For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning and Happy Friday everyone! We are so glad that you have joined us today! The coffee is ready so please, help yourself to a cup and relax with us for a few minutes. Very heavy clouds here this morning so it’s necessary to have the lights on today. And it’s very dull outside, meaning, rather dark when it should be bright light. But the little chickadees were here even when it was almost impossible to see them out there. The snow is still frozen to the trees and it is calm. So very still, except for the movement of the little birds. It looks beautiful with the snow on the branches like that. It’s hard to really capture it in a photo when it’s so dark out there, a sunny day is needed. The peanuts are out, but, where is everyone? The blue jays are not here yet.
Jasper and Jenny are not here yet. What’s this? I see Baxter and Betty just showed up. So the peanuts will be disappearing quickly now. With so few blue jays around these days I’m certainly not using up as many peanuts. However, I miss all those blue jays. At the start of winter I had 14 blue jays coming each morning, now we’re down to 6. That is very strange indeed. Those blue jays protect my little birds from the dangers of predators, especially that nasty shrike that comes around every winter. I realize that predators play a part in the natural order of things, but they can go play that part somewhere else please. I don’t have many birds this year, certainly can’t afford to lose many of them. Interesting how things work sometimes though. Last year there was a lot of birds around, but most were birds that didn’t normally stay the winter. They made up about 150 of my birds. The regulars made up about another 60-70 birds.
At the moment I have around 30 birds. Mind you, there would have been more but the rock doves chased the rest away. Oh well. It’s going to be a tough winter for pictures though. Yesterday I thought there were only 4 blue jays, but I figured I probably just missed a couple. This morning I have been watching very carefully and there are only 4 blue jays. Lost 2 more. I hope it’s because they have found another feeder closer to where they live. We’ll see what happens when the cold weather hits. Jasper and Jenny are still not here yet. I notice she comes from across the street, not a good thing, she might not last long. Well, it’s that time again to say good bye until tomorrow morning, but we’ll be back later with another chapter of our mystery story! I hope you enjoyed your coffee this morning, have a fantastic Friday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
Thank you Sir Steve for offering a pleasant cup of coffee in cold π€
These birds are so beautiful π
Have a blessed and warm day with Muffin π€π»πΊ
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Thank you for coming this morning Saba, always so nice to see you!ππΈπ½ I’m glad you enjoyed our little morning chat. We hope you have a wonderful and peaceful weekend!ππΊββ
Meow, meow!!πΊπ»
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Pleasure is always mine πΊπ»ππ
Have a wonderful day πΊπ
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Thank you Saba! I hope you have a wonderful day as well!ππΊ
Meow,meow!=Me say ‘meowvelous’ day!πΈπ»π½π»
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Meowvelousπ»π»π»π»π»π»
Meoooooooow πΊπ½πΊπ½
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Have a great Friday and weekend
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Thank you so much Sheree, I hope you do as well!ππΊββ
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Well said Steve, nature has its way of play, but don’t play it here. I agree too. My heart broke the I lost one of my cat to a street dog π Dogs hate cats, I know, but why play at my place π. Likewise, all around the world π Wish we can teach these animals and birds on how we fear of losing them π. Have a pleasant day, enjoy your coffee, walk out when there is sunshine, don’t forget the boots π Enjoy this beautiful day π€
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Yep, that’s it. It actually felt cold today and it was only -7C,π¬ colder days coming.π² Those milder days spoiled us a bit! πJust too icy out there todayπ§π§ so I just went for a short walk. I enjoyed the fresh air, even if it was cold.ππ₯Ά
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Wasn’t it cool ππ³ cool air π i would probably smoke cold air π€£ππ€£ππ definitely not that smoking π
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Thank you, Steve for your wonderful photographs π Do have a nice week-end – amitiΓ©s π
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Thank you so very much! I hope you have a wonderful weekend too!ππΊββ
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Hey, I’m late.. did I miss the coffee? Rats, gnats, brats! Are you having a good day?
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Yep, just finished the last of it. Yep, sure am. How about you?
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Yeah… it’s Friday! I can have a day to get things organized for next Fridays trip!
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What? You’re heading south again?π³π΄ππ
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Yep! For a while this time!
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But you’ll miss all that fun snow!π²π¨ The squirrels!π€π€ The cold that’s coming!π₯Ά And don’t forget all the fun snow!π³π
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I will count on you to keep the fun up in the snow and to enjoy all of the cold so I can miss out on it!!π€π€π€ You’re such great guy to do that for me!
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Definitely, you can count on me, I won’t let you down! What am I saying?π€π³π¬
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Were you out and about this evening? You’re on kinda late.π€
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No, lots of pain again so it messed up my schedule!π³
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Ahh… well then you did the right by taking it easy..
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I guess, but sometimes taking it easy is not easy to take.π
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You are hitting on all cylinders todayπππ€ but, you gotta do what needs doing when it needs it!π€ I hope I got that right?π
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Now you’re thinking about all the thoughts I’m not thinking about since I’m not thinking about thoughts today.π€ππ€ͺ
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Ah ha… good thought! Stop that thinking about thinking π€
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I’m not thinking, I thought you were? Rats, didn’t make it.π€―π€―π€―π€―
Time for bed, good night Dusty!πππ΄
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Good Night Steve!π΄
Pleasent dreams!
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hopefully the birds will all comeback in the numbers you used to have…
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Yes, that would be nice! Thanks Jim!
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Love the pics ! Also, I noticed your coffee pot and matching cup…an oldie, to be sure ! Great colour ! βοΈβοΈπ»ππ
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Glad you enjoyed them. Yep, they are old, not using them though, too many chips, but they make for a good picture anyway.ππΊββ
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