For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning to everyone! Time to grab a coffee, sit back and relax for a few minutes! As I mentioned yesterday, my Daily Pics has been replaced and the new name reflects better what this daily post is all about. Just a time to relax and talk a bit about our day. The pics will still be here each day too and we will meet all our outdoor friends as well. Today I just want to introduce some other changes coming up, or maybe it would be better to say, ‘new additions’ to our daily life here at Steve’s Country. Muffin will be back with her “Mewsings” which will be starting today, but I will let her talk about that later. “Art In Nature” will be here once more, though it was called Nature’s Art previously. This will be a weekly feature for the winter months and I may even keep it going year round this time.
A new feature will be “Our Outdoor Friends” where I will introduce, in slightly greater detail, the various critters that visit us around here. This one may only be twice a month, I’m not quite sure yet. Basically I will be having 2 posts each day, at least for the winter months. Normally I would begin new changes in January, but I decided to start them in December this year. There will be another post where we will look at antiques and collectables as well. I’m not sure what to call that post yet, but in the first couple we will look at old board games. Since Christmas is coming up, old games and toys just fit in quite nicely.
Our last mystery story of the year will be starting tomorrow and will continue to be on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I’m not quite sure if I will continue with these stories next year or not. What do you think? Feel free to let me know in the comments. “Steve’s Country Cabin Journal” will remain with us as a weekly feature. Well, for our pics today we have two of our winter visitors, a nice red male purple finch and the female purple finch. Thank you for joining me this morning, I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
Good Morning Steve and animal friendπ!
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Good morning Nova!ππΊπ How are you on this sunny cold day?π€
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Iβm ok! Posting a video momentarily. It was my morning!
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Sounds great!
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My goodness you are one busy guy….plus cat.
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Not really as bad as it sounds. There’s not much to do in the winter, so I like to write.πβ Oh, and Muffin wants to improve her writing skills as well.πΈπ
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The difference between these two is clear π not like blue Jay’s, hard to predict which is a male ππ€£. Hey Steve, why are you planning to stop π€ maybe you can stop, and start working on collating all of that in a single pdf and E-publish in amazon kindleπ we certainly love your stories, I’m having a hard time these days without nisha, cooking eating working out is became my daily life π and things are changing from day after tomorrow, she is back hereπ which means, more time πmore reading π Have a super fun day, and hey don’t stop your stories π or maybe you can write an interactive stories π like you stop a short story, let the audience give a clue what is going to happen, whoever said it right comes inside the story π how is it π? Keep thinking about it π
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I’m just not sure if I will continue with the stories next year or not.π€ Have to wait and see. I do have some ideas for more stories, but they are not as popular as they were at the beginning.π³ Thanks so much for the kind words and for your vote to keep them going!ππΈ Nisha will be back, that’s great Simon,ππΊ now she can keep you in shape and take away all those terrible snacks!ππΉ
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My pleasureπ€ hey are you watching me π€i m not getting fat okayπ³ its just my muscle not in shape, maybe im getting old π€£π π you are rightπ she will save me from my terrible cooking and all those sweets i had ππ€£π
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That’s it,π my dad used to say his muscles are the same, they’ve just moved to different spots!π€π€ͺ Have a great night Simon!πππ΄
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Haha ha , indeed true isn’t it, they just gone out of shape, otherwise I’m still looking human, what else matters π€£π
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Lovely bird photos Steve. Looking forward to the new features. I like your coffee mug. I have a similar one with cardinals. Have a great day.
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Thanks so much Correne! I have a couple more of those mugs, one with loons which is my favorite, and a cougar. Sounds nice, I always like to have a nature themed mug for my morning coffee! I hope you will enjoy the new set up!ππΊπββ
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You can have online business , and a youtube channel to work more freely ( whenever , whatever and however you wish …)
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No thanks, I really don’t want an online business.
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Nor youtube channel … You don’t have to do anything if it does not resonate with you …
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Several people have suggested a YouTube channel, but I prefer just writing. Thanks anyway.
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Beautiful pictures Steve! Keep going! πππΊπ€ΈββοΈ
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Thank you so much Nina! Nice to see you today! I hope you’re having a great day!πππΈ
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I vote to continue the mystery stories, I like them a lot!
You can call that post Antiques & Collectables π
Have a great day Steve and Muffin! βΊοΈπΈ
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Thanks Rossana! I think I will likely continue the stories, thanks for the kind words!ππΊ
Hehe,ππΉ yes, that’s probably what I will end up calling it, just can’t think of anything else!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!ππΊ
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Thanks to you for filling our days with wonder!βΊοΈπΈ
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Aww, that’s a beautiful comment Rossana!ππΈ
Meow, meow=Say Hi Mila!π»
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Miao miao (She doesn’t speak English)=Hi Muffin! So cute your boyfriend π»
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Meow, meow.=Thank you, he very nice.π»
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You had better continue on the the 20/20 investigations! I look forward to those especially! I lead an exciting life you know!ππ
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When Muffin found out I wasn’t sure about keeping that one she, um, well, convinced me to keep it going.ππ³π³πΎπΉ
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Chomp, chomp?? Kinda catchy sound huh?π€π€π€π€
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It is for some!ππ¬
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I suppose.. I kinda like it.π Did you have a good day? Get outside?
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Yep, nice day, kinda sunny, kinda cloudy, kinda cold, kinda windy. Went out for a short walk, I’m trying to get out for a short walk every day now before that cold weather starts. Nice down there in warm country?
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Huh! Warm? Not so much. 13 degrees here this morning. Calm though not much wind which was nice. Sunny also. I wish I could get out more these days to walk. With having to commute and the short days of light hard to squeeze them in. Maybe need to go back to the gym. Oh yeah… there not open either. Oh well…
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Wow, you were colder than us, it was 16 here this morning and very windy, but the wind quit by noon.
Yep, these short days can be a problem. How about a trampoline? Do you have high ceilings?π€π
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More of a short neck nowππ
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Hmm, how about jogging up and down the stairs?π€πββοΈπββοΈπββοΈ
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Only have one step..
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Must have really short ceilings.
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7 feet I think. Single level house. One step up when you walk in.
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Single level?π€ No wonder you only have one step.π
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I thought about adding more steps .. Do you think it would help?π€
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Make steps right up to the ceiling, then paint a door on the ceiling. Then you will get better exercise running up and down the steps.ππββοΈπββοΈπββοΈ
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I’ll give that more thought! You might be on to something.. or…. you’re on something!! πππππππ
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Just make sure you paint an open door!πππ€£π€£ Or you might get a sore head.ππ€
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Good thinking!! Thank you!πππ
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You’re welcome! Glad to help out!πππ
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Uh huh..π
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Glad you agree!π₯³π₯³π₯³π€ΈββοΈπ€ΈββοΈπ€ΈββοΈπππ
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Again… did I really have choice??π€
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No.πππ€£π€£
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Thank You!ππ
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I like the idea you have about the antiques. Should be interesting.
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I thought it might. Muffin asked why I want to talk about myself.π€πΉ Sigh.πππ³
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Ahh she’s young.. she doesn’t appreciate the quality of older items let’s say..πππ€π€
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How about, let’s not say.π³π
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Well, okay π π€£ lol
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Good!π€ͺ
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Some of us antiques are older than others..π€«π€«
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I am agreeable on that one.ππ€π€
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But!!! You are catching me very quickly!! Hehehehe π€π€π€
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You better pick up speed or I’m going to end up passing you!π³
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That’s the hazard that comes with being younger!π You tend to move faster!
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Especially when going downhill!πββοΈπ³πββοΈπ³πββοΈπ³
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Picking up speed! Vroom….
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I can feel it, I can feel it!π²π²π²
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I know!!! It’s scaryπ³
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All that running downhill made me tired, must be time to sign off and start heading for that wonderful piece of funiture! Good night Dusty!πππ΄π
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Good Night Steve π΄
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I really like your stories too ! When cats are involved it has to be good ! Great pics ! βοΈβοΈπ»πΊπͺπͺπ
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Thanks, the cats agree and Muffin, well, she convinced me to keep the stories, as well as everyone else!ππ³πΎπΉ
Thanks, have a good night!ππΈππ
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Sounds like some very cool “changes”. I’m looking forward to themπ
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Thanks so much Stu!ππΊ
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Scheduling and planning our blog’s life is not easy π€ͺ But you have lots of ideas and that’s important π
I like your PI stories, even if you must admit it that Muffin and Mr Cat are the main characters ππ»π»
And your coffee cup couldn’t be different π¦ π¦ ππ
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So true, some ideas work, some don’t. Not all of these ideas will be every week, but they will get in there.ππΊ
Yes indeed, Muffin and Mr. Cat are definitely the main characters and it was meant to be that way.πΈπΈ And they will continue to bring more fun to the stories!πΉπΉ
I have a few different coffee cups with birds on them! And other animals.πββ
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