For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Looking out my cabin window,
At all these falling flakes of snow,
I stand here gazing all around,
While snow soon covers all the ground.
So many little birds I see
There, on the ground, beneath the tree.
They’re taking shelter from the snow,
And soon, to the south, they will go.
Now while looking out my window
At all those puffy mounds of snow,
I see such beauty fill my sight,
A landscape full of freshest white.
ยฉ2020 Steve McLeod.
We had a very windy day here today! A few flakes falling again. I’d really appreciate you turning those wind generators off.๐๐๐๐
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Good thinking. It’s the snowflakes, they create little swirls of air movement that work together to create strong wind. How’s that for an answer?๐๐คญ๐๐คญ
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Original!! I’ll give you that!๐๐I’m not sure how accurate it might be though..๐ lol
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YAY for me! Well, I’m gone now, short chat, didn’t sleep good last night so I’m kind of tired.
Good night Dusty!๐ด๐
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I’m sorry to hear that. Sleep Well tonight.
Good Night Steve!๐ด
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Good morning Dusty!๐โโ๏ธ๐
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Hey there Steve! How atr ya??๐
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You’re awake, that’s great!๐ I thought you would be back at work now?๐ค๐ณ Enjoying playing in the snow instead?๐๐
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I am working!! Who said anything about enjoying either one of them? You can have them both!!๐๐๐
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Oh I know you really enjoy that snow, running around with the squirrels!๐๐๐น๐น
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There’s only one left around here. I saw him out searching for acorns today! Serves him right, he invited the whole neighbor over and that ate up all his food.๐๐๐๐๐
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Yep, that’s the problem with those big nutty parties. How’s your mattress?๐๐๐น๐น
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Lumpy!๐ ๐ค
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Maybe that’s where they stuffed the mink?
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Maybe? Still lumpy though..๐๐ it was kinda fuzzy come to think of it๐ค๐๐
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Don’t worry about the fuzziness, squirrels do lose fur now and then.๐๐๐น
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No, no, no! You take that back!๐ฌ๐
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Shows they enjoyed sleeping in your bed. Probably enjoyed your TV too.๐๐คฃ๐คฃ
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That’s just not right!! You stop saying that stuff!!๐ no free satellite for the squirrels!๐ฌ
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They really enjoyed watching the funny people videos on nuttube!๐น๐น
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Yeah.. well they are definetly nutty! ๐คช That part is for sure! You should have this squirrel today! He was running around out there with just a Mink coat on! I thought he was going to freeze!๐ฅถ๐ฅถ hey! Maybe that’s where the mink went to!๐ค๐คซ๐๐ฌ
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Hey, those mink coats are warm, just ask the mink!๐ Oops,๐ณ well, that might be hard to do, they don’t have their coats anymore.๐ Maybe that’s why they’re hiding in your mattress.๐
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I was hoping for a mink blanket! Oooooo now that would be cozy!๐๐๐๐
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Better find the rest of those squirrels, but they have likely spread out around the state by now.๐๐
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They probably all escaped across the Canadian Border!๐ฌ๐คซ
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I wouldn’t doubt it, they’re sneaky critters.๐คช
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Well you’ll be able to ID them! They’ll all be waering mink coats!!
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Maybe that’s why Jasper looks bigger these days after being missing for a few days. Hmm…
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Jasper!!?? Noooooo……
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I think it’s his cousin on his mother’s uncle’s brother’s daughter’s side and twice removed, that lives at your place.
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LOL oh yeah they do look a lot a like!! They both have that little nose that kinda points up at the end! Although… their ears are a little bigger than most!! Must run in the family!๐๐๐๐
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That’s true, their family does do a lot of running. One of these days the in-laws will catch up to them.๐คจ๐ Time for me to pack it in, staring at this screen too long today. Maybe that’s why I’m not sleeping good lately.๐ค๐ฅฑ Oh well, good night Dusty!๐๐๐ด
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They do live in the same family tree! LOL ๐๐
GOOD Night Steve๐ด
Sleep Well! I’m gonna go wrap up in my new monk blanket! ๐๐๐๐
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Just be careful it doesn’t crawl away on you!๐ณ๐
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Good point! ๐๐
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There is such beauty in fresh fallen snow…we do not have snow right now…keep writing ! Say hi to Muffin !โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ป๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐
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Thanks so much Sharon! Shall relay the message, she’s sleeping right now. Have a good night!๐๐บ๐
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Fresh snow is always beautiful! Itโs nice to think about how those same birds migrate here in the South. Have a good night! Stay warm! ๐บ๐บ
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Yes, I do admit, it does look beautiful, โโexcept for the cold part. Staying warm is the hard part!๐ฅถ Yep, some of my birds just might end up in your yard. Good morning Renee!๐๐บ๐โโ
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Lovely
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Thanks Haroon!
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Lovely poem!
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Thanks so much D!
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Of course!๐ธ
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Beautiful reflections of freshly fallen snow, Steve! โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐จ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ
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Thanks very much Eugenia! Have a great day!๐๐บโโโโ
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Beautiful ๐ Snows are often triggers lot of questions in my head. Lovely poem ๐๐ค
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Thanks Simon! I have a question about snow too, when will it go away?๐๐๐น
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Good Question ๐ I have a question too, why is it always white and not any other colors ๐ง๐๐
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Because snow is really just frozen water molecules which produce that whitish look and looks very white when lots of those snowflakes get together. So white in fact that it can blind people on a sunny day.
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We call it blind when it’s dark isn’t it ๐๐ค white can also blind? ๐ค๐ now I have a question, does all the blind see white or black ? ๐คจ๐๐ง I’m asking too much , I knew, definitely not got hit in the head.๐
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Yep, it’s called snow blindness. Basically it’s the brightness of the sun being magnified off the snow that becomes so bright it can make someone blind. Which then turns black. So white becomes black.๐ค๐ณ๐
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๐ฅถSnow is danger, snow is white, and it turns your eyes black. No more snow love ๐๐
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Steve, your poem takes me back to the Montana winters of my youth. Well done!
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Thanks much, glad you enjoyed it!
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So beautiful Steve! Is gorgeous to stay indoor at warm and watch the snow โ๏ธ
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Yes indeed, the best place to enjoy snow is from the inside looking out!๐โ
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Very beautiful scenery steve !! ๐ฆ
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Thank you very much Suni!๐๐บ
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