For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone! I hope all my American readers had a good Thanksgiving yesterday. As I mentioned on our Canadian Thanksgiving last month, it’s nice to have a day set aside to be thankful, but really we should be thankful all the time. Even when things are not necessarily going the way we would like. Problems and difficulties come along, but there is still so much for which we can be thankful. Such as Muffin. Pets are great to have around and bring much joy into our lives. Muffin and I had a wonderful time this morning playing with her stuffed mouse. Then we chased each other around for a bit. She was really going wild this morning! And then there’s all my little outdoor friends, and some that are not so little. The female grosbeaks were back in the new feeder this morning feasting away for a little while. Until one of the rock doves came along and scared them away.
That dove couldn’t get the seeds but didn’t want anyone else to get them either. Kind of sounds like some people. But the rest of the birds get along quite nicely. Jasper was here this morning and he helped chase the rock doves away, the ones that were sitting in the tree. He did a good job and so I gave him some extra big peanuts this morning. He was very happy carrying them away to hide somewhere. The gray jays were here again this morning, that’s 2 days in a row now. I hope they keep coming. They are definitely one of my favorite birds. They are certainly not colorful like the blue jays, but they are an amazingly friendly bird. They don’t usually like coming into town much even though they do like people. And they always give a chirp of thanks after getting some food. I’ll show a couple pics of them tomorrow.
Today however, we have a couple pictures of a male downy woodpecker. This is our smallest woodpecker, and they are very small. Only about an inch longer than a chickadee. And the downy woodpeckers can also get quite friendly so it’s easy to get up close to them. I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
Love the photos of todayβs feathered friends. Have a great weekend.
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Thanks Sheree! Have a great weekend also!ππΊ
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Thanks
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I do not think that birds approach humans before they get acquainted and fed some food by them …
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Yes, food does help when making friends with wild creatures of every kind.
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See? Jasper can help with the rock doves πΏπ You have a little helper π Too much fun playing with Muffin πΈπ»
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Yes, I was quite surprised seeing him chase the rock doves. Maybe he thought they were stealing his peanuts too!ππ
Yep, it sure was a great time this morning!ππΊπ»
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Muffin is adorable as is Mr. Cat ! Your pics are striking ! So picturesque of the woodpecker ! βοΈβοΈπ»ππ
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Glad you enjoyed them Sharon! Have a good night!ππΊππ΄
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Which country am I inπ€ in the land where humans are more tanned hmm, yeah, I’m in india π When is the thanks giving here π€ never mind, Happy American thanks giving day. The rain is pouring hard, its cold, mosquitoes are singing, i can’t sleep π« i can’t turn on the fan to send away these mosquitoes π if I do I’ll freeze π what a night π³ it’s a long cold night without sleep π maybe I’m excited nisha is coming π
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That’s it, you’re just excited, let the mosquitoes bite, who cares?ππ€π¦π¦π¦π¦ Don’t use the fan, that will freeze you right outside!π₯Άπ§ No wait, you’re inside, I think.π€ You should be inside if you’re sleeping.π No, wait, you’re not sleeping so maybe you are outside,π³ no wonder you’re cold,π go back inside,π you’ll sleep better,π΄ and you won’t get wet!π€¨
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Yes right it was 23 C and I was freezing ππ² I am cold, and I got cold, it feels like that, this rain haven’t stopped π it’s getting cooler π i miss summer π€ yes I am
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Oh, oh, you could be in trouble if it keeps getting colder!π¬π₯Άπ§ Wear two layers of clothes, that’s what we do!ππ³ππ
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Two layers of what π you know why I get cold?, because I hardly wear one thing to bed ππ€£ and another one would be a thin layer of cloth to cover myself from mosquito π i can not wash such heavy clothes in this sunless weather π€£π€£
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Like here, wear 2 shirts, 2 pants, 2 pair socks, jacket, etc. And when it gets cold, 3 of everything!π³ππ
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2 extra π what are you even saying ππ I don’t want to smell like a dead rat,ππ€£ imagine a dead rat smell inside a cold house ππ€£π not good at allπππ
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Stuff cinnamon sticks in your clothes.ππ€
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πthat’s a um π€ not a good idea to try ππ€£ππ€£ i am a big long stick sticking inside the clothes with some huge muscles why do I need extra addition π
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How about pepper?
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π€£ππ€£ππ€£ you are trying to help me right πππ. I can’t feel that π
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Really, I am trying to help. Maybe eat the peppers, that will make you feel warm!πππ€π€π₯΅π₯΅
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π³π³π³ I am allergic to spicy foodsπ, the next moment I take a bite of your suggestions should be calling an ambulance πππ³
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How about electric heated clothes?π€ππ
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How about I set myself on fire π ππ€£
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You don’t believe me, but here we can buy electric heated clothes, work with batteries!ππΉπ₯Ά
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π€ sounds nice, just like I created one in my head , someone stole my idea π³π³ how do I claim this now π€
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The only problem is, it takes a lot of batteries. We should have solar powered heaters in our clothes.π€π
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Solar powered π³π instead why the government is not letting to burn woods inside the house π«π that’s a best way to stay warm isn’t it π
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We can burn wood,π but there is a lot of regulations involved so most people don’t want to.π I love wood heat,ππ₯ better than any other way of providing heat. Some people are worried that we would lose our forests if we burned wood,π¬ but we have so much forest and if it was properly reseeded there would always be lots of trees.ππΊπ²π³π²
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That’s exactly my point π why nobody understand thatπ€ But thanks for understanding me ππ» lot of regulations is good for safety ππ i could try anywhere because here safety is not a law π€£π
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Yep, regulations are good at times for safety reasons. πWe certainly don’t want to burn our houses down!π³π₯
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Ha ha certainly we don’t want to do that π€£π maybe only fitr ourself when too much cold πππ
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That’s too warm for me! And then I would really be out in the cold!π³π³π₯π₯
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πππ ha ha don’t do that . How about hug a beet π
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