For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning to everyone on this cloudy Thursday! It’s a bit cooler this morning but still very nice. And a great morning to be out on the deck with my coffee listening to, um, well, sitting there with my coffee and talking to my, um, well, sitting there with my coffee all by myself. It’s been an odd morning. The only birds singing were far away, nothing close. My gulls didn’t show up, the blue jays were not around, no chipmunks, no squirrels. Chuck the crow was here, nothing keeps him away. But what happened to all the other critters?
Pocket and Coffee are always here, normally waiting for me to come out with peanuts in the morning. Same with the blue jays. The male hairy woodpecker finally showed up, took one peanut and never came back. Then a light rain began so I came inside. That’s when Jasmine showed up, but she was very nervous which is not like her at all. She came and got a peanut and sat on the railing to eat it, which is normal. But she kept looking down at something, even chattered once, which is odd for her to do. She ate one peanut, then took a second and ran off with it. Normally she eats 5 and takes one with her.
A grackle and 2 blue jays are now carrying away the remaining peanuts. The chipmunks, Pocket, Skamper and Coffee are busy with the peanuts now. Then a thought came to me. There was a solar eclipse this morning, quite early for us, but it’s also cloudy so we didn’t get a chance to see it. What has that to do with my animal friends? One other time when we had a solar eclipse, it was sunny that day which was nice, but as the sun was hidden everything went quiet. Birds disappeared from the feeder, my squirrel at the time also left, birds stopped singing.
There was the eerie twilight and an eerie silence. It wasn’t just me that noticed it either. I contacted others that fed birds and they noticed the same thing. That eclipse affected the animals. So even though we couldn’t see it this morning due to the clouds, perhaps it still affected the animals. They can sense things far better than people. Since we were not getting the total eclipse here, then the effect on the animals would be shorter. And everything seems to be back to normal now. Just a thought. I don’t know if it would affect them when it’s cloudy or not. Just an interesting observation. I hope you were able to see the eclipse, safely, where you live. Have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
I didn’t see the eclipse, I was working. But I think it was cloudy.
Have a great day Steve & Muffin!ππΈ
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I was hoping to see it, but those clouds got in the way! Thank you! Have a great day too Rossanna!ππΊββββ
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Have a wonderful day!
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Thank you Michelle! I hope you have a wonderful day as well!ππΊββπ
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Thank you!!!π
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Isn’t it amazing that animals can sense the things we cannot? They are truly amazing creatures. I didn’t even know there was a solar eclipse. I guess I missed the news. π’
Love the sarsaparilla plant! Have a happy Thursday, Steve! πβοΈβοΈ βοΈ
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Yes, animals have amazing abilities that we do not have. God has given them extra ability to help them survive.
Yes, those sarsaparilla’s are an interesting one! Have a great day Renee!ππΊββπβ
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Cloudy where?
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I live in northern Ontario, Canada. Thanks for stopping by!
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Sarsaparilla is small and cute βΊοΈ Beautiful work of nature… What? Eclipse? when where π god I missed that π Pansy is a flower name π ok now I knew there is a flower in this name. βΊοΈHave a lovely day Uncle Steve π
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You missed the eclipse?π² That’s okay, you might not have been able to see it over there anyway.π€ It’s much cooler today, only 19C and cloudy, but it’s still a nice day anyway!ππΊββ
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is it π so officially I didn’t miss it? π§ that’s nice anyway ππ
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The eclipse is not visible from all places on earth …
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I actually work from home and I don’t watch news, maybe I will have seen it π if I know π It’s been 2 months we gone out π Lockdown is boring.
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wish I had known about the eclipse earlier; apparently our location offered a pretty good view…
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It would have been good here too, except for the clouds. Hmm, maybe I should start announcing things like that.
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I did not know there was a solar eclipse…mind you , it was cloudy…our birds and squirrels did not show up either…have a good rest this cool evening ! π΄πΊπ
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Cool is right, I had to close my windows to keep it sort of warm in here! Hope you have a good night too!ππΈππ΄
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I guess animals do sense things better than people! They are also better than people! Have a wonderful day you two!
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Thank you Ribana! I hope you have a great weekend!ππΊββπ
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Here rainy Thursday β photos very beautiful and post also ππΉπ
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Thank you! It’s a rainy day here today, we just had a thunderstorm. Have a wonderful day!ππΊββββ
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Here also rainy Day today.β Rain night stopped. !! Thank you ππΉ
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