Steve`s Country
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Wandering Through Wednesday. #4
Good morning to all of you! I hope your day is going well. It is a nice morning here, some cloud, some blue sky showing and a much milder day for us. Right now it is 0F (-18C), but it is very windy which actually makes it feel like -31F (-35C). But the wind is from the south so it is bringing in milder temps for us today. We are also supposed to get a little snow, maybe an inch (2.5cm), which is nothing really. So hopefully I can get a walk down to the river again today, although with that wind it will be a bit chilly once I get down there out in the open.
It is hard to hear the birds when it is so windy though, but that is okay, it’s still a nice walk. I did get much sleep last night, technical difficulties is what I like to call it, this time it means me. Then at midnight that little deer came up on the deck to look for seeds. Because it was still very cold at the time, it is very noisy as the deer walk on the deck with all that horrible scrunching sound of the frozen snow. And the noise is amplified on that wood deck.
Then Junior obviously came along too and that little deer took off rather quickly being chased by Junior. Then he came back, but the few seeds that were out there were eaten by the little deer. I should give that one a name I guess. Anyway, Junior found Jasper’s “hidden” peanuts in the bucket so he feasted on those instead. I must remember to remove the remaining peanuts at night. I did not get out of bed to watch all of this, so how do I know what was going on?
They are the only two deer that come on the deck. And it was easy to tell that Junior had found the peanuts. Poor Jasper, he is going to wonder what happened to all of his peanuts he had nicely hidden. After Junior left the other deer came back, but quickly left when he found there was nothing more to eat. Then I woke up at 5:55am. It felt like I had just fallen asleep. But I was awake, so I got up. I know better than to try and go back to sleep once I wake up. It just does not work for me.
I probably managed to get 4 hours sleep, which is just not enough. Oh well, these things happen. There are lots of birds here again, or I should say, there were, something has scared them again, so right now all I can see are a few chickadees. But all of them were here an hour ago. It appears to be completely cloudy now. Muffin is having her morning nap and I am ready for more coffee. I hope you all have a most wonderful Wednesday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin. (top image is a few common redpolls on the feeder)
©2022 Steve McLeod.
The Investigators, Inc. Mystery Of The Beginning. Chapter 16.
“That is happening more often now,” said Carine, “maybe we should move right away.” “That is fine with me,” I said smiling. “But first I must tell you more about myself,” she said, “maybe you will not want to move with me.” “You already have told me enough,” I said, “you have changed now, your past is past, what is important is your present and future.” “You are remarkable man Bernard,” said Carine, and she laughed, “if you have a wife, she will claw me to pieces maybe.” When she said that I saw that blond woman again and the word “cat” came to mind. She was so plain, so real, but yet I could not see her face.
And there was that gray cat again too with her. I told Carine. “Hmm, I think maybe you do have a wife for sure, or maybe a girlfriend, and this gray cat is hers or yours,” said Carine, “but it is odd she has not come looking for you, nothing on the news, no posters anywhere, though in this neighborhood posters are not welcome.” “I do not know what it means,” I said, “but I think it is time for me to stop worrying about my past and just start my life over again. But is that even possible? Without ID I cannot even get a job anywhere.”
“No need to worry about a job right now Bernard,” said Carine, “I will make enough money for the two of us and pay for our room too. Then we talk about these things later once we are settled.” “Yes, maybe you are right,” I said, “I know one thing, I want to get away from this city as soon as possible. How will we ship all of your furniture?” “None of this is mine Bernard,” she said, “only clothes, towels and my duvet. But the room we rent has everything we need, so we just need to bring our clothes. You will take my brother’s clothes, they are good quality and they fit you well.” So we started to make our plans and Carine bought train tickets to our new town. We leave tomorrow, 13 days after we first met.
Meanwhile…But for my PI team it is now 15 days that they have been looking for me, without results of any kind. “Okay team,” said Baldwin, “time for another meeting. So far it has been 15 days with no evidence of Steve whatever, but I am not going to suggest we give up, we can keep on going as long as you like. But I must leave for a couple of days for some meetings. Chung has decided to go back to the clinic where he has more equipment to use in finding out what drug might have been used on Steve.”
“I understand Baldwin,” said Kat, “you have done so much for us and you do have important companies that need your attention at times.” “I wish I could stay,” he added, “but spend whatever you need to in order to find Steve.” Meow,meow.=Me want to keep looking, but getting so tired and feet get so sore now. Meow.=Yep, me too, feet bleed every day now. “It is hard,” said Kat, “maybe we need to rest for a couple of days.” “That is a good idea,” added Annelie, “if we get too tired we just might miss something important.”
“I wanted to mention that too,” said Rock, “if you push yourself too much, you will end up getting sick.” “I think that might be my problem now,” said Kat. She tried to get up and fell to the floor unconscious. Rock carried her to one of the beds and Chung looked at her. Jennifer tried to follow, but she too fell to the floor and Rock put her on the bed next to Kat. Chung came back out, “they have not been eating or sleeping well, they are very sick, need to be in hospital for a while,” he said. “I do not think any of you girls have been eating or sleeping right,” said Baldwin, “so it is time for a break, before everyone is sick.”
“You have lost some weight too Baldwin,” said Annelie with a grin. “That’s different,” he answered, “I needed to lose some weight anyway.” “But not so fast maybe,” said Chung smiling. “There is no way to take a break here,” said Kristina, “if we are here then we will keep looking.” “Yes, that is right,” said Chung, “maybe go home for a while, take rest, come back refreshed, maybe find more clues then.” So they all went back to the chateau, except Kat and Jennifer, they ended up in the clinic for a few days first. But how will they find me when they get back? Carine and I will be long gone by then, on a whole new journey.
Please join us tomorrow as we continue our story.
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