Steve`s Country
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Morning Coffee At Steve’s Country #13.
Good morning to you all on this somewhat cold and cloudy Sunday! Please help yourself to some coffee and relax with us for a few minutes this morning. It looks like we will get a little light snow today which is fine. The snow is still on the branches of trees and shrubs from our last light snowfall. But we had some freezing rain first that froze the snow in place. So it might hang on for awhile yet. I foiled our little raccoon friend last night by bringing the feeders inside so he wouldn’t find any food. He probably wasn’t too happy, but it was much quieter out there, which is better for sleeping. And that’s always a good thing.
Yesterday morning we had some light lazy snowflakes swirling to the ground, which later turned to some light snow. And with it came the evening grosbeaks, a couple dozen of them! The snow stopped shortly after the birds arrived and the birds promptly left. Now that’s a puzzle. And they never came back the rest of the day. But Jasper and his mate Jenny showed up about mid afternoon. She is still shy and prefers not to come on the deck, but yesterday she did come up briefly to take some peanuts and then scampered away to a more distant spot to eat them. It’s a start at least. Since it’s a bit colder now, and I’m therefore not outside as much, it might take a little while longer before she will take a peanut from my hand. But we’ll see.
Hmm, Muffin seems a bit more excited than usual this morning, bouncing around all over the room. Maybe it’s the weather. Or she’s especially excited to see everyone this morning. I wonder if the snow today will bring more birds out to the feeders? That would certainly be nice. The chickadees and a nuthatch are here. The ducks flew over this morning heading down to the river for their breakfast. A flock of white-winged crossbills also flew past. I see them nearly every day, and at different times of the day. Now if they would just stop in for a visit, that would be fantastic. Well, I chose some nice bright flowers to share this morning, both are Iceland poppies. They come in several bright and cheerful colors. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Steve`s Country 
The photos of the poppies are really good.
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Thank you so very much! Have a great day!
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Wrap up warmly
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Yes indeed, especially tomorrow! Frostbite warning has been issued.
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⛄️ 🧊 🥶
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Thanks for the coffee!! And a special thank you for keeping the snow up there!😁 Very Kind of you!😉
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Yes, I miss my gulls. I mean, you’re welcome for the coffee, glad you enjoyed stopping by. I’m sure the swelling in your foot will be gone by tomorrow.🙄😂😹😾
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Did you step on my toe?!😳 ouch!!
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I wouldn’t do that. Must be your memory. That’s when Muffin bit your foot after you “accidentally” stepped on her tail.
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Yes! For sure! I shall never do that again!!😳🥴
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Yep, just doesn’t pay, I know.🙄
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No kidding! Those teeth and claws are dangerous! If you can hang around fot about 30 min. I will be home and not driving I can chat for a bit.?
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That’s a long 30 minutes.🤔
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Well, I didn’t know if you were still awake.😳 but yes it took a few minutes longer than I thought. We had snow and wind here today so the road was icy. I made it though.!😁
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That’s good…that you made it. It’s windy here now and the temp is -5F and snowing lightly.
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Brrrrr… it’s around 19F here now. I’m guessing it’s going into the single digits tonight though.🥶 I just need to get to Friday evening!!
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Then you head to the warm sunshine.🐓😏🐓
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Yep!!! I am looking forward to it!😁😎
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Don’t forget to lay claim to your own palm tree.🌞🌴😎
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Absolutely!! I just want to get out and do some walking… speaking of… did you get out today?
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That’s a funny one.😂🤣🤣
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Hey…. I was just asking.. Your back still giving you issues?
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Yep, happens this way sometimes. I need to get a new memory foam mattress topper. The one I have is 4 years old and it only had a 2 year warranty, which seems to be normal now. So it’s time. I should get it ordered and it might get here before Christmas.
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Get it done… Mine is worn out also. I don’t know where to dispose of them. Maybe the seller takes them?
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Our garbage dump has a place to recycle old mattresses, I can take it there. No one here sells them so I have to order from Amazon.
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Ahhh… I am hoping the mattress on the bed of my rental is in good shape..🤔🤔😳😳 I didn’t really test it out when I was there..😬😬 oh well I’ll cross that bridge when the time comes..
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Are you close to the ocean?
It’s now -11F.
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I am in my mind..lol 😁
Put on an extra blanket!! Brrrrr🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
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That’s close enough! I turned up the heat instead.😂 Oh well, time to sign off, good night Dusty!😁🌙😴
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Good Night!! 😁
Rest well..😴
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Kinda had a Chinese Christmas dinner at my daughters today. We had chinese takeout and played card games with grand kids, since I won’t be here for Christmas.
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Hey, good thought! I didn’t know it was Chinese Christmas today.🤔
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It was for us!😁🤭🤭🤭🤭
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Sounds good!
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Well, the snow has come…suppose to get the first of three storms today…the Iceland poppies are pretty…aptly named for our weather !…glad Jasper and Jenny stopped by…thanks for the coffee ! ☕️☕️😻🙂🎄
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Thanks for coming today! We got a couple inches of snow, but no more in the forecast for us this week. Have a great day!😀😺☕☕
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Jasper and his mate Jenny? Wow! I’ve missed something I guess….he changed his mind in the end 🐿 💕🤩
I’m glad Muffin was in a good mood 😉😻
Have a wonderful week you two and have fun enjoying all those little critters 😉
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Maybe you missed that post, Jenny showed up about a week ago. Took Jasper a while to “catch” her, I think she finally let him!😂😹
I hope your day was good Ribana, I am so late today!🤔😺🌞☕☕ But have a wonderful week as well!
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Hahaha…that’s great! He changed his mind and he’s also sharing the precious food source with her 🐿💕 So sweet of him ☺️
Is Tuesday morning here…ready for another work day ☺️
Have a good night sleep Steve!
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Yes, they seem to be getting along good right now and Jasper has even carried peanuts over to Jenny!😁❤
Thank you Ribana! I sure hope I can sleep tonight, not sure with this pain today. Oh well, can’t have things perfect all the time!😂😹 Hope your day is great Ribana!😀😺😻
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looks like you’ve got a new squirrel friend!
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Yes, I hope so, now if she would just stop crossing the street, it’s so slippery now too!
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Jasper needs to ask her to move in with him…
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Somehow I think it will be the other way around.
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but then they would both have to cross the street…
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Yes, and that would not be good!
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🤞
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Jasper and Jenny 🤔 hmm, there is a guy out here that give names to these little critters,🤔 not sure who is he? Muffin? do you have any idea how does he look like ? I heard he most often wears a blue jean 😉 and boots sometime 😜 Lovely cup for coffee 😻😍And beautiful pictures 🤗🤗🤗
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Thanks Simon! And good morning to you!😁🌞 Nice and warm there?😎🌴🌞 Cold here,😳 very cold,😲 and colder still,😬 very cold indeed.🥶🥶🥶🥶🧊🧊🧊🧊 But it did warm up to -26C today.🤯 Yep, I’m terrible with these names. Just terrible.😂😹 I hope they stop crossing that street though! Makes me nervous.😳😂
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A very good evening Steve 😁💐 It’s nice not warm enough but warm 😎 and why is it still cold 🤔 oh yeah it’s the season, cursed season 😜. -26C 😳 omg that’s terrible, not your names, these are sweet names😍😍 we love it, cute one for the little critters 🤗🤗 let’s hope they don’t cross street 🙏 Have a peaceful night Steve 🤗🤗
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It was -34 this morning and all the way to noon in fact.😲😲🥶🥶🧊🧊 And such a terrible wind, skin would freeze in 5 minutes or less.🥶🥶😳😳 Not nice at all, but not quite so bad tonight. I hope.😬 Yep, it’s winter, for a long time yet!🤔🙄 Seems like Jenny crosses the street nearly every day,😬🙄 I don’t like to watch.
Thanks, have a great day Simon!😁🌞
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That’s a horror movie😳 Can’t watch without increasing BP🙄. That’s a cold cold climate, You should start burning some woods to stay warm 😋 or turn on heater 😂. Follow the rules 😁. Have a great night 🙄😁😜🤗
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Yep, wish I could burn some wood!😁🔥 But I turned the heater up to keep warmer.🤭 Still cold sitting in my chair by the window,😳 but I use a blanket when I sit there so that makes it nice and cozy.🤪 Not so cold this morning, -18C,😬 much better, but for some reason it feels just as cold as yesterday.🤔🥶 Oh well. Have a nice evening Simon!😀😺🌙
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It’s still cold 😁18C in minus 😆i would vacate if it is here at 18c itself 😂😂 stay warm, Enjoy the white weather 😉 talking with Muffin 😻 Have a great Tuesday 💐
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At least with -18 I can be outside with bare hands while I put up a new bird feeder,😁🙄 it was too cold yesterday to do it.😬😳 Have a good night Simon!😃😸🌙
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With bare hands, somebody hold me tight, I’m about to faint 😐😕It’s a severe cold and I can read someone is going out 😳😳😳 He must be a legend, no, he is a super hero, no, he is the ice man,…. ,😻😻 meow,.. he is my Hooman…Meow 😉 that’s right muffin
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It’s not so bad, after a few minutes I can’t feel anything anyway!😂😳🙄 But when I come in, oh, the pain as my hands warm up again!!😬😬🙄 I thought my face would freeze too,😲 it was windy today,🤪 that gets my face every time.🥶🥶🥶
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