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Art In Nature #13.
Hello again everyone on this beautiful, sunny spring day! It’s soon time to get out for a nice walk to the river, but first let’s take a look at some more of our beautiful nature’s art that can be found anywhere, even in cities. Now the art might be different in cities than in smaller towns and country locations, but it’s still there. Just stop and look around instead of being in a hurry all the time.
Now talk about a work of art! These blueberries just above are beautiful to look at, and they were also very delicious to eat! Okay, these are definitely a more country pleasure, but still, real art in nature…You will find that stopping to look at the art in nature will actually help you to stay calm and have much less stress in your life.
And in the pic above we have some Saskatoon berries. Definitely another work of art in nature, and the nice ripe purple ones were also delicious! Although I don’t really care for the large seed inside, but for taste, it’s great…And it’s true, nature has that natural calming effect on us, even just a small bit of nature. Perhaps looking at the trees along the street. Many cities are planting more trees and putting in green spaces wherever they can because it really does help people.
And in the pic above we have some ripe wild raspberries. There was a lot of them last year, but these were the only ones I saw that actually made it to the ripe stage. A lot of wild critters like to eat them before they get ripe, such as my friendly chipmunks, who don’t seem to mind climbing around those prickly plants….
And by helping to reduce stress, it also helps make our bodies healthier as well. Good reasons to get out more and take a look around us to see what we can find. There is a lot of beauty around outside and just going for a short walk each day is a good thing in itself. It’s just good to be outside as much as we can. I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
Coffee Time #94. I’m Being Watched.
Good morning everyone on this beautiful Tuesday! Grab yourself some coffee and relax while I tell about my morning. The raccoons have been out and running around for a while now, so I have to bring my hanging feeders inside at night. Now, there’s one I made which is a bit more awkward to bring in and I noticed the raccoons could barely reach it. So I put it out a bit farther and figured it would be safe, so I have been leaving in outside and just bringing in my hanging tube feeder. No problems lately. Good, it works. I go out this morning at 5:45 to put food out for the birds, it’s daylight and the birds are waking up.
When I got outside however, I got this feeling which happens sometimes. It’s like I’m being watched. I look around but there’s nothing out there except some small birds. I hung up the tube feeder, then noticed my other feeder was ripped apart. Crazy raccoons, now I have to fix it. The gulls showed up, so I went back inside and got food for them. Still had that weird feeling though. At 7 am there was a bunch of noise on the deck. Muffin jumped up to the window and was immediately scared. That means a bear.
Sure enough, a bear was out there and broke my tube feeder to pieces. Sigh. Now I have to buy another feeder. So much for bringing them inside to keep them safe at night. This is during the day. Sigh. Then what does he do? He lies down on my deck, kind of curled up and started to wash himself. On my deck. After breaking 2 of my feeders. It was obviously this critter that broke the other feeder, not the raccoons. And this bear is the reason for that weird feeling. He was out there earlier watching me, I just didn’t see him. Happens every time I get that feeling, either a bear or a wolf. Now this was too much, so out I went and chased him off my deck.
This wasn’t a large bear, just a smaller one, but any bear is dangerous, they are wild animals and should never be trusted. They will generally run from people, like this one did, which is amazing considering their size and strength. But that word “generally” is important, because they don’t always run from people. Bears do kill people, up in this area there were 2 people killed by black bears last year. Anyway, I got a few pics, but they are not very good as you can see. These are old windows and doing an angle shot just doesn’t work so good. Sorry for the messy deck too, haven’t done my spring cleaning yet! I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
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