For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning on this beautiful, spring Sunday morning! It’s a cloudy and cooler morning but it still smells so nice and spring fresh outside. Help yourself to the coffee and sit back, relax and enjoy the morning. My day started rather early, about 2 am early, which is a little too early even for me. Why so early? Bert showed up and was making noise on the deck looking for something to eat. I didn’t leave him anything, but there was a handful of sunflower seeds on my main feeder, which he couldn’t quite reach I guess. So he left. A short time later he was back making even more noise than the first time. Sounded like he was tossing boxes all over the deck. So I went to see what Bert was up to and then chase him away. Muffin was terrified, which is odd, she has kind of gotten used to Bert.
I turn the light on and look, oh,oh, it’s not Bert, this is a different bear and he’s much bigger. I would put his weight at 400 pounds at least, perhaps closer to 500 pounds. That’s too big to have wandering around on my deck. He completely destroyed the one hanging feeder that I have kept fixing. Now it needs more than just fixing. Then he went after my main feeder, and took a bite out of it. My feeder! He almost pulled it right down, and likely would have done so, but I had to intervene now before he did. I banged on the window. He kinda looked. Hmm, okay, at his size I guess he won’t scare easily. I measured him against the railing at about 7 feet long. He’s going to be one big bear by fall. Anyway, I went and opened the door so I could chase him away.
He walked slowly past. I yelled and banged the door. He moved a bit faster until he got to the steps, then he stopped and turned his head to look at me. I yelled again. He stood there. Hmm, this is not working too good. But he did turn and walk slowly away, and never came back. Maybe that’s why Bert likes to come during the day. A snowstorm is heading our way, should hit us tonight and tomorrow, with about 4 to 6 inches (10-15cm) of snow. And cold for a day or two. That will bring a lot of birds around looking for food. The joys of spring! Spring snowstorms are not unusual up here in the north. But the sun still shines, even though the clouds are in the way right now, forget the clouds, enjoy the sunshine! Have a wonderful Sunday everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
Seriously scary!
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Yes it is. Bert is one thing, but that big bear is something else. I wouldn’t want to meet that one while out walking.
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Just be careful
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Yes, very careful!
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Glad you could able to kick out the new bear… Yay!!! congrats you scared a bear..π.. and this is why you up so early π² have you slept again after it’s gone? π€ Take care.. and stay warm from cold weather… Have a lovely day Steve & Muffin β¨π
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Well, I’m not so sure I won that round, he’ll be back again.π¬π» But that’s what happens when living in the forest. Yep, good weather to stay indoors.πβ
thanks Simon! Have a great evening!ππΈππ»
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Living in the forest is my dream π₯° damn I am not sure if that will workout, sigh π§ Bear is a big problem, but manageable I think π isn’t it π
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Well, I have one idea to try,π€ if it doesn’t work then I will have to stop feeding the birds.π² I might have to stop feeding my gulls anyway.π¬ We’ll see.π€π
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hope it works… best wishes..β¨π
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I couldn’t get it done today because it snowed all day.π₯Ά Sigh. Hopefully tomorrow.π³π
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Is it working today? π€βΊοΈ Hope it worked.
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Still snowing, it will be Thursday before I can do anything outside.π³ Right now it is just too slippery out there!π²π€ͺ
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don’t go out then, stay warm… have some warm lights and stay warm…π€ take care Steve..π₯°
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Yep, just stay inside,π that’s what I told myself,π just stay inside where it’s warm and safe.πΎ Yep, I told myself that.ππΉπΎπΎ Did I listen.π€ No. π€ͺ Sigh.ππ
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π€¦ you have not listened, again π
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Who told you?ππ
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Uh…. Steveπ Uncle Steve Did π
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Where is he?π€¨ Wait till I get my hands on him andπ…waitπ€…forget it. Sigh.π€£π€£
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πππ ππLOL… you can’t catch him
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Not sure I want to, he might punch me in the nose!π³πππΉπΉ
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π² no way he is too good to do such actπ€π§
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I don’t know about that, I’m always kicking myself over things I’ve done. Or not done.ππ
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Wrap up with a nice soft blanket and let it snow knowing the cold clouds and Snow will all soon be gone!ππ Happy Sunday!ππππ
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Happy Sunday Dusty! I’m hoping the snow misses us, that would be best! Especially if I can’t feed the birds. But maybe I can do something yet.π€π
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That Bear is gonna keep coming unril you get moved.π¬π¬π²π³
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After seeing that big one last night, it makes walking to the river less attractive!π³π²πΆββοΈπ»
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I would think so!!
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You mean it necessary to think again?π€π
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It’s always a good idea to think… don’t you think??π€π€π¬
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As little as possible. As little as possible.ππΉ
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Reacting is good to.
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As they say in the old country,”it’s better to get out of the way of a falling tree than to watch the stars afterwards.”
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Not if the tree didn’t hit you!πππ
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Then you wouldn’t see stars and you wouldn’t have to get out of the way in the first place.πππ
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You’ve got a million of
‘Em!!πππ What did you do today?
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Not much, except for shopping. I’ve been tired all day and I don’t think this snowy weather helped. Just made me more tired.
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Time for bed for me.. early morning and a long commute. TTYT Good Night!π΄π΄
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Good night in the afternoon! Wow, am I slow today. Or are you fast?
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I can’t text you right now I’m driving all text back in about half an hour
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Something happen? That was 4 hours ago.π€
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Didn’t you get my other texts I sent to you today?
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You sent other texts? That was the first one.
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Yeah… I did.π¬
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Guess they’re still on Mars.
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They were just short acknowledgements to yours. Maybe it was a dead zone or something..
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Or the snowy weather. Did you get any snow down there?
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Not today just some rain. Tomorrow perhaps they said. Urgh…
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Yep, more snow for us tomorrow, we got a little over an inch today, mostly melted though.
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That’s good.. I was going to take a pic of my Lilac bush to show you the buds have leafed out already!
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Leaves already??????????????? We’ll be lucky to get leaves next month sometime.
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I know! I hope the cold and snow doesn’t freeze them. I like the blooms, they smell so great!!ππ
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Yes, they are a favorite of mine. Lilacs are tough birds, they’ll be okay.ππ
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Great!! That makes me feel a bunch betterπ Can I ask your opinion on something or would you rather not?
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Go ahead ask away.
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Let me think about it a bit first. It’s nothing Earth shaking.. Thank you for being willingππ
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No problem, Well, I’m off to bed, need my beauty sleep you know. Such a strange name for a mattress. Good night, chatter tomorrow!π΄π
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I will be be waiting breathlessly ππππ
Sleep Well!!π΄π΄
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I am sooooo tired of ATT service with my phone!π€¬
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They seem to be a bit slow sometimes.π
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Well I am going to be switching to a new carrier in a few months. Hopefully that will help!
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Oh, one like this?π
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Right now I’d like to take one to mars!! lol π on second thought… Venus! π
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Venus is much warmer,π΄π but cloudy all the time.π
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Naw.. the sun is still there though.. I’m all about the warmthππ
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900 degrees is a bit warm though, might want to bring an ice machine along.
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I don’t know that sounds about rightπ€£π€£π€£
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I hear it’s hard to sell hot tubs up there though.
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Not much need I supposeπ€ every lake would be a hot tub!
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That would be the problem.
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Awwww yeah but so nice and warmπππππππ
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Probably the only way I could own a hot tub.πππΉπΉ
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I just got a bunch of your texts again.
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At least they’re not getting lost. As they say in the old country, “if it doesn’t get lost it’s not important.”
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They are important to me!!π€¨π€¨ π
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As they say in the old country, “flies fly and beetles beet, but frogs love ’em both”.
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LOL π€£π€£π€£ yep! Tasty to!π
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You first.ππ
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You’ve never accidently ate a bug πππ
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I try really hard not to have such accidents.π¬
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Well… we’ve got to change that!! You haven’t lived until you’ve coughed and gaged on a bug!! What fun!!π€’π€’ππππ
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I prefer my way. Avoidance. π€£π€£π€£
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Chicken ππ₯π
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I admit it.πππ€£π€£
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But chickens eat bugs ππ
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And I eat chickens, that’s my way of getting bugs. I’m gone for about an hour. Talk later.π
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Okay, be safe π
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I am sorry about thatπ¬.
I won’t wait as long to text you back. Okay?π
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Yeah, my back is having problems today, how’s yours?π€
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It’s settled down finally. I think that yard work and cold weather after were the culprits. I can’t wait to get back south and soak up some warm air and sunshine for a while.
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What? And miss all this beautiful weather?π²π€―
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Don’t you know you can’t fo a fooler? πππ
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Really? Nobody never doesn’t tell me nothing.π
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Well it’s better than someone telling you, you know everything..ππ which I am trying my best to not say so much during conversations. I had a guy tell me that yesterday!πππ¬π¬π
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It happens alright. As they say in the old country, “not knowin nothin is a lot like not knowin nothin.”
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I know… I’m guilty.π
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As they say in the old country, “if you want to start a fire, matches work pretty good.”
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Yep, I can atest to that also! I’ve burnt myself many many times that way ππ
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Wouldn’t it be better to use something like paper instead of skin?π€
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Yes it would and yes it worked better than I thought! Thus the burn!! π₯
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There was another shooting in Mpls yestetday.. now there’s a curfew from 7 pm to 6 am. All while they are having the Geo Floyd murder trial. This place is getting crazy.. they even closed some of the schools! What is happening to our society??π€ππ€ͺ
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It’s going crazy because it’s all become about “me”, instead of all working together like people used to do.
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I think you are right on the money there! π₯
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Don’t quote me though, I’m usually wrong anyway.π
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Not this time for sure!!
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Thank you. I think.π€―π€― when will I learn?π€π
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Being right isn’t always bad..ππ just means you’re observant!π
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Or I look up the answers in the back of the book.ππ
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Well there is that!!π€¨π€¨ you wouldnt dare π€ right?π
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Who me?π€π
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Only if absolutely needed! Heheheheπ€π€π€ Good Morning π
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Good morning Dusty. Got another 2 inches of snow overnight. And a strong wind this morning but that snow is holding onto the tree branches anyway.ππ
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Uh ohπ₯΄π³ best to stay inside today then! β
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Yep, it’s terribly slippery out there today.π³π¬π
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Yep, so drink an extra cup of coffee β for me π
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Thanks, I drank it just the way I like it too.πβ Hey, wait a minute, you don’t drink coffee!π€¨
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Um well… ah about that yeah, Hey did realize that you are π―% correct! You are amazing isn’t that something?? Isn’t it??ππ
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Naturally. You’re finally back. And I’m just leaving again. Back in an hour or so! Chat later!π
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Okay π
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I’m back again.
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Great!! Feeders are in?
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Um, yeah! πββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈ
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They are now!ππππ
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That’s what I said. And it was still daylight too.ππ
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I’m certain it was… somewhere in the World ππππ
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Yep, right here, plenty of daylight. Didn’t even need my outdoor light on. Only tripped over one box. Crazy place to put a box anyway.ππ
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I know!!π² who would do such a thing??π³
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I think the squirrels moved it.π³π
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See??? They turned on you!! Not enough peanuts!ππππππ€£π€£π€£π€£
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There was lots of peanuts, they didn’t even eat them all today. But only Jasper showed up today. And no chipmunks, they stayed in bed today. Smart critters.ππ
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Didn’t want to be implicated in the crime! Blame it on Jasperπ²π―π³
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He was the only one here, and he didn’t stay long. Smart animals, stay inside, munch on peanuts and watch Laurel and Hardy reruns.πππΉπΉπ₯π₯π
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I taught them that! πππππ
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Uh huh.ππ
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I did! I did!π
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I was agreeing. Kinda.π€π
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That’s okay…
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That was sent last night! Are you in Japan?π€ππ³
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That was last night? Where were you?π€
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On Mars I guess… someplace with not good cell service!!
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Amazing. Glad you got back okay.ππΈ
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Re-entry was a bit rough but I survived!Whew!πππ
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I imagine those round ones would be a bit rocky.
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I just got about 5 of your texts just now.
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I’m glad they made it.
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Yeah I know! Me too..
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Yep, me too. What were we talking about again?
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Your texts coming in 10 at a time! I can’t type that fast!!π€ͺπ€ͺπ€ͺπ€ͺπ€ͺ
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Wow, that’s cool!ππΉ
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Not so…..π€¨
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Really?ππ
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Yes!!ππππππππ
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Cool. Whatever it was.ππππ
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LOL π
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Yes, the snow is coming ! How to put up a feeder higher than you have it ? That would be difficult ! Maybe you have to lose some birds in order to get rid of the bears ! No easy solution ! Be beary careful ! βοΈβοΈπ»π»ππ€βΉοΈ
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Yes, I will lose all of my birds if I have to stop, but I do have one idea that might work, I’m going to try it out. My main feeder is the hardest one, without it I lose the gulls, that would be bad. Yep, bring out the shovels again!π³πββπ
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How gently this stalk is carrying the soft and beautiful flowerπΊπΊ
Does Bert love these flowers or he just want to be friendly that’s why comes during day time.
Though the night scene was bearyππΏ but beautiful morning flowers made it Bearable π»πΊ
God bless you both!
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These flower pics are all from last year, no flowers yet as it’s still too cold. We don’t normally get any flowers blooming until May. I think Bert wants to stay away from the big bears that are out at night, like the one that chased him away last night.π³ I could probably make friends with Bert quite easily with a little food,ππ» but it’s not legal to feed bears here, there’s too many problems with bears in town.π
Thanks so much Saba for joining us here! God bless you also!ππΊββππ»ππ»π»
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Beautiful flowers, no doubt.
Shall wait to see them bloom again πΊπππΉ
I don’t know much about bears, Sir Steve. Do they make group or friends? Can big bear become friend of Bert?
Cats are good in making friends.
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π³π»π¬, BUT…πππ. Be careful, I am believing as well.
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Thank you so much Beverly!ππΊββππ»ππ³
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You are most welcome Steve! πβοΈβοΈππ»π
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Happy spring Love the flowers
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Laugh your way to a great day
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Happy Spring to you as well and thanks!
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