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Thoughts For Thursday. #9
Good morning everyone! The sky is that same rich blue this morning and the sun is shining so beautifully! It almost seems like a nice spring day. Looks can be deceiving however. We are back to cold again. Very cold. It was colder yesterday then it had been, but today is colder yet. I got up to a temperature of -20F (-28C). It was a bit of a shock going outside to feed the birds this morning. And all through the night I kept waking up to the booming and banging which comes along with the cold temps.
It is actually the frost in the wood that causes the noise, which can get very loud at times. This is March. It should be starting to get a bit milder, not melting weather, but milder anyway. And it is getting colder instead. Those poor little red-breasted nuthatches, they have to keep stopping their eating to warm up their little feet by sitting down over them. Then it is back to eating again as much as they can before the next break. Chickadees are here too, though not in large numbers like before.
There are large numbers of redpolls however. No grosbeaks have shown up yet. The blue jays have been here and are now gone. I have not seen any woodpeckers yet either, but I may have missed them. Yesterday the sun was shining so nicely, so I decided to go out in the afternoon to try and get pictures of the birds. I had a couple of birds land on my hand.
But it was so cold out there with that strong north wind blowing, so I was only able to stay outside for 15 minutes. My hand was cold enough by that time. I also had some redpolls land on my head. It should be nicer, though more clouds, on the weekend. So it does not look like I will walk to the river again until next week. But I will share some river pics today from my last walk. Although I did not see or hear anything on my walk to the river, I did see and hear a few birds on the way back, plus two squirrels.
One squirrel was Scramble who was chattering at another squirrel, who was also chattering. There was one lone chickadee, which was kind of odd, and a couple nuthatches. In some ways it had a sort of lonely feel to the walk, yet it was still so beautiful walking through the trees. But it is going to take a long to melt all that snow. Thank you for reading today. Have a beautiful Thursday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin. (praying for the people of Ukraine)
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What a beautiful Day Uncle Steve 🥰 But how come a clear sky could turn into bad cold 🤔 lot of things happen in Canada😅. I was having a lot of fun yesterday, It was my birthday 😁 Had a delicious cake and a short time lunch at outside 😁 Juvaan & Riyaan gave great company 🥰 It’s a lot of snow outside. Hope you are getting the help. don’t do anything, stay safe 🤗🤗 Enjoy the weather the spring coming in very soon 🥰😍 I think scramble must be discussing about it 😉Have a lovely day
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Happy be-lated Birthday 💐🎂🎉
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Thank you Thattama 🥰 ente comments vayichatinum enne asanchithinum valara Nanni 🤗🤗
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Thank you for this lovely comment message 🙏🌷❤️ പിറന്നാൾ ആശംസകൾ 🌷❤️
മലയാളി യാണെന്നറിഞു വളരെ സന്തോഷത്തോടെ എഴുതുകയാണ് 🌝God Bless 👏
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നനി തട്ട്ടമ്മ 🥰🥰. എനിക്ക് മലയാളം വായിക്കാൻ സംസാരിക്കാം അറിയാം, പക്ഷേ ഞാൻ ബോർഡർ മലയാളി 😉 എൻ്റെ native മാർത്താണ്ഡം 🤗 Happy to have you here🥰🥰 malayalathil type cheyyam buddhimuttalle 😉 Thanks fot the lovely wishes in Malayalam 🥰😍😍😍
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A very happy belated Birthday to you Simon!!🥳🥳🎂🍰🧁🍨🍧🍦🎈🎈🧨🧨🎉🎊🎆🎇🎁 And here I was sure it was March 4, sigh, I’m always behind times! But I’m glad you had a good time and so nice to be outside. There is a strong north wind that has brought in the cold weather, so even the sun can’t bring in any warmth right now. But it is supposed to change a bit on Saturday and be more normal for a few days, then get cold again. March is like that, but no melting yet for quite a while it seems. Enjoy your day!😁😻🍩🍩
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Thank you Uncle Steve🥰🥰 Ha ha It always on March 2nd 😅😅 🤪 Thank you so much again 🥰🥰 it was very short time out, worried about babies we have to run back fast 😅. And your spring is not far away 😉 just few more week 🤗 Enjoy the evening, have a peaceful night 🥰🥰
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That’s good thinking, don’t stay out too long! Yes, just a few weeks, 7 or so!😂😂Enjoy your day Simon, off to bed for me!😁🌙😴
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Good Morning Uncle Steve💖🥰
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Good morning Simon!😁🌞😻
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So beautiful day for you and Dear Muffin that the lines so nice to read 🌷🙏♥️ Now you shifted Apartment,
So don’t want to scare bears , so piece full 😊👍🏻then the balcony you can keep bird’s food ,so good !!
But in photo there so much mist can see ,my grandchildren ask Muffin that day they came here 😄🐈
Jinji got 4 kitten and all given people , so cute , I will add my post 😍good morning and lovely wishes 👏🐈
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Thank you so much for the wonderful comment Thattamma! I have not moved yet, but hopefully it won’t be too far away.
Yes, very much snow on the ground right now, it will take a long time to melt it all this year.🙁❄️❄️
Wow, 4 kittens, that’s great! I will check to see the pics later!😃
Hope you had a wonderful day!😁😻🌞🌺🌼😊
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Thank you so much for your lovely message comment 🌷🙏♥️🌷
Here whole night raining and still dark clouds morning also !!
What a climate changes in the world ,few days ago strong earthquake
happened Malaysia also had it’s sensation and my son’s home 🏡
the qurridor tiles all came out , some buildings walls scratched 😟
You and Muffin take care and slowly move better place 👍🏻😊🐈
Have a beautiful day 👍🏻🌺♥️🙏
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I never heard about the earthquake!😬🙀😮 That’s terrible! I’m glad to hear you are okay though. I have never experienced an earthquake, and don’t want to either. It is still cold here, very cold day today,🥶🥶🙀 should be a bit nicer tomorrow, but not much. Just too cold to be outside so I did some cleaning inside! Soon time for me to go to bed. Hope you have a nice day!😁🌞☕☕😻🌺
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Most welcome always dear Simon 🌷🙏❤️🌷
Yes, typing in Malayalam quite difficult , but can 👏
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The earthquake happened Sumatra,Indonesia and the sensation
Felt Kuala Lumpur and Klang * sorry for mistakes 🌷🙏
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😊😺😻
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Yes, very true 🙏 earthquake happening so sad 😣
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Yes, it is a terrible thing, but I’m glad it wasn’t where you lived.😊😻
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By the grace of God 🌷🙏🌷thanks a lot 👏♥️
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😁😻😻🌹🌺
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I agree that it seems that the real spring will be late this year…not that I mind it…there is so much snow here…to melt it would take some time to do it…have another cup of coffee…have a fun time with Muffin ! 🙂😻☕️☕️
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A late spring means a short summer, sigh. Less time to be outside. Oh well, we get what we get. It’s still so cold out there today. Have a great day!😁😻🌞☕☕
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you’ve always got mother nature by your side when you go on those walks to the river. glad to hear Scramble is doing well…
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Thanks Jim! Yes, Scramble is still enjoying himself. Take a look at today’s photo of the week, you might enjoy that one! Have a great day!😊😺
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