Steve`s Country
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Wednesday Words, With Coffee! #23
Good morning everyone on this cool Wednesday! It is a good day to grab a coffee and enjoy the natural surroundings of my deck area. Actually, it is kind of cool to sit outside without a jacket this morning. Although I did it for a while, and no jacket. But it was cool in that wind.
The temp is only 61F (16C) this morning. We have not had a cool temp like that for over two weeks now. I even closed my windows for the first time in nearly 3 weeks, it was getting a bit cool in here. Muffin seemed to enjoy the cooler temp in here however, and she was really flying around this morning. We had 2 great playtimes this morning and she is now sleeping very soundly on my bed.
GPS digging for a peanut at the bottom of the cup which I hold between my knees.
I am back again. I just went outside for a few minutes because I saw a Yellow Warbler out in the walnut tree and I was hoping to get a photo of it. Unfortunately it flew away just as I went out on the deck. But I stayed there for a bit hoping it would come back. Oh well.
Red-osier Dogwood, a fairly common wild dogwood shrub in our area.
At least I know that it is around, so I will be watching more carefully for it again. I do not have a pic of a Yellow Warbler yet, so it would be fantastic to get one. As the name suggests, it is mostly a bright yellow, though kind of a greenish yellow on top and the male has rusty red streaks on its chest. But it looks basically yellow, except up close.
Warblers, we have several species here in summer, are some of our most colorful birds. But because they are small, like our goldfinches, they are hard to see. Mainly they stay hidden among trees and leaves, which makes it harder to get a photo of them. I do have a few, but would like to get more of them. Since I am not walking to the river, that makes it even harder to find these little birds.
Northern Paper Wasp on a leaf of that dogwood. The leaf is 1 1/2 inch wide where the wasp is sitting, which would make the wasp 1 1/4 inch long. More on this little critter another time.
But they do show up out here now and then. I just need to be a little faster getting out there with my camera. I think today might be a good day to repot some of my houseplants. Well, thank you for visiting, I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Steve`s Country 
Steve, it appears that spring has filling up your coffee cup and more. We are catching some of the smoke from the Canadian wildfires.
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Yes, that smoke is traveling a long distance, but then there are bad fires in most every province right now.🤔🥵Have a great week Richard!
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Good Morning Uncle Steve😍. Its been long, I have been missing the blog. I should write again. 🙂 Honestly, everytime I say this? I disappear 🙄 no clue where I’d go 😂😂😂. Just wasting my time or i think i am sleeping too much 😜 looks like you both too having fun sleeping long… Have a warm day ahead… We are suffering from heat wave 😎
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We have had a heat wave too for nearly 3 weeks, very odd for us so early in the season. We have had temps from 30 to 35 each day, and warm at night too.🥵🙀 But today the temp was only 13 this afternoon!🙄 I am thinking of taking some time off from blogging, but I think I would miss it too much,😊 and might lose more readers. Have a great week Simon!😊😻🌞☕☕
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Heat wave? In canada? What does not really happen there 🤣🤣. Everything happens.. 😅. Why break? Thre is nothing wrong in taking a break, self care is best care 🤗and ofcourse we will miss ur posts 🥰 Have a great week too 💕
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Hehe!😂 Yep, it can happen and it is supposed to come back again, for a few days anyway.🥵🙀 There are bad forest fires in most provinces of Canada right now too. Nothing close to us though. My self care is my blogging! It helps to keep my stress down! Thanks Simon!😍😻
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Thats nice to know, not the forest fire😱😱😱… Self care is blogging 🥰. Stay prepared for the upcoming heatwave🔥. Have a Good Thursday 💕
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Thanks Simon! It was a great day, nice, sunny and warm, just perfect. Enjoy your day!😊😻🌞
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great shot of the wasp WOW 🤣😎🙃
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Thanks so much Mr. Ohh!😊😸☕☕
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Picture perfect of the paper wasp , the Dogwood flowers and of course , one of your chipmunks ! Sleep well even if you get a storm ! 😍😻😴❗️
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Thanks so much Sharon! Those wasps are cool critters, though with a bad sting! I hope there will be no storms tonight. It rained most of the day. Have a good night to you!😊😻🌛😴💤
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