For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone on this beautiful Thursday! Time to join Muffin and I for some coffee once again. Well, Muffin does not have coffee, but I do anyway. It was quite nice yesterday again, though not quite as warm as the day before. And a few more clouds in the afternoon. Well, it is hard not to feed the birds entirely, so when the chickadees and nuthatches show up I put a handful of sunflower seeds out for them.
Then the few grosbeaks and goldfinches come down as well and finish off the seeds quickly. So if the bear does show up he will not find much, if anything, to eat. Plus I put a few peanuts out at a time and they too will disappear quickly. Three chipmunks and two squirrels showed up yesterday. The only chipmunk that stayed around a lot was Choco.
Pocket and Skitter came a couple of times but that was it. Jasmine and Slim were here quite a bit and they had a couple of discussions, but nothing too serious. I planted my flowers yesterday, but they are not looking too perky. I did not buy as many this year and mostly stayed with geraniums. Oh, I saw that indigo bunting again yesterday morning, around 10:30, but I was unable to get any pics of it.
Mostly he likes to stay just on the other side of the fence unfortunately. But the fact he is staying around so late in the season tells me they must be nesting nearby this year. I sure hope they bring their young around once they can fly. I am really hoping to get a picture of the female at least, that would be so fantastic.
Fortunately that bear was not around yesterday, that made it more enjoyable sitting outside on the deck. My hummingbird feeder is still holding together and the hummingbirds have returned to it, though I had to put it in a different spot. I cannot see it from inside now in its new location, but at least the hummingbirds are enjoying it, that is the main thing. And I can enjoy them when I am on the deck.
I am showing some oddity, or as I like to say, some cute pics of the different critters around here today. I hope you will enjoy them too. Thank you so much for joining us here for coffee this morning. I do hope you all will have a beautiful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2022 Steve McLeod.
It’s nice to see sun, it has been raining here for days.
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Oh my, that can be tiring after a while! We are supposed to be back to rain again next week.
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I always enjoy your photos Steve but that last one is great
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Thanks Sheree! That is one of my favorite photos. His name is Pocket, one of my most friendly chipmunks.ππ»πΏοΈ
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He certainly looks friendly
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Yep, as his name suggests, he likes going in my pockets! And sitting on my shoulder too.ππΏοΈ
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TBH Iβd be friendly if some nice guy was feeding me
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That is a real haul for your chipmunk ! You treat them well ! The birds are so colourful ! ππ»πΏπ₯π₯βοΈβοΈ Coffee is great !
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Well, that is not all for him, he has to share with the others.ππΏοΈπΏοΈπΏοΈπΏοΈ So glad you enjoyed everything! Have a wonderful night!ππ»ππ΄π΄
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We sure enjoyed all of your photo’s. You have an amazing patience and the little critters trust you a lot and co-operate well. Which is amazing, and your little chipmunk is so cute ππ you missed Muffin, let me tell her. π πhave a beautiful day β£οΈπ₯°
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Thank you so much Simon!π That chipmunk is Pocket, my most friendly one, he does give some cute poses,πΏοΈ I am not always ready with my camera though!πππΉπ· Hope you have a beautiful day as well Simon!ππ»πΏοΈππββ
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You said that, you take the camera and open and look around and nobody is found, that’s alright. We got nice photos for now πβ£οΈ It was a beautiful day, i wont lie, but a long evening π still driving π€
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You should try a new invention that we have over here, it’s called daytime driving. It’s much more fun and you get to see things too.πππ
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Daytime is awesome driving. I love it. Time constraints and i had to take this night route. We are safe. Bed here i come ππ
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Good idea, sleep well and put that phone away!ππ
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Yes, one more reply to Uncle Steve and i swear I’m keeping it away π
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We’ll see! Bet you can’t do it!π
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ππ€£π€£did i do it again πoops π€ππ
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Aha! I knew it, I knew it!πππΉπΉ
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ππi can’t stop it π€£ππππone more time π€£π€£π€£
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Great clicks!
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Thank you very much Saania! Have a great day!ππΊ
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