Midweek Musings. #1

Posted on July 5, 2023 by

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Good morning everyone! It is beautiful and sunny at the moment, though it changes rather rapidly from cloudy to sunny every few minutes it seems. And the cooler weather has returned with a temp of only 54F (12C) this morning, and the high is supposed to be around 64F (18C). Quite a change from two days ago, and it is supposed to stay cooler for the next two weeks.

Perhaps our hot weather is done for this summer. Well, I am sure we will get some more yet. Maybe. For me this is a bit on the chilly side. Kind of like “wearing a jacket” weather. Sigh. But the cooler weather will help slow down the forest fires anyway, and that is a good thing. There are presently 70 wildfires burning in NW Ontario, which is our area.

Grover the Grackle coming in for breakfast with his usual happy smile!

A lot of them are smaller fires, but they can quickly become large fires when the conditions are right. Among some of the larger fires are, 20,000 hectares (49,421 acres), 31,210 hectares (77,122 acres), 32,477 hectares (80,252 acres), 60,395 hectares (149,239 acres), and these are just some of the larger fires, there are several more. That is a lot of forest land being burned once again.

A male Evening Grosbeak enjoying his lunch.

There were not many fires last year, but 2 years ago was one of our worst on record as some of you may remember talking about those huge fires that summer. Wildfires happen, it is part of what happens in nature, however, there are natural fires and there are man made fires. Man made fires are preventable and should be, but unfortunately some people do not think that their little campfire can do any damage and they will light that campfire even when there is a restricted fire zone in effect.

A restricted fire zone means no open fires, period. But people are careless with other things too, like tossing lit cigarettes into dry grass. I have found some like that. If people would think, about half of our fires could be prevented. In a year like this millions of animals die in these wildfires, sometimes people do as well. And it costs millions of dollars every day to fight these fires.

A common House Wren sitting on a post. They are tiny birds, it took me 5 years to finally get a picture of one!

Hmm, I was not even planning to talk about the wildfires today. Just kind of got going. Oh well. It is a bad year, and not just here but right across Canada it is bad. I pray God will bring rain to those fires soon. It is cloudy again, just when I was going to head outside to try for some pics. It happens. I hope you all have a most wonderful day and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

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17 Comments on “Midweek Musings. #1”

  2. We have cooler temps this week…a relief for many people ! Grover makes me smile just looking at his “ smile “ ❗️😍😻 Enjoy your “ friends “ !

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  3. We have quiet a cool summer here. Cloudy and sunny too 27 c feels like 31C life is busy. Im resigning and joining a new company. Got promoted. Hope things will be good at new place. ☺️ And I will be joining fhere by october only. 90 days of notice period. Unavoidable. Hope all is well. Muffin and you. Take care have a good day 💕

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    • Good to hear from you Simon! Sorry to hear things didn’t work out at work, but glad to hear you are getting something better at the new place. Yep, sometimes life does get busy but I hope you are able to get enough rest and relaxing time for you and the family. That is so important or you will burn yourself out. Hope you have a great day Simon and say hi to everyone!😊😻🌞☕☕

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      • I am getring enough time Uncle steve. I am pretty sure I am wasting my time😅. I should stop scrolling this piece of glass in my hand. I reducdd it for a day and I ended up in blog reading. Hope all is well at your end. Take care Uncle Steve💕

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      • That’s good, yes, easy to waste time! I have that problem sometimes too! Everything is going okay here, not much happening really. Thanks Simon!😊😻

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      • Easy to waste time. We have created ourself toys to waste our time. Time is everything. Timing is everything. When I/others ever going to realize that? inevitably Never. Have a good day Uncle Steve 🙂

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      • Yes, I agree, too easy to waste time, but we really don’t have much time, so wasting it is terrible. Enjoy your day Simon!😊😻🌞

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  4. Glad you got some rain. It is beautiful when it is sunny and warmer but a real problem with forest fires. It has been cooler and my hope is no fires close to where I live. It is not fun to eat smoke all summer and see others get evacuated. You are sure to get some better weather before it snows and get some great photos!

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    • Well, it hit a high of 63 today, that is cool even for an overnight low! Too big of a change too fast, hard on the pain. But tomorrow will be a bit warmer. Yes, hot and dry is not good, really makes those fires move fast. Several communities have had to be evacuated which is not fun. All in the far north of our province.
      Yes, still lots of summer left yet for photos, but getting out there is the problem sometimes.
      Have a great evening!😊😸📷

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