Steve`s Country
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Coffee Time #99. More Snow And Other Things.
Good morning everyone! And welcome back to winter! It actually feels like winter never left us, and yet I know we did have some beautiful spring days for a while. Now it’s all white again. But we have lots of hot coffee to enjoy while we relax a bit this morning. Yesterday we ended up with a little over an inch (3cm) of snow, which is not much, but it did make things white as you can see in the pics. Most of that snow was gone by evening, which was good for all the little birds that had returned from the south, like the juncos which had become quite abundant. And robins, flickers and grackles. All those birds rely on bare ground to find food. Then it snowed some more overnight. There was 2 inches (5cm) on my deck and 3 inches (7.5cm) on the ground.
So I went down and cleared the snow in some spots and spread seeds for all the little birds. Where did they all go? Only one junco showed up, and two grackles. There was easily a hundred juncos around before the snow and a dozen grackles. But there was a lone robin chirping cheerfully in a tree, letting us all know that spring will return again. And if the forecast is right, that should be Thursday. On the plus side, I haven’t seen the bears around since the colder weather hit. Maybe they went back to bed. That’s okay, whatever the reason not having them around right now makes things easier for me. The chickadees are still busy and the white-breasted nuthatches, and yesterday the two purple finches were here as well. The squirrels were busy yesterday, haven’t seen them today though.
I think my chipmunks have gone back to bed as well, they haven’t been around. Don’t blame them, running around the snow in bare feet would not be fun at all. I didn’t see any blue jays yesterday, but Baxter was here this morning picking up some peanuts to bring back to Betty who is likely sitting on the nest trying to keep her eggs warm. But Baxter is good, he’ll make sure she gets lots of nutritious food. Chickadees and nuthatches should be nesting now too, but they nest inside trees so it should be a bit warmer and more cozy for them in this weather. Hmm, I was going to tell about something else this morning too and here I go wandering around again instead. Oh well, I’ll save it for tomorrow now instead. It is something quite funny with one chipmunk and 3 squirrels. These chipmunks really do think. Have a wonderful day everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Steve`s Country 
OMC! Snow! Mother nature must be in a bad mood! I now have a “lost and found” category for you and some of my other disappearing blogs that I follow. 🌨 ❄️☕️☕️😶
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Oh well, just typical spring in the north!😁🙀 Hey, that’s a cool idea!😃😺 I think this is happening to a lot of people, I have lost 6 followers in two days, rather unusual.🤔
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Yes, WP glitches seem to be happening more and more! 😵
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Kudos to Baxter ! Feeding his mate is precious ! We have snow and blowing snow…thanks for the hot coffee ! Always essential in snowy conditions ! ☕️☕️🙂😺💨💨❄️❄️☕️☕️
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Yep, snowed most of the day here, but also did some melting so hard to tell just how much we have had, but at least 4 inches on the ground today.😬🙀☕☕❄❄
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Nice Post Steve!
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Thanks Dusty!
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You’re Welcome! I enjoyed reading it😁
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You’re just saying that so I have to go and read it again to remember what I wrote.😒🙄😂😂
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Well I had to!😛
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Yeah, but I read it twice already. Just wait until tomorrow’s post, that’s a great one with one chipmunk and 3 squirrels! I think that had to be the best chase of them all! Happened Sunday afternoon! I was laughing so hard watching!
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I am looking forward to it!!😂😂
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Me too, I like reruns of comedy.
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Me to! I like Laurel and Hardy😁
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Oh, I’ve heard about them, one was super tall and one was super, um, on the slightly bigger side.
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Yep! And very funny to watch!!
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Snow again🤔 where did the spring go again? always taking a break in Canada 🧐 here it never takes a break and cooks all human 🙄 sigh … and one more thing . if you knew “The bird man of Chennai India” it’s okay because I think of him everytime you talk about bird feeding. watch him in YouTube 🤓 you will like him too 👍☺️ stay safe,, don’t go out 😲 its too much snow 🙄… spring took a walk, it will come, please wait 🧐😳😁
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Yep, 10cm of snow, and this is April, what happened to my spring??😲 Sigh. Too late. I went out.🙄 Several times,🙄🙄 had to feed birds, had to pick up mail, had to go skiing,😬 had to do Steve’s slip and slide in snow dance.😬😬😬 Sigh. When will I learn?🤔🙄 Now my back is soooooo sore.😲😥 I’m going to bed. Good night Simon!😳😴🌙
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Why did you do it again 😲😲😲 take enough rest, I’m sure your back will be alright… Stay safe stay warm.. stop going outside !!! 💝Good Night Steve🤗
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Too sore to lie down, sigh. Need to have my massage machine work for a while. Muffin, where are you!😂😂😾😾
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That’s a great idea, where is the massage machine 🧐 stop going out pls.
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But I can’t, I need to feed the birds and there’s nothing but 2 cm of ice on the deck now!😬😬🥶🧊
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2Cm of ice 😲😲😲 no not a good idea , hope it’s not slippery. why don’t you wear snow shoes or socks something to stick with floor.
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It’s very slippery out there this morning,😲 even the snow is frozen solid just like ice. It’s terrible out there!!😳😬🧊🧊
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Terrible 😱 why in the middle of spring 🙄
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It happens up here in the north.😬🥶
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yes, I can read that often 😳
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😁😳😁😬😁😲😁🥶
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I hope that’s your last snowfall until next winter! Looking forward to the story about the chipmunk and the three squirrels…
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I hope so too, but up here you never know. Yes, I’m sure you will like this one! Coming tomorrow.
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The chip,unks probably took one look at the weather and went back into hibernation,
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Laugh on the even and odd days, You can cry on the other ones
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Yep, I’m sure that’s what happened.
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