For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning on this beautiful summer day! The sun is once again casting it’s golden glow over the landscape, caused by all the smoke hanging in the air still. There are 48 wildfires burning, as of yesterday evening, in the northwest area of our big province. Ten of them are under control, 12 are being held, the remaining fires are not under control and 8 of those are only being observed, which means they are not fighting those fires because they are in inaccessible wilderness locations where there are no people.
Those kinds of fires they let burn until the rain comes and puts them out. The fire hazard for us is high at the moment, which seems like an understatement considering how dry it is this year. Fortunately none of the fires are close to where I live and no communities are being threatened by fires right now, which is good. But these kinds of things can change so fast. Well, Muffin and I had our fun this morning, all the names for the new chipmunk were on pieces of paper, crumpled up into little balls for playing with and sitting in a bowl.
Muffin sat there looking, would she do it today? There she goes, dipping her paw into the bowl. She got one! Now to get it from her and she races across the floor chasing her paper ball and there she goes, a big kick and…it goes under my desk. Hmm. I look. So does Muffin. But she gets in front of me so I can’t see. Sigh. Finally she sits up so I can look. There it is, right at the back by the wall, being trapped and eaten by a dust dinosaur. Most people have dust bunnies. Mine are much too big, so I call them dust dinosaurs.
I lie flat on the floor and reach under…got it! I bring it out, covered in dust. And the name for our new little chipmunk friend is Choco! Thanks so much Rossana! All 7 chipmunks were out here this morning, plus 3 squirrels. And I have a couple pics of Scooter to show today, still haven’t managed to get Choco, but now that he has a name I will try to get a picture so you can see what he looks like. Have a wonderful day everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
Great pics Steve ! Good going Muffin ! You picked the right name ! ☕️☕️😻😎😀🍩🍩🐿🥜
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Thanks Sharon!😁📷
Meow,meow!=Thank you, I like this new game!😻
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If you’re not careful Scooter will be moving in
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He is learning fast! Skamper is the bravest, followed by Pocket, but Scooter is next to them. He reminds me a lot of Skamper, so perhaps Skamper is the father.😀😺🌞📷
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You’ll have to ask him
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Not a bad thought.
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Great Name!!😁
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Choco likes it too. He looked at me right away when I said his name.😀😺☕☕🌞
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Can’t wait to see his picture!😁
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Yep, I want everyone to see what he looks like.😁📷
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Where ever you are getting these names, you are too good at it 😍🤗 Can’t wait to see Choco soon ☺️ Hope to see your dust dinosaur also 😜 Lovely picture of scooter ❤️ Have a lovely day Uncle Steve 🤗🤗
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You should submit a name next time too and join in the fun.😁😸 Rossana thought of that name and several others submitted names too, but Muffin picked Choco.😻 I will try to get a pic of Choco today. No, I’m not showing pics of my dust!😂😹📷 Have a good evening Simon!🌙😃 Don’t work too hard, you need to sleep too!😁🌙😴
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ha ha, you should try showing us once, your dust 😂🤣. Oh that’s nice, umm.. let me guess… how about kutty (means small) ☺️ that’s my pet name when I was kid 😅😁🙈
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Hey, good name, I will add it to my list for the next time!😁😸😄
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oh thank you so much Uncle Steve, so kind of you 🤗😍☺️
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Awwwwww, “Hi Choco! You and Scooter need to bring your other brothers and sisters to Steve’s place. So glad you are feeling comfortable with Steve now. He took great pics of you!” 😁📷
Hi Steve, thanks for sharing the fun you and Muffin had with Muffin picking Choco’s name. Have a wonderful day! 😀☕️☕️🌞
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Hi Choco, I meant to say I am glad Scooter is getting comfortable with Steve and he took great pics of him and cannot wait to see yours! 🤣
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Oh good, I feel better now. I actually had to go back and make sure I put the right name in there!😂😂😹😹
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😂😂. That is what I get for trying to multi-task. 😂😂
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In addition to work, my landlady is texting me about coordinating someone here now repairing hail damage to the carport roof alongside of the garage. 😂😂
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That would be too much for my brain to handle at once!😂😹
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I was doing too well keeping up myself as you can see! 😂😂
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😁😸
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That would happen to me too!
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Ha,ha……Now I don’t feel so bad, thanks! 😂😂
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😀😺
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welcome to the family, Choco!
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Poor little guy really got chased by Jasmine today!
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Jasmine sounds like a bully!
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Yes, she isn’t getting the message too well.
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Thank you, Steve & Muffin!
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This is a great way to pick names! And Muffin has fun too!😀😺
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Sure!
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😀😺
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What a peculiar cloud formation that the eagle was flying over.😉😂
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I agree, it was very hard to capture it just right!😂😹📷
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🤣🤣
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So amazing pictures 👌🌷The strange colourful eagle and great photo Scooter , so lovely
And your beautiful writing 👍🏻🌷♥️ Well wishes and nice Thursday for you ✌🏼🌹🌷
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Thank you so very much for your beautiful comment today! I hope you have a wonderful Friday!😀😺🌞☕☕🌼🌺
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So sweet 🌹❤️ you are most welcome 🌹🍵 Blessed Friday you and your Muffin also 👍🏼🙏🌹
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Thank you, our day is starting just great!😀😺🌞☕☕
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Thank you and here early morning 2 am 🌹♥️🌺
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