For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone on this beautiful sunny Sunday! I hope you are all well and already enjoying your day! Muffin and I were up bright and early, well, I guess it wasn’t really too bright, but it was starting anyway. Muffin was anxious for breakfast as usual, even though she ate at 2am already. And now of course she is playing wildly with her mouse and running around through the house. Well, apartment that is, but that doesn’t rhyme with mouse, so I had to use house. Ricky is still here and always looking for his breakfast too, though he doesn’t show up every morning which is kind of odd. The crows were also here, with a couple more friends as well. The extra two are probably the ones that stay here all winter.
My summer crows are usually smarter, they head south for the winter. I have noticed that there are more ravens in town already. They don’t normally come into town in any real numbers until most of the crows have gone. Those two birds don’t get along very well. Grover’s friends have gone now, which is nice. The other birds just couldn’t get any food with them around. Grover is still here though and I don’t mind that. A white-crowned sparrow has arrived too, joining the white-throated sparrows. That’s actually a bit early for them to start showing up, but it’s just one so far.
I actually saw a butterfly around my bedroom window yesterday afternoon, so I grabbed my camera and, I couldn’t find it anywhere. Back inside and look at my bedroom window and there’s that butterfly again. Run outside with camera and, I couldn’t find it anywhere. It stayed away this time. Would have been nice to get a picture of a late butterfly, whatever kind it was. Oh well. It’s supposed to be hot today so perhaps that butterfly will be back. Also supposed to be thunderstorms later today. Poor Muffin. She will not be happy, not at all. Anyone for more coffee while I’m up? Thanks for dropping by this morning, have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
So beautifully written ππΉ nice to read and good morning !!
Here also from morning till evening raining , very cold weather.
Muffin playing with mouse so cute. Cats can play , so lovely !
Have a nice Sunday πΉππΌβ₯οΈπΉ
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Thank you so very much!ππΊ Good morning to you now also!ππ» Muffin likes to play with her toy mouse, but when I try to get a picture of her playing, she stops and just looks at me!πΉπ·
It’s a beautiful Sunday! Have a wonderful week!ππΊπ»πββπΉπΌ
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Thank you for this beautiful reply message π·πyes, Muffin so home pet
and all freedom feeling , my grandchildren I show your Muffin and they
So much like ππβ₯οΈMy grandsonβs home 3 Persian having ,they are so happy with playing themππ»π·My another granddaughter also got one.
One-Day I add photos ,then you see, cats very adorable animals,
Have a nice Monday to you and Cute Muffin β₯οΈπGod Bless ππ·
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That’s so nice that they like my Muffin! I would enjoy seeing your grandson’s Persians, they are beautiful cats! Thank you very much! God bless!ππ»πΉπΊππ
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Thank you and Iβll add , Good night βΊοΈπ·πβ₯οΈπ
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My grandchildren β s cute cats today I posted , you can have a look ππ·π
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Yes, I saw them, they are all so beautiful!ππΊπ»
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beautiful. Happy Sunday to you !
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Thank you very much Lakmidee! Have a great day!ππΊπββ
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Thank you Steve, and Muffin- Beautiful post and flowers π Do have a nice sunday and week- amitiΓ©s π
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Thank you for stopping by to join us today Francefougere! Have a wonderful week to you also!ππ»
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enjoy your warm Sunday!
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Yes, I am! It’s 88F right now, just fabulous and sunny!
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that sounds wonderful!
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Yes, it was a fantastic day!
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Hello Steve , wonderful Sunday for you too. What a beautiful garden is this one , you’re an amazing photographer , you made the flowers look even prettier π
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Thank you so much for such encouraging words Venus! I hope your day has been great, have a wonderful week!ππΊ
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Love all the pics ! Muffin has you trained…breakfast at 2 AM ? Of course, she is so cute and looks at you with her big eyes…so how can you help but give her what she wants ! Enjoy our warm day !βοΈβοΈππ»
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Yes, it’s a beautiful warm and sunny day! Thanks so much Sharon! It’s not so much the big eyes, it’s the fact I want to sleep!ππΉπββ
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Playing hide and seek with t b w Butterflies π¦ huh?πππ
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They always like to tease me!π³π³
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They’re just shy!!ππππ
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I know, but why?π€π·
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If you had a big ole round eye staring at you… you’d be shy too!π§π€π€
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Minor detail. I have to take my break. Haven’t been on WP, just doing some looking around on Amazon. Time to enjoy that nice weather for a while, it’s 88F right now and sunny. Back later!
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That’s fine I’m cooking my salmon for supper. So good timingππ
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Are you finished cooking?π€
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Yes!! Are you finished eating?π€
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Um, well, that depends on your definition of “finished eating”.π
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Have you finished today’s supper?π
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Um, well, uh, I had lunch.π€π
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Are you not eating tonight?
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I thought about it, does that count?π€
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Ahem…. NO!π€¨ Are you out chex cereal?π€¨
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That’s for my bedtime snack. Maybe.
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Okay, did you feed Muffin?π¬π
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Naturally, she never misses a meal. We don’t do things like that around here!ππ
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Watching football?π€
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I did earlier… they lost of course….π how about you? What did you do today?
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I spent much of the afternoon outside enjoying this beautiful day! Did my driveway walking, took some pictures, even took pics of a butterfly, not the same one as yesterday though and I already have pics of this one. I came back in at 4:10 and…
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And??? Then what?
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Ooops, thank for reminding me, be right back!πββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈπββοΈ
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Ok
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And a few minutes later the bear was up on the deck!!π²π²π»
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Not again!!π²π²π³ How did you encourage it to leave?
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He just looked around a bit, there wasn’t any food out fortunately, I was just thinking of putting more out for the blue jays. Good thing I didn’t. Then he left again right away. One showed up last night too just after we stopped chatting, he looked in the window again, startled both Muffin and I!!π¬ππ»
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That would be unnerving!!π³π³
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Yes. If I had stayed out just a few minutes longer, that bear could have come up behind me while I was taking pictures.π¬π·
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Would’ve been a good picture!!ππ
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He didn’t have a camera.π€ππ»
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Awe shucks!! I would’ve liked to see your face when you saw him!!ππ
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My face likely would have fallen off.π²π€ͺπ»
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I know!!! How cool would that be??!!π€£π€£π€£π€£
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Yes, I’m sure I would have been laughing my head off.π€¨π€¨π
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Awwww c’mon…. π€π€π€π€
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Okay, let me laugh it up a bit.ππ
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I’m glad you’re safe and that you didn’t need to pose for any pictures.ππ
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Aww, thanks Dusty!π
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You’re Welcomeπππ
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I got some quotes back on the health insurance…π²π²π²π²π²π²π³π³π³π³π³π³π³π³π³π³π³π
Is all I can say!! There are discounts if my inco.e is under a certain dollar amount but it’s still expensive.
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Hmm, that’s too bad, thought maybe we had something there.π€π€
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Well I still need to get some from down south yet. Otherwise I just need a job that has coverage. I’m still trying to get a hold of the bus service. I’ll try again this week.
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Bus service?
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School Bus driver
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Oh, good thinking.ππ
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We’ll see!π€π€
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It’s a good job, they’re always looking for drivers, it’s fun, short hours, they’re always looking for drivers, good pay and benefits, they’re always looking for drivers.ππ
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That’s the idea!πππ
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There you are. Yes, that’s a good idea you have!ππ
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I’m doing my best to make work..
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That’s the way to do it!
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Thank you..
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My pleasure!
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Do you have a busy week ahead?
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Shopping tomorrow, plus voting. Make new bird feeder, fall cleaning, put up new bird feeder, sort more stuff to toss away, therefore not really.
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Nice and boring!! Just the way you don’t like it πππ
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My thoughts exactly!
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There you are!π
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Now you see me, now you don’t!ππππ
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I’m used to it!πππππππ
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Me too! Wait, that’s me.π€―
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It is you! Not mee,!!
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Good Morning Steveπ
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Good past morning Dusty!ππ I’m late, it’s been a rough morning.π
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No worriesπ I suspected you were busy shopping and doing errands.
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Starting out shopping but then my back gave out while at Walmart,π¬ so I had to come straight home.π³ So I have more to do another day.π¬
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That’s the way it works now. Slow and steady will win the contestπππ
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If I get any slower I’ll be going backwards.π³
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I was thinking that you might have run out of time tonight to chat! Did you see I read the last chapter?π€π€ππππ
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Yep, just answered you comment finally. It’s been a rough day. Thanks Dusty!π
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That’s OK! I just read it!!ππ
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I noticed! hehe!ππΉ
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π ππ
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What was rough about it?π€
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Hurting my back this morning. I could barely move all day. My right leg became stiff as a log. Feeling quite a bit better now though, but still not normal.π³π
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That is tough! I can’t imagine having to deal with that day after day. I am so fortunate that my surgery was successful at relieving the constant pain from that.π¬
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Most of the time it’s okay with the pain killers, but at times it goes over the limit, like today. 31 years of 24 hour pain.π¬
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I’m so sorry to hear that. That kind of pain is hard to cope with.π
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Yes, some days it makes it very hard to focus on anything except the pain.
Thanks Dusty.
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Did you go to bed?
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Nope, but on my way, early morning.π
Good night Dusty!πππ΄π΄
More chatter tomorrow!ππ€―
Sleep well!π΄π€ͺπ΄π€ͺππ
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Yep me too right now!!
Talk tomorrowπ
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What a lovely post about your Sunday, Steve, and Muffin! And thank you for sharing the photo of those gorgeous flowers. βοΈβοΈπͺπͺπ»π¬
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Thanks so much Eugenia! So happy that you enjoyed this post! Have a great day!ππΊπββ
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Most welcome, Steve. I got way behind in my reading so trying to keep up!
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Compared to me, you’re doing great!
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Thanks!
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