Steve`s Country
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Off My Schedule.
Hi everyone! My schedule is really off these days, really mixed up, which is terrible. But I hope to get things straightened out soon and have a new schedule ready to go. It started snowing earlier this morning, not too serious, about 3 1/2 inches (8.75cm) so far, but it is still snowing a bit. It should stop later though and then start over again tomorrow with another 3 or 4 inches forecast. Then Thursday there should be a bit more.
But starting Wednesday it will get a bit colder for us, with lows at night of -22F (-30C) and perhaps a bit colder. Not as bad as it could be, but still too cold for me. I’m a summer warmth person, not a winter cold person. I think I may have mentioned that once or twice over the years. A lonely, warm, tropical island sounds better every winter. It is a nice dream anyway. I like to dream, it’s fun, and it’s warm. The birds are very busy today, trying hard to eat the seeds before they get covered with snow. And they are doing a good job too.
A downy woodpecker came to one of the suet feeders and was enjoying himself, until the larger hairy woodpecker came along. That was the hairy woodpecker’s favorite feeder, so he chased the little downy off. No problem, the downy just went down the line to feeder #2. Hairy spotted him and went over and chased him off that one and took over, feasting away. The downy was not going to give up however, and went back to the first feeder, but on the other side, so the hairy could not see him.
It worked very well and both ate contentedly after that. A red-breasted nuthatch was on suet feeder #3 at the same time and several chickadees were waiting in line for their turn. One chickadee went on feeder #3 with the nuthatch. The nuthatch tried to scare it off by spreading his wings to make himself look bigger, but the chickadee did not do anything but eat. So the nuthatch went back to eating as well. Must be time for more coffee, this is a good coffee day. Have a nice warm day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin. (top featured image shows some of my feeders and the extensions needed to make them legal, looking out over the neighbors yard)
©2021 Steve McLeod.
Muffin’s Christmas, A Fun Poem.
Muffin’s Christmas
Christmas time, just the day before,
Shopping is done, do we need more?
Our socks are hung, over the chair,
Hope they have dried, once Santa gets there.
Muffin is expecting, toys piled high,
Her toys are so many, I just sigh.
But though she has toys galore,
Knowing her, she always wants more.
Evening comes, we light up the tree,
A simple time, for her and me.
Night is here, and we’re off to bed,
Not before 5, is what I said.
I’m sure she heard, as down we lay,
But it matters not, what I say.
2 am, she bounces around,
Not yet, I said, and hold my ground.
She looks at me, lies down again,
She likely thinks, I’m hard to train.
It’s 4 am, now what to do?
Muffin jumps, like a kangaroo.
Up we get, I light up the tree,
Muffin runs around, quite happily.
Our socks are first, filled to the top,
Muffin just runs, not wanting to stop.
Gifts are next, we open them fast,
The paper she wants, it is the best.
Time to eat, and to settle down,
I am sure I saw, Muffin frown.
I reach to give Muffin her food,
And hit my head hard, that’s not good.
So as I sit, and go tweet tweet,
Muffin helps me, my food she eats.
Now it is over, once more done,
But Merry Christmas, everyone!
©2021 Steve McLeod.
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