For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning on this wonderful, sunny Wednesday! It’s a rather chilly morning again, no wait, make that very cold morning again! It was -33C (-27F), and with the light wind felt like -38C (-36F). It has warmed up a couple of degrees already however and is going all the way up to -21C (-6F) by this afternoon. But the wind is supposed to pick up a bit so it will feel much colder. Just one more cold night and it begins to get a bit milder again until later next week when the cold returns. This winter the temps have gone up and down a lot. There’s a hairy woodpecker sitting on the side of a smaller tree right now, it looks like he’s stuck there by his tummy, his feet don’t show at all.
All these poor birds. But at least here they get some easy food when things get tough. I didn’t mention this about chickadees yesterday, but when it’s cold, they will take one last sunflower seed back with them in late afternoon when they head to their roosting spot for the night. I don’t know if they use it for one last seed at night or if they keep it for morning so they have something to eat when they first wake up before coming back here. They come from quite a distance away, across the street. There are a couple nice spruce and balsam groves back there which is likely where they go for the night. So I’m inclined to think they use that seed in the morning, a little boost for their flight back to here. In their natural eating that is what they do if food is plentiful, they will keep something close at hand for the morning.
The birds are very busy out here now and the sun is getting closer to shining down here. The shrub out back here is alive with little birds, plus Baxter the blue jay. He has his favorite branch to sit on and open up peanuts. Each of the chickadees also have their favorite branch to use and always go back to that branch with their sunflower seeds. I haven’t seen the little nuthatches yet, but I may have missed them. Anyway, today we have some beautiful white wildflowers to share with you. Hmm, I guess the one is white and yellow, but it still fits. Thank you for coming on this cold morning, have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
That *is* cold
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Yes, a little too cold, even though I have lived in this climate all my life.
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What pretty flowers ! I noticed that there are FIVE daisies…one for each of my daughters ! …still very cold ! Have an eventful day ! ☕️☕️☕️☕️🙂🤔😺
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Thanks Sharon! At least this cold is on the way out. It’s a good day to stay inside and clean!😀😺☕☕🌞
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It’s still cold 🤔😳 that’s bad 🤨 Hope you are warm Steve 🤗 both the flowers are looking so beautiful 😍😍 Especially these kind of white ones are so attractive 🥰. Blue Jay Chickadees Jasper and lot of guests around our Dr Dolittle who speaks to animals 😉 Mr Steve aka Dolittle 🤓😁 Hope you a warm day sitting next to heater…🤗 My competitor seems to be not giving up 😳😁 Oh I love this competition ,🤓🤓Have a warm day…
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Only one more day of this cold,🥶 then it warms up to normal cold until next week.😂 Very busy at the feeders on these cold days, but I’m not out there talking to my little friends while it is cold.🥶🧊🙀 You’re going to have trouble beating your new competitor Simon!🤔😂😹 Have a good evening!😁🌙
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That is a great news 😍 One more day… Yay!!! I think it’s over already right🤔 wait when did you posted this 🤔 hmm, so one more day of cold , a wild coldness is still there 🙄 sigh.. Anyway, stay warm.. And I’m having a bit of trouble beating my new competitor 😜😂🤣 maybe you could help, how about you post by the time I comment 🙄🤔 wait, that doesn’t work that way😳😁 such a silly idea, I’ll keep trying to catch up with new competitor 😁 well now it’s fun with my new competitors 🤓
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Yep, one more day of cold🥶 and then it’s just cold🧊 until the cold🥶 returns again next week.😬 You should be able to do it Simon,🤔 you are further east, so you get up earlier than she does.🌞 Good idea, leave your comment and then I’ll write my post!🤪 Um, wouldn’t that be a bit tricky?🤔🙄 Oh well, the fun continues and so does the coffee!!😁😳☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕
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😂🤣 That’s a funny idea, a tricky one too 😁😁 let me be the best competition 😁😸 I’ll get up early and wait for your post 🤓 one more day of worst cold and later just bad cold 🤣😂 what makes the difference 😂😂 it’s cold anyway 😂😂. Have a sweet evening 🥂😍
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The warm weather begins, up to -15C today!🤪 And up to -6C tomorrow and next couple of days!🥳 And then back to cold again.🤪 But spring is coming!🌞 Only 3 months away!🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️ Maybe only 2 and a half months!😂😹☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕
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Yay!!! spring is coming 🎉😸🥳 Not to worry about cold ☺️ Spring is coming 🥂 Stay warm… and hey… you need to change into a small coffee cup 😜
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That is a small one! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!😂☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️
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Thanks Steve! Stay warm! Keep close to that heater 🥶
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Hi Dusty, I’m wrapped in a blanket and next to my heater, and I’m still cold!🥶😂😹
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I don’t blame you! That is a bitterly low temp. Keep shaking!! It helps keep you warm!😉😊😁
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Gggggooood ttttthhhhinking!🥶🙀
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It’s dangerously close to being too cold to think!🥶
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I’m not thinking yet, remember? That’s your job!😂🤣
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That’s who I was talking about!!😂😂😂 🥶🥶🥶
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Better thinking!🤪🤪
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Not necessarily 🙄😳
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Sometimes.😁😁
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Maybe🙄🙄
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That’s it, confidence!😛😛
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It’s dripping😉😊
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Don’t let it get away!😳
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Nope… I got it!
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But do you know what you got?🤔
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There’s the real question! I believe it’s confidence! I hope?🙄😏
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Good thinking! See, it works!😄😛
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😛 right back at ya!😛😂😂
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That took a while.🤔😛😛
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I can’t help it you took so long to read it!
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It didn’t take me long to read, it took a long time to get here.😳🙄
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Probably got froze in the wires on it’s way up to you!
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I wouldn’t doubt that, I wouldn’t doubt that. It’s cccccccoold up here!🥶🥶🥶🥶🧊🧊
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Been years since I’ve been in cold like you’re having! I was living on my hobby farm when the actual Fahrenheit temp reached -40 no windchill actual temp! I felt so sorry for the animals that morning! Brrrrr🥶🥶🥶🥶
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Yep, I know those those temps, -40 is actually the only spot of the temp scale where F and C are the same. A normal winter for us will see us hitting -40, except this winter and last winter. Our coldest actual temp was -54F and coldest with windchill was -80F which we had 4 days in a row. They kept warning people not to go outside those 4 days. So a friend and I went for a 2 mile walk. We had to deliver some medicine to his parents who lived on one of the islands on the lake and we could only drive part way. Nearly died.🥶🥶🥶🧊🧊🧊😱😱😱😂😂🤣🤣
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Yikes! Hard to wear enough layers to stay warm in those temps!!!🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
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Yep, that’s for sure!🥶🥶 I’m going to write about some “cold” walks I have done.🥶🚶♂️🚶♂️ Absolutely crazy is what I say.😵😱😶 But I used to be that way. Um, still am at times.🤪🤪🤪
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I am not gonna argue with you🤭🤭🤭
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!😛😛😛
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It’s not easy for me to not argue 😬🤥
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You shouldn’t argue with yourself, hard to win.🙄
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Yeah no kiddin!! I can be stubborn sometimes 🙄🙄
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I can argue with Muffin instead, looks better.🤪
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Yeah.. but ylu don’t win either🤭🤭🤭
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That’s not the point, still better than losing to myself.
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Yeah… I suppose… we can’t all be winners..😏🙄🤭
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Exactly, and Muffin is great at arguing, she does her homework.
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Then you need to study more!🤨🤭
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Has nothing to do with study, she bites.
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Out smarted by a cat again🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Hey, she’s no ordinary cat you know!😾😾
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You’re telling me?? I won’t mess with her!! 18 claws is all she had to tell me!!😳😳
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Yep, that is usually how she wins her arguments.
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She has a very convincing way!! 😳😳
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Very true.
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Personally… I try not to argue with any Female… just better to admit they are smarter than me and accept it. Saves time and arguing🙄🙄😏😁
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No wonder you’re thinking this month.🙄
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It’s called Survival😉🤭🤭🤭
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Or perhaps 🐓😂
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Well Maybe??🙄🙄😏😏 either way.. better part of valor..😉😊😁
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Less hospital bills.
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THAT Too!!😂😂
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Yep. As they say in the old country, “Climbing a tree is better than swimming upstream without matches.”
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Ohhhh…. you are somethin!!! hehehe😂😂😂😂
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Thanks!
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You’re Welcome!😁
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I hope you went to bed and didn’t freeze up on me!😳 Stay warm tonight!! Good Night
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More internet trouble so I went to bed.🙄
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Ah.. figured it was something out of your control.. Did stay warm under all those blankets??
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Yep, but it was hard to turn over.😂😹
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Maybe you need a rotisserie for your bed??
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Why would I want a bird in my bed?🤔
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No… the rotisserie is for you! Just turn it on and not worry about rolling over😁😁
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I know it’s for me, but I don’t want a bird in bed, can you imagine what would happen with Muffin chasing that bird around in bed??😲
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Well yeah you being a goony bird and all!🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Did you just call me a goony bird?🤨
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Ah huh!😁🤭
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Okay, just making sure.
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There’s no fooling so I don’t even try!😉😊
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You’re thinking tonight!
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For two!! See? I do learn.. eventually🙄🙄😏
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Good for you, only 3 days to go. Unless I extend it another month.😁
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What’s it gonna cost me not to do another month??🙄
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Never even considered that possibility.
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Are you sure???? Nevermind! Im happy to help!😁😉
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Oh good, now I don’t mind extending it for the next 2 months.😁
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TWO?? Now wait just a second or two!!🤨🤨
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Oh, you noticed.🙄
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Ahhhhh YEAH!! I noticed! Ahahah…😂😂😂 what’s the harm in a little longer??
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Well, we could go longer if you want.😃😛😃😛
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Ahhh… is that a choice or a decision??🤔🙄😂
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I thought you just made the decision.
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HA!😛 Did I have choice??
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Sure.
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And what was it again??🤔🙄
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You already decided.😛😛
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Oh yeah… that’s right!! How could I forget??🙄🙄🙄🙄😏
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Yeah, how could you? Um, what were we talking about again?🤔🙄
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Me doing a whole bunch more thinking for the next two months!!😳😳😳
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Wow, why would you agree to that?🤔😳
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Cuz I know better?😉😊😁🤭
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Technical Difficulties??
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Birds have technical difficulties? I thought only I did.😳🤔
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You are kinda goony🤭🤭
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Did you just call me a goony again?🤨
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You finally caught up😂😂
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And I didn’t even get out of my chair.😁😁
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Yeah well im old and slow..😂😂😂
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Get a faster chair.😛
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HA AND HA!😛😛😛😛 I need someone faster to push it for me!😛😛🤭🤭🤭
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Oh my, I’m laughing so hard! I meant your recliner.🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Still need someone to push it!😂😂😂
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Really? Mine’s electric.
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You!!!……. an electric recliner??🙄🙄🙄
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Yep, it’s kinda nice.😃
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I’ll bet it is!!! Is it heated??😁
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Only when the heater comes on.😂
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Yep! Mine too!
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Must be the same company.
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Furnace company??
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Acorn Furnace Company, owner, Stan S. Squirrel.
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Yeah ahahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Health is also a priceless wealth . If people get used to be aware of their emotions , meditate , walk in nature from time to time , pray , all would help them to possess greater clarity of mind and be more creative …
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That is so true Wael! Thanks for stopping by today!
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Please, let us all help one another count our endless blessings of God .
Even what is seen as hard might be a blessing in disguise or covered in one way or another…
😊🤗😍😃😏
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Yes, even hardships can be a blessing, though we might not see it right away. We should always count our blessings.
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Everything might have pros and cons . There is hyperinflation now in Lebanon and prices of goods have risen 2 , 3 and sometimes 4 or 5 folds and protests are taking place in some cities , so keep you faith that you live in a more developed country than many other countries like Lebanon and Syria , though the latter have a warmer weather than Canada and Sweden …
These are always opportunities to grow , evolve and transcend while counting our blessings to recreate our simulated world .
Love , peace and light to all …
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Wael, I don’t know what you are complaining about, but please keep comments associated with the post. I am not complaining about anything in my post, just stating facts, so please stop complaining about what I write about. Thank you.😀😺
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I am not complaining about anything , but this is just to get you into more informative details .
Have a good day just to clarify things .
If I do not appreciate your writings , I would not be here in the first place …
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I’m sorry Wael, I didn’t mean to come across as not being appreciative of your presence here, I truly like to have you here. But informative details is not all that my blog is about. I talk about the area where I live to a certain extent, but there is only so much a person can say, and not everyone is interested in just merely repeating details. But I have begun talking a bit more about the bird life of our area, though so far only 2 species, but more will come. I have also talked about different species of insects, dragonflies for example, and I will do more. My blog is about nature and the relaxing atmosphere it brings into our lives. I have written on other things too, such as antiques, board games and numerous other things. But that is not the main reason for my blog. I also write a mystery story series. Not everyone will like every post. I write poetry as well, and comedy posts. Each one reaches out to different people. If you have any suggestions for other things, feel free to use my contact page and I will see if any of the suggestions would fit my theme, but I can’t promise anything. Have a nice day Wael!
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Canada is a very developed country by the way with beautiful scenes…
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Yes, but I have seen very little of this huge country.
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-38 🥶🥶🥶🥶 that’s freezing cold!
Those little birds are very clever 🐦
The starflower is so so beautiful 🥰
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Yes, very uncomfortable temperature!🥶🙀 Fortunately I don’t need to go out much.😁 Those flowers are very delicate and a stem that is amazingly thin! 😀😺☕☕
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Looks like you are in a freezing area. But here also it is cold but not as cold as your situation. Stay warm. Srardaisy looks beautiful 😍. 🍵🍵🍵
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Yes, but starting to warm up a bit today, hope it warms up for you as well! Thanks Suni!😀😺☕☕🌞
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Today we feel too cold 🥶 and wish tomorrow will be a bit sunny.🌻 🍵
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I hope the sunshine returns for you to help warm up your day!😀😺☕☕🌞
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It’s amazing those little birds can take such cold…
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Yes indeed, and they can’t escape it even for a few minutes.
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how true; it makes me shiver just thinking about it!
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Yes, that’s for sure!
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