Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Sunday’s Sunshine #20.
Good morning on this beautiful sunny Sunday! Hard to believe it’s already warmer than our daytime high on Friday. The gulls have had their breakfast, though only Sir George, Lady Pearl and Ricky have been here so far. And they really don’t stay around very long. Not sure what happened to Grover, he was coming every day, then suddenly disappeared. There was one blue jay here this morning, probably Baxter, but he’s molting right now so it’s hard to tell who it is. One blue jay has lost all his head feathers, he looks quite comical. This is molting season for most birds, getting new feathers for the winter, and for many birds, a whole new color as well.
Winter colors are very subdued on many species of birds, but mostly for those that migrate. Our resident bird’s coloration is the same year round, but they still molt. My chickadee family still comes each day, so I make sure there is always a few sunflower seeds out there for them. The chipmunks are wildly busy these days. They all fluff out their tails, making themselves look bigger and more fierce. I don’t think a chipmunk could ever look fierce. One of them has a huge tail, biggest I have ever seen on a chipmunk. And it’s long too. Something happened to Skamper’s tail. It’s like the last half of it has no life to it now. Only the first half will fluff out now, so he’s at a real disadvantage in the tail show-off competition. There’s not really much happening this morning. Aside from the chipmunks showing off their fluffy tails, there hasn’t been any real fights and very little chasing either.
They just want food. More food. And even more food. But I guess the amount I put out really isn’t much when divided between nine of them. Maybe I should give them some more. Now they’re happy again. When I was out earlier feeding the gulls, one of the chipmunks just came up on the deck as I was walking back to the door…and I happened to step on an empty peanut shell. They can crack quite loudly at times, like just then, and that poor chipmunk turned and flew off the deck! He went about 6 feet and landed in a clump of daylilies. Poor little critter. It was kind of funny though. He came back right away and was the first chipmunk at the peanut pile this morning. Muffin and I will be back early this afternoon as we talk about our new business venture, well, sort of. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin. (top featured image is cleome)
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Steve`s Country 
They need more food these days, you should improve your supply😉 skamper tail 😮 he must have wiggled that tail too much somewhere 😂 poor him, hope his tail recovers before they go to their long hibernation. how long they do? 🤔 zinnia? this one is spectacular ❤️ it stole my heart, daylilly is beautiful too… Amazing photo Uncle Steve 😍 get some tan, and have a lovely sunny Sunday 🥰🤗🤗
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It’s getting hard to find peanuts🥜🥜🥜 in town right now, too many cottagers around now and they are buying the peanuts🥜😕 to feed to their squirrels and chipmunks.🙂 That will change by the end of the month when they all go back home again.😁😛 It is a beautiful zinnia and I love daylilies so that one is a favorite of mine, more to come!😃📷
It is so beautiful out today, need to get out there and enjoy it!😁🌞😎 Good night Simon!😁😴😴🌙
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More favorite 😍 I’m excited to see 😁😁 hope you enjoyed your outdoor walks without bear disturbance 😅
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I’m just walking in the driveway, so there shouldn’t be a problem, although it is always possible since they come in the yard all the time.😳🐻🙀
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You should build a compound now 😳 and keep walking☺️🤓
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Back and forth on the driveway I go!🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️
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thats how it could work for now🚶🚶♂️ bear comes🚷 😂
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I tried a sign, but they pay no attention. Not nice at all.🙄🐻😳🙀
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Did you tried like me? I tried keeping a bat electrically charged and warned the mosquitoes, whoever dares to touch me will be cooked to Ashes and slept😉 guess what happened? 🥺 they spoils my night 🧐😮🙄it was a noisy night😂😂
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Didn’t that hurt the poor little bat?😲 Did you keep him in a cage or tied up?🤨 Poor bat.🦇 See, if you didn’t have the bat caged and electrocuted, he could have eaten all those mosquitoes!🤨🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦇🦇🦇
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🙄😳🤔 I was referring this kind of chargeable Bat that could kill mosquito 🎾🤦 anyway, my sleepless night is not a joke 😳🙄 I barely work at office 😂😂feeling half-asleep most time 😂😂
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Oh, that kind of bat.🙄 That’s better.😁 Maybe what you need is ear plugs so you can’t hear the mosquitoes buzzing.🤔🦟🦟🦟 Might work.😁
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Tried that too, then they start shoveling their small little needles onto my skin, there I woke up “ouch” and a “tap” on the wrong area, and I missed it again like the millionth time 🙄 they tortured me again 😭 next time, I’m going to write on a paper “I’m not sleeping, I’ll kill you if I find you biting me” 🤓🤔 that sounds like a plan, isn’t it 😎😉
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I know, just pretend the biting doesn’t bother you,😁 then the mosquitoes will give up and go away. Sound like a good plan?🤔 It might work, they like to bother people, if it doesn’t work, it won’t be fun for them so they leave.😄🦟🦟 Or maybe wrap yourself tightly in a blanket with only your head sticking out.😬😛 After a while they won’t be able to find a new area to bite, so they will give up and leave.😁 Sound like a good idea?😂😂😛🦟🦟🦟🦟🤯🤯
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You don’t believe, they bit my face too 🙄 my cheeks and my eyebrows 😵 that won’t bother me? it did 😑 I took revenge again 😉 but they went stealth mode again, then I gave up, and let them bit me 😑and woke up with some several bump marks on my face and hand and hips 😂 they are very bad… savage mosquitoes 😂😂
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Yep, I agree, they are savage mosquitoes indeed,😬🦟 all they want all the time is blood,🦟 blood,🦟 they’re not interested in sitting down and talking about a deal,🙄🦟 nope, just blood, that’s all they want and they want it all!🤣🤣🤣🦟🦟🦟
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vampire, savage, annoying, mosquitoes 😂
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😂😂🤣🤣
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Flowers are so beautiful ! …the way you describe the comings and goings of the animals and birds makes me feel that I am there with you ! Another fine day Steve and Muffin ! Enjoy it ! ☕️☕️🙂😺🐿🥜🐿🥜
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Thanks so much Sharon! Yes, a beautiful day, but our sun has been mostly blocked by high flying smoke again. That will probably keep the temp down a bit. Yep, time to go out and enjoy the day!😁😺🌞☕☕😎🚶♂️🌼🐝🐿📷
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Gorgeous flowers Steve. Have a great Sunday. 🍵🐦🦨
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Thank you so much Suni! Have a great week!😁😺🌞🌼🐿🌺🐝📷
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I wonder what your new business venture will be? my guess is that it will be animal-related…
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Actually it was just a comedy routine of what a business venture would look like with the two of us working together!
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ahhh…. got it 🙂
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