For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hello everyone and welcome back to our “Art In Nature” series! It is always so much fun to look for the oddities in nature that would make a good “art” picture. And there is so much out there to enjoy! So many different plants or parts of plants that make wonderful art pictures, but also many other things too. Flowers are a good example for art in nature, though I don’t usually use them as such. I try to stay with things that people don’t generally even look at closely, so that’s what I like to show, to help us look a little more closely at the beauty that surrounds us. Like that one “chipmunk quotes” showed us, that we are so flooded with negative things, all the bad things going on around us, and we often forget that there is still so much beauty out there to enjoy.
Like this seed head from some grass in the above picture as I walked along the path to the river.
And then in the pic above we have the seed head from a Canada Hawkweed with a new bud ready to open into a new bright yellow flower. The two together like that just makes a wonderful bit of art in nature to enjoy.
And then in the picture above we have a different kind of seed head that has already lost most of it’s seeds exposing the long “rods” that held them all together. I think something like this is a wonderful piece of art in nature.
Then lastly we have some more seeds from a maple tree. Last week we saw some from a Mountain Maple, and these are from a Manitoba Maple tree. They are a bit different in color and are truly great and beautiful bits of art in nature to enjoy when we get up close to them and look at all the beauty of each seed.
Every time you go out for a walk, which is a good idea to do on a regular basis, stop and look around to see what you can find. These are all things that can be found in most neighborhoods, though they might be a little different depending on where you live in this big world of ours. But the beauty is there, stop and enjoy it for a little while, point these things out to your children, if you have any. Enjoy the beauty and think about the beauty more often, there really is less stress when you enjoy all the natural beauty around us. Have a wonderful day everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
ยฉSteve McLeod.
The Maple seeds we used to call helicopter trees! You could pick up a handful and throw them into the air, and they would spin like a helicopter blade as the floated to the ground! Thanks for the great memory!๐๐๐
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Yep, we used to call them helicopters too, they were a lot of fun to toss in the air.๐
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See?? Simple fun with nature!!๐
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Yes indeed! Try that with kids now a days.๐
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They might find the helicopter seeds fun..๐คฏ
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Only if they can watch it on their phones.๐
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Hahahaha ๐ record them doing it!
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Saw some neighbor kids spending some quality time outside on a nice day, glued to their phones.๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Blame the parents!!๐๐๐
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Most exactly!๐
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Posilutely
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Yep.
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Ah huh..
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Did you get the Bert bait in before dark?
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Yep, brought them in at 6:30. Except one which I brought in at 7:30ish.๐
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No Bert today?
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Nope, never came around, although something was around during the night. I was so tired I never woke up.
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Huh… security camera eh?๐ด๐ด
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Nope, he made a mess out there, moved stuff around. However, it could have been the raccoons too.๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ
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Yeah, they can be a noisy bunch ๐๐
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Shore kin!๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ
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Ever have a pet raccoon?
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Why would I want that?
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Cuz they’re cute when they’re small…๐๐
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You have raccoons for relatives?
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Relatively speaking I’m not sure any of my relatives are really relative to the idea of relativity.
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As Einstein said… it’s all relative ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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He must have had a big family!๐ค๐ณ๐๐
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I don’t really know for sure๐ค๐ค ๐๐
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But you said he had all the relatives.๐ค๐
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Nope.. he said everything is relative ๐๐
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See? There you go again, that’s a lot of relatives!๐ณ๐ณ
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Christmas must be tough in his family!!๐๐
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Think of all the Christmas cards!๐ณ๐ณ
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Yikes!!๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐คฏ
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Precisely my thoughts exactly.
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You’d need to start before New Years to get them done๐คฏ๐ค
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Starting before Christmas is better.
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Yeah, of the prior year!! Or two!!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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I got a Christmas card April 6 that was sent to me on Dec 7. It was from Florida. I didn’t realize Florida was so far away!๐๐๐น๐น
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Hehehehe…. Santa was on vacation!!๐๐๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Someone was for sure!
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Hey at least it didn’t deliver “Postage Due”๐๐
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I don’t have room for guests so I would chase him away!๐๐
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Smart!!๐๐
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Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Ya ya take it easy or you’ll be laid up in bed for another month๐
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Speaking of….๐๐๐๐ Anyway, I fixed my one feeder so Bert can’t reach it now. It’s perfect. I still have to bring it in though or those raccoons will get at it.๐๐ฆ๐ฆ Of course Bert could push the pole down too which wouldn’t be good. Other than that it works good!๐๐๐ป๐ณ
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Bert is pretty smart.. I hope it works well๐
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He can’t reach it anyway.๐๐ป๐ณ
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Smart๐ค๐
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Thank you!!!!!!!!!๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐
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You are just on fire today…. did you take a smart pill today??๐ค๐ค
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THREE TIMES!!!๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐
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Careful there Icarus!! Don’t get to close to the flame ๐ฅ๐๐
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Who is this I care us kid?
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A bird friend of mine! Got singhed once… couldn’t fly after that๐คฏ๐ค
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I always knew singing was bad for a person’s health.๐
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๐๐ So I can’t spell๐คจ๐คจ you gotta problem with that??
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I know that, what does that have to do with singing?
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Ha and Ha!! I don’t have a clue..๐๐๐
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You shouldn’t change the subject like that.๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Me?? You’re the one that forgot!๐๐๐๐
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But you’re the one that said you didn’t have a clue. That’s changing the subject.๐๐๐๐
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Details schmetails… I just can’t keep to you and you’re change of subjects๐๐
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As they say in the old country, “Change is good, so is a tropical island.”
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Correct on both items!๐
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The old country thanks you.
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Funny they can remember!!๐๐๐ they’re soooo old ya know๐๐
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There are no old people in the old country. When someone turns 50 they move to the tropics all expenses paid by the old country.
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So why are you still there??๐คจ๐๐๐คญ๐คญ
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HA! I don’t live in the old country, I just make their sayings popular.๐๐๐๐
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Oh you do huh??๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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You read them, that means that people in the US from the south to the north now read those old country sayings!๐๐
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But nobody reads my old country sayings
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Maybe try a different title, like south country sayings.๐ค๐
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I haven’t lived here long enough to know the south country old sayings ๐ถ๐
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Then do the north country old sayings. Or how about the squirrel country old sayings?๐๐๐คญ๐คญ
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Ain’t nothin funny about squirrels ๐คจ๐คจ๐๐
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That’s because you don’t feed them so they don’t like you. Feed them peanuts and they will do cartwheels to entertain you!๐๐
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Although catching one and shaving it’s tail sounds like fun!!๐๐๐๐
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๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ
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Yeah……. I know๐คญ๐คญ doesn’t that sound fun??
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I think I might faint.๐คช๐คช
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Don’t hit your head!!๐ฌ๐ฌ
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It’s okay, I’m sitting.๐
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Whew! That’s a little better.. at least you won’t sent the flooring..๐คญ๐คญ
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“sent the floor”?
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Dent… dent!! My thumb got away from me!!๐๐
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I hope you caught it again.๐
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Wasn’t easty byt pey I got it!๐
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Good thing it didn’t go westy, easty is easier to catch! But you shouldn’t byt it.๐๐
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Lol ๐ it was tough enough the way it was!!๐๐
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That one thumb seems to be a bit wayward.
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It is!! I just can’t do a thing with it!!๐๐
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So, are you going to explain to me how birds teach each other to sing?
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Parent birds teach their young, though basically it appears to be mainly an instinct thing. But…out in BC there was one small pocket of white throated sparrows that started to sing a different variation of their normal song. Within 5 years all the white throated sparrows across N America were singing that variation. It was thought that when the birds joined others in their wintering grounds the other sparrows picked it up and over just 5 years they all had dropped their traditional song for the new one. Now, that same group of sparrows in BC has come up with another variation, so we’ll see if that one catches on too! So birds can teach each other to sing new songs.๐
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I wonder who updates their dictionary??๐ค๐ค๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ
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I think it’s done by the WTSPRSFBS.
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I’m afraid to ask what that stands for?๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ณ๐ฒ
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White Throated Sparrow Press Recording Studio of Fine Bird Singers.๐๐
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Of course!! How could I have not thought of them??๐ค๐๐๐๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ๐
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I was wondering about that myself.๐คจ
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I couldn’t find my copy of birds for dummies!!๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐
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And it took me such a long time to write that book too.๐คจ๐คจ
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It was in my suitcase!!๐๐ I take it everywhere! No dummy should be without one!๐๐ That didn’t sound right๐ค๐ค๐๐
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Did you just call me a dummy?๐คจ
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Well not really.. you wrote it so technically you can’t be a dummy… but me on the other hand.. well it is perfect! I don’t know nothin about somethin which birds! But actually you could be considered a bird brain!๐ค๐ค๐๐ You know alot about birds!๐๐๐๐๐คญ๐คญ
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Oh yeah? Well I can prove it too!๐๐คจ
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Lol… I don’t question that one bit!๐คญ๐คญ
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Good thing!๐๐
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It is a very good thing!๐๐๐
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It is a very good thing!๐๐คจ๐
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Hey?? Are you making fun of me??๐คจ ๐ค
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Would I be making fun of you?๐ค
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If you do it’s alright. ๐
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Rats.๐๐คญ
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Where?? Are you sure they’re not squirrels!๐ฒ๐ณ
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Rats go squeak and squirrels go chip. As they say in the old country, “Squirrels like chips and fish like flies.”
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And I like fish and chips!๐๐๐๐
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Good thinking.
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And good eating!!
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I know that! I just told you..๐๐
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I knew I heard it somewhere.
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Who was it?? Do I know them??๐ค
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Know who? What am I talking about? I mean you are talking about me. I mean I’m not talking but you are. I mean, I have no idea. Sigh.๐๐
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Oh good.. I thought it was me that forgot..
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What did you forget?
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I can’t remember๐ค๐ค I forgot!
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Good thinking. Well, I’m off to bed, morning comes so early in the morning. Good night Dusty!๐ด๐ด๐
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Good Night!! Rest well๐
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Thanks for chattering with me! Say chip to Jasper for me in the morning๐
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My landlord just texted me they are having an awning installed for me tomorrow. I didn’t know anything about it!๐
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It will be nice having your own patch of lawn I guess.๐ค
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Did I type lawning?๐๐๐ค๐ค oh boy there goes that thimb again!!๐คช๐คช
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Do you need a lawnmower now? Or is it a small lawn so you can just use scissors like me?๐คโ
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I don’t know! It’s the first time I’ve heard about it.๐ณ
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As they say in the old country, “Grass is greener than the sky but rocks are heavier.”
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Lol ๐๐ I got to find me that book!!
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How did you fix it? Duct tape?
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I hung it in mid air.
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Wow!! Anti gravity?? Way cool!! Did you use ๐งฒ??๐ฒ๐ณ๐คฏ
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Sky hook.
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Wow!! But what do you hook it to in the sky๐ค๐ค๐
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I knew I forgot something.
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Whoops ๐คญ๐คญ
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๐๐๐
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There’s always tomorrow… you can remember it then..๐
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What am I supposed to remember?๐ค
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Another good question!! You are just full of it! I mean of them๐๐
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I don’t remember what we’re talking about.๐ฌ
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Me either๐ค๐ค๐๐
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Great!๐
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I’ll be back in about 10 minutes. Just got in from my walk and need to shower๐ค๐คข
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I know what you mean, it was a hot day today!๐๐๐๐
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It was perfect temperature for me here.. Did it reach the 60’s there?
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It was 65 here, but 95 on my deck. I nearly roasted.๐ฅต
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Oh.. that would feel great!!๐๐๐
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That reminds me…๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
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Good Thinking!๐ค๐ค
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That was close. And it worked perfectly! Bert never got it!๐๐๐
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Alright!! Good Job!!๐๐
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Thank you!๐๐
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You’re Welcome๐๐
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๐๐๐๐๐
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HA!๐ค
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Now there’s a question!
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Thank you! I put a lot of thought into that one๐๐๐
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I could tell.๐๐
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Whatch it you๐คจ๐คจ๐๐
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I was, I was!!๐คฃ๐คฃ
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And so what did it do while you watched??๐๐๐ค๐ค
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I can’t remember. As they say in the old country, “not remembering is like forgetting.”
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Huh??๐ณ๐ฅด๐ฅด
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Good one, isn’t it?๐๐น
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Go for your walk yet?
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I’m going to work on my bird feeders instead. After I finish my next chapter to my story. Bye for now.๐
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Ooooooh Hurry up!! I can’t wait!!๐๐
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The next chapter is up and waiting for you!๐ฌ๐พ๐พ
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๐coolio brb!๐
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People are getting far away from nature here ๐๐ณ and all I could say is, the more one get far from nature, the more one is vulnerable to nature. Kids doesnt even able to walk on bare foot on sand, parents are pampering kids too much, human is a also an animal, just a piece of extra fresh and nerves in the head made lot of trouble to the nature, now they are making the future more trouble ๐ผ should I talk more ๐ค I am talking a lot these days๐
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Kids are like that here too, pampered, don’t even want to be outside,๐ฌ except maybe to sit with their phones,๐ค not knowing what goes on around them.๐๐
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That’s the problem, not knowing what goes on around them, how will they survive? in case they stuck somewhere in a stranded island these generations will die without phones ๐ณ. so sad a generation is spoiled by their own parents.
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Yes, that’s true. What happens when there is no electricity?๐ค They can’t charge their phones. Then they go crazy.๐ฌ Little kids, 4 or 5 years old have their own phones.๐
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That’s the big mistake parents did, parents failed ๐ง๐
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Yep, so true.๐๐ณ
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Fab photos Steve
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Thank you Sheree!
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You are really right!๐๐ธ
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Thank you so much Rossana!
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What a โbreath of fresh airโ perspective! Thanks Steve! ๐ Amazing pics! ๐ท
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Thank you so much Beverly!๐๐ธ๐๐ท
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You are most welcome Steve! ๐๐๐ท
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Art In Nature #16!
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Thank you Cathy!
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Did you eat that Mushroom? ๐
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Are you kidding?๐ณ๐ณ
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Mmmmm….. not really๐๐๐ you were giving some pretty strange answers last night ๐คช๐คช
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HA! As they say in the old country, “a canoe is good for fishing, but it’s hard to cast.”
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Yep! They’re good for paddling but not for paperweights!๐ค
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Depends how much paper you got.๐ค๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Mountain and Miuntains of it!!๐คฃ
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That’s perfect for a bonfire in the canoe!
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I can’t even spell mountain twice the same way๐คช๐คช๐คช
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I noticed that, but didn’t want to say anything. Being nice.๐๐
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Awe… thanks so much!! You’re the second person to be nice to me today! Ame, brought me over some fresh sliced watermelon ๐ tonight!๐
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Did you know that squirrels love watermelon?
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I did not! Know that!๐ค Do they eat the seeds??๐ค
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Nope, they eat the same part we do, they love it! EEEEEK! Look at the time! Gotta go, time for bed, I’m gone, good night, talk tomorrow!
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Good Night Sleepy Steve๐ด๐ด I’ll be here all day!!
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I just got these replies. Just so you know..
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I can believe that.
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Lovely pieces of โartโ Steve ! Rest and be safe tonight ! โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐ด๐บ
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Thank you so much!๐๐ธ๐๐ท
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Wonders of nature ๐๐awesome ๐๐ป๐ท
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Yes indeed, thank you so much!๐๐ธ๐ท
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๐น๐๐น
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The art in nature is everywhere, but you have to take time and look
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Laugh together with those you love
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So true, a little slowing down the pace a bit provides a lot of fun.
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