁🌙😴
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That’s late, you should be sleeping now. are you awake late again 🧐 Gud Night Steve 🥰🤗
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I was late, now I’m tired since I didn’t get enough sleep,😴 maybe I should have a nap,🥱 hmm, can’t do that, I just got up 4 hours ago.😕 I’ll have to wait a bit.🙄 Good evening Simon!😁😺🌙🌞
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Good evening Steve, just got up 😳🤔 like 4 hours ago is just 😳 that’s too early, you should get back to bed for a while 😁 have a nice day, 💐
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Yep, I need a nap, later, now I’m getting hungry again😳 and I only ate 3 hours ago, how can I be hungry already?🤔🙄 That’s terrible.😬
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That’s good 🤔 right? you are getting hungry, that means you are sore?🙄😳 did you workout too much 🤔 it’s okay, have some balanced food 😁
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Workout? Ooops, I knew there was something else I was supposed to do.😳😳
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see, now u know that, but it’s almost bed time. I think you should do this first thing in the mrng 😁
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Yes, it’s too late now, I will definitely get it done in the morning, no getting out of it!🤔🙄😳🏃♂️
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Steve!? are you awake? is the day light extended 🤔 why are awake so late? Time for Bed 🤗 Sleep tight…🤗
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Oh, the for-me-nots are so picturesque ! Love the colour ! ☕️☕️😻😀🍪🍩‼️
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They do have a beautiful blue color!😀😺🌞☕☕
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