For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hi everyone! It’s spring. Kind of early spring, but still, it’s spring. And I have that feeling. Happens every spring. After a long winter I want to do something. Like start on a woodworking project. I do need to make one more piece to my reading nook. At least the plans call for that. I could leave it the way it is, but knowing it should have one more piece makes it look unfinished to me. Others wouldn’t know. But I do. And I don’t like when something is not finished. This would be something safe to do. More or less. With me I don’t know if anything is completely safe. Another thing in spring is a spring hike. Going somewhere different. Explore new territory. See new things. Get new pics. This one would not be quite so safe, so better to stay with walking to the river. It’s spring. It’s that feeling to do something new.
Like one year dad and I decided on a spring hike. We drove to this one spot, it was quite high there and we could see a long distance. It was beautiful really. Dad parked the car, we got our backpacks and off we went. Down this big hill. It was steep at first but not too hard walking. Until one spot. “Need to jump down a little here,” I said. “Go ahead,” said dad. So I jumped. Then it was dad’s turn. “That’s a small jump?” he inquired. “It’s not as bad as it looks,” I said. So he jumped safely. Dad looked back up. “We’ll need to find a different way up,” he said. That’s not going to be easy on this hill, I thought to myself. On we went and came to a rather narrow steep spot, but there was a small dead tree right there to hold onto. I checked and it was good and solid. I held onto it and made it down that spot easily.
“Just hold onto that dead tree,” I called back to dad. He looked, then held the tree and started down. The tree broke and dad started to run. Wow, did his eyes get big! And he ran, fast, right past me and kept right on going all the way to the bottom, without falling. That was quite amazing. Also amazing how fast he can run when he wants to. At the bottom he ran into some bushes and I heard him scream. Thought maybe they were wild rose bushes, they can be prickly. But it was just some alder bushes. “You sure flattened them,” I said laughing, ” and the look on your face as you ran!” “Ha and ha”, said dad. It was just a short distance and we had to cross a small creek.
“No way across but to jump”, I said. I took a run at it and jumped, making it across easily. Then dad tried. He ran and jumped and made it across, almost. He did clear the creek, just a little, but he lost his balance and sat down, with a huge splash right in the creek. “I’m soaked,” he said. “You shouldn’t have sat down,” I said laughing uncontrollably this time. “Good thing it’s a warm day, you’ll dry fast,” I said, still laughing. “You laugh a lot,” said dad. “You do a lot of funny things,” I said. We made it to a rocky hill overlooking the railway tracks. “Good place for lunch, I hope you brought it this time,” said dad. “Yours is in your backpack”, I said. We sat down, fairly close, since there was only the two rocks to sit on.
I spotted some glass and went over to look, sure enough, it was a nice green insulator. “Good shape too,” I said, “and there’s another one.” “Toss me that one,” said dad. So I did, a nice easy toss. Dad had set his coffee on the ground so he could catch the insulator. He missed and it hit him on the knee and bounced into his cup of coffee, knocking it over. I come back, dad is still walking around. “You have a lot of energy today,” I said. “Bonehead”, was all dad said and he poured another cup of coffee. Very strange. “Look at this one,” and I brushed some of the dirt off. “Oh, sorry, guess some dirt fell in your coffee,” I said.
Dad just looked. “That was my second cup,” he said and poured himself another. “Now where is that other insulator?”, he asked. “Right here,” and I handed it to him. It wasn’t my fault he was holding his cup of coffee in that hand. Our hands hit and he dropped his cup. He just looked. “Three cups of coffee and I never got even one sip,” he said. “You really should be more careful,” I said. Poor dad, he did have his problems. It’s spring. And I have that feeling. I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
Loved the story , Steve ! What gets me is that this sort of thing happens frequently ! But I have to admit it was comical ! …sleep well ! π€π€π΄πΊπ
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It only sounds frequent because those are the only stories I share, but there are many times we went out that were just normal, nothing happened. Have a nice day!ππΊπ
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Yes, spring brings a desire to start and finish projects. It is an amazing time of the year. πΈπΊπ·π². Walking or just being outside is a must!
Steve, thank you for sharing another great adventure you had with your dad! Such a blessed experience, with humor as a bonus! ππ
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Thanks Beverly! Dad and I had so many good times together and many with such humor. But most of our outings were quite normal, nothing funny happened, or maybe just one thing. But sometimes were just completely humorous with so much happening.
Have a great day!ππΊππΆββοΈπΆββοΈ
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Youβre welcome Steve! That is wonderful, so many great memories to treasure. πThanks, have a great day as well! ππ
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Thank you Beverly!ππΊπββ
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Youβre welcome Steve? πβοΈπ
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π I mean, youβre welcome Steve! πβοΈπ
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It is SPRING! I most definitely have that feeling! Soon the tree’s will have those pretty green leaves and flowers π will bloom! Yay!!ππ
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Can’t wait! Right now it’s just plain cold!π₯Ά
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I know… here too! Ee have rain forecast for tomorrow π₯Ά
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Ha! Got ya beat, it’s snowing here right now!π³π₯Άββπ
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You do have me beat!! Yikesπ¬ stay warm! Im sure there’s a warm front coming your way
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Monday is supposed to be nice, then it turns real cold for Tuesday and Wednesday before gradually warming by the next weekend. I still can’t believe those temps coming at us!π³π₯Άπ²π
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Better grab them Long Johns and put on and leave them on for a week or two!π¬π₯΄π²π³
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It’s actually going to be nice on Monday, high in the upper 50s, then Tuesday’s high is 23!π³π¬π²
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That’s a tough turn around!π¬π₯΄π³
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Yes, it’s hard to believe, but it does happen that way up here sometimes, but not usually this late.
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I was hoping for a nice sunny weekend.. but looks lime rain and 40’s again. Oh well clean the house and sort the trash I guess!
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Yep, best thing to do when the weather isn’t nice, work inside and drink hot chocolate.
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That’s a fanπ€ tabulous idea!! I’m so glad I thought of that! Why did I think of that sooner?π€π€
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I’m sure you would have thought of it later.π
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Maybe, but it’s good to have someone remind me π€
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As they say in the old country, “time goes by fast when your boat runs out of gas near a waterfall.”
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Nothing more true has ever been said!!
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Thank you from the old country. As they say in the old country, “Walking on sharp stones in bare feet is better than having a live beehive drop to the ground in front of you.”
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Mad bee’s are not good to mess with!π
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As they say in the old country, “sitting on a weak branch is like having the chair disappear from under you.”
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I know that feeling!!π
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What did you think of today’s story chapter?π€
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I have to admit I haven’t read it yet!
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Oh. πππππ
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I know! Don’t be mad… Im just a little behind today!π
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I’m just the mad HATTER,π© running hereπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈ and running there,πββοΈπββοΈπββοΈ running cause I got a scare….πββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπ³π»π΅πΆ
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Uh oh!! From what?
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I love spring, that was a great story. I guess it just wasn’t dads day. We’ve all had days like that. and they are fun to remember
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Fact Laughing cures many diseases
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It never was dad’s day when I was around. At least that’s what he told me.π I just say he was accident prone.π
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That’s good too
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He always claimed he never had any problems when he was by himself, but that’s hard to believe.
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I guess you’ll have to give him the benefit of the doubt
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We both laughed at it all anyway, we had great fun together, great memories.
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You shouldn’t be helping him. Spring is like the special days for your place . you should try taking your car out and explore places from inside the car π this is a lovely hike you and your dad, poor him never got a sip of coffee…π€
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I wish I could take my car out, but…sigh,π€ I don’t have a car now, sniff.ππ I need to get out to more new places to get pictures,π· find new places, new birds, new flowers(when they come out). Sigh, sigh, sigh.πππ
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When did you do that ππ³π€ did you gave away your car π€ maybe you can borrow one π we still have choices..π
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My car died, too expensive to fix, still looked nice though, but…π
No, can’t borrow one either, wish I could, but…ππ
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I’m sorry to hear that.π³. You should try get a car for a day or two, at least while you go out for your needs. π€ Hope you have someone to help you out with your stuff and needs.
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Yes, I have a friend that will take me out shopping or for appointments,π so that’s not a problem. But I have some ideas for this summer so I can get out more.ππΊπ
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Hey thats nice π your idea will definitely work out… πβΊοΈ
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Hey I forgot that point, don’t think. And do it carefully πI know it’s a challenge.. but try for once π§
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Oh my, I don’t know,π€ that’s terribly hard to do. But I can handle the “don’t think” part okay!πππΉπΉ
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ππππYou can, all you need is….MuffinπΈπΈ
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Are you saying that Muffin is smarter than me?π€¨ Hmm, you could be right!ππΉ
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πβΊοΈ kind of, I was trying to say… um… same thing πππ
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