For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone! It is a beautiful, chilly morning here at Steve’s Country! The temp is -8F (-22C), the birds are busy at the feeders as usual. Jasper is hauling away peanuts and no one is challenging his territory this morning. Now that is unusual. The birds are feeding nicely together as well. Usually the evening and pine grosbeaks do not get along, but there has been little “arguing” among them this morning. It is a little cooler than it has been so the birds are more interested in eating, rather than “arguing”.
There were seeds left over from yesterday so I was not so concerned about getting out there too early to feed them. But when I looked I discovered they could not pull the seeds off the feeders, the seeds were frozen to the feeder. I should have realized that, it did get up to 32F (0C) yesterday, then freezing as it did was not good. So I went out and gave them fresh seeds. I will scrape the other seeds free a little later. There is not much wind out there which is nice, so hopefully I can spend some time outside trying to attract the pine grosbeaks to my hand again.
I had 2 of them land on me yesterday, one female was just on and off again, but then a male came and actually stayed there for a bit. Right now I am just trying to get them used to me, then I can try for a picture. At the beginning birds are always afraid of the camera, so I don’t try for pictures right away, it will just scare the grosbeaks away and make it harder for them to come back again. I hope you all have a most wonderful Christmas today!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
Merry Christmas from Brothers Campfire! π€ π₯ππππβ¨πβ
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Thank you so much! I do hope you can have a Merry Christmas and I continue to pray for you all!ππΊπββππβ¨
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Thanks for your prayers!
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It’s a pleasure Benjamin!
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Merry Christmas Steve and Muffin! πππΈ
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Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you and your family Rossana!ππΊπβββ¨
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Thanks β€οΈ
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Beautiful decorations. Merry Christmas to you and Muffin. Hope you are both warm and snug. Your blogs are always a delight. Take care.
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Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to all of you! We’re trying to keep warm anyway!ππΊπβββ¨
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Merry Christmas!π π π π
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Thank you so much! Merry Christmas!ππΊππβ¨
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Steve and Muffin! π
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Merry Christmas Saania! Thank you so much!ππΊππββ
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Merry Christmas Steve and Muffin! π
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Thank you very much Ami! Merry Christmas to you!ππΊππβ¨ββ
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Nice tree. π Merry Christmas! God bless!
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Thanks so much Ryan! Merry Christmas to you and your family! God bless you!ππΊππβ¨ββ
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Merry Christmas to you and Muffin!!
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Thank you very much Michelle! Merry Christmas to you and your family!ππΊππβ¨ββ
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Merry Christmas Steve and Muffin! I hope youβre taking it easy and not wracking your brain too much with writing. Have some coffee and take the day off βοΈπ
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Thank you very much Hilary! Merry Christmas to you and your family! Yes, I just did the one post today, might be all I do tomorrow too, then I will get back to normal again.ππΊππβ¨ββ
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Itβs funny your your normal is my abnormal posting schedule. Iβm lucky I manage to upload 1 blog post per week!
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Well, you are a bit busier than I am! I start going into withdrawal if I only post once a day!π
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My issue is that I consume too much and donβt create enough. I could make time but I choose not to because Iβm lazy. The amount of hours I spend consuming content is a lot, and much of that energy could be converted into writing, or doing something for the greater good.
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You got me laughing there with the lazy part! I can’t picture you as lazy. Yep, that’s what I do, convert that time and energy into writing for your blog.
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I guess it comes down to what we define as lazy π Itβs easier for me to lounge on the couch and play Animal Crossing than write a blog post. Itβs easier for me to take naps, or watch mind-numbing TV after an exhausting day. I get my best ideas when Iβm half asleep but Iβm too tired to write these ideas down. Ideas come and go all the time – I have yet to experience writerβs block. Itβs the process that creates a lot of resistance for me.
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Sorry for the late reply, I was so worn out yesterday I actually fell asleep with my laptop on my lap! I have done that before too, so when I finally woke up I just went straight to bed. I can understand your point of view there, writing is a bit of work and you are so busy with work and family that it’s hard to get motivated to actually do the writing. I have gotten writing ideas after going to bed, but I don’t want to get up and jot it down and the next morning I forget completely what I was thinking about. Sometimes I do remember eventually. Hope you are having an enjoyable Boxing Day! I haven’t even written a post today!
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I slept in today until 1300! We were going to go out but my husband says thatβs itβs super duper cold outside and rather watch football on TV. I plan to clean up a little and possibly get around to using the laptop. I have emails to send but I keep putting them off because #procastination.
Happy Boxing Day! I have some ideas for blog posts but rather play animal crossing, drink coffee, and eat chocolate.
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It is cold out there today, just going out to the bird feeder is cold. It’s a good day to stay inside and relax. Getting snow tomorrow and again on Tuesday, 10cm each time.
Sounds like you have a good plan for the day, especially the coffee part!
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Merry Christmas to you too!
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Thank you so much! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!ππΊππ
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I did π
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Happy to hear that. Sorry it took so long to answer your first comment, it ended up in spam for some reason.π
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That’s ok π
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Merry Christmas, Steve and Muffin from me and MC. Wishing you joy and warm. βοΈπβ¨πππβ¨ππ
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Thank you so much Nina! Merry Christmas to you and MC!ππ»ββπππβ¨
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Thank you Steve. And hot coffee. Canβt forget to wish you plenty of hot coffee.
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Most absolutely, that coffee is important!πππ»π»
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MERRY CHRISTMAS ! It is a quiet Christmas here with all the restrictions due to Covid ! No squirrels here today , but the chickadees and Blue Jays were around…rest if you can…ππ»ππ΄
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Thank you so much! Merry Christmas! Everyone showed up at the feeders today here. Have a good night!ππ»ππβ¨ββ
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Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas, Steve! πππ
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Thank you Cherie! Muffin and I had a nice quiet Christmas. Merry Christmas to you as well!ππΊππβ¨
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My pleasure, Steve. I had a wonderful Christmas with my family. πππ
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That’s great to hear Cherie!ππΊ
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Merry Christmas, Steve and Muffin!πβοΈπ
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Merry Christmas to you also Rene!
Happy Boxing Day! I know you don’t have that holiday.ππΊππβ¨
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Thanks! Lol, we donβt have that holiday that I know of, but itβs nice to know you guys do. So Happy Boxing Day, Steve! π₯
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Well, it’s not that kind of boxing!π Though it often does end up with fights at the store. It’s our biggest shopping day of the year! It started out many years ago with filling boxes with food and gifts for needy families.π
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Ahhhhβ¦now thatβs funny. No π₯, but the other π¦! π
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hehe, yep, everyone thinks of π₯ whenever I mention it!ππΉ
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Merry Christmas Uncle Steve & Muffinβ¨ Hope you both are warm and wishing you a lovely holidays and Advanced new year wishes β¨π₯³
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Thank you Simon! Happy Boxing Day to you!ππΊπ₯³ππππ§¨
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Happy Boxing day you too Steve & Muffin π₯°
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Thanks Simon!ππΊ
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Your Christmas decorations are delightful, Steve! Thank you for sharing your Christmas spirit! π»ππ πβοΈβοΈ
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Thanks so much Eugenia! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!ππ»ππ
Happy Boxing Day! (its a big holiday up here)ππΊ
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Happy Boxing Day! π
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Thanks. It’s actually just a crazy shopping day now, but it had a good start.π
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That wooden sleight is so cute ππ»
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Thanks very much Ribana! I enjoy making these little decorations, even if they don’t come out as nice as the store bought ones.ππ»π
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I’m happy Jasper got some peace, and peanuts, on Christmas.
And I’m happy that you got a grosbeak to sit on your hand for a bit!
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Yes, I’m sure Jasper was happy too!
Yep, each time gets better with the grosbeaks!
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Good job and thank you for the following my blog
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Thank you so much!
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