For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hi to all my friends out there! All of you my friends! It been long time since I was here, my human be good lately and not do much funny stuff. Kind of boring really. But I keep track so now have things to share. Other day he go for walk and he say it slippery on hills. I ask him why he walk on hills, he say there no choice. I guess that right. Anyway, in one spot he go sliding and legs go straight out in front and he sit down on path and start sliding down hill and right off path into snow. But snow not deep there, it place closer to river. I ask him how close to river. He say it safe distance. Sometimes I wonder if he tell me whole story. But it would have been fun to watch, just imagine the look on his face when legs go ahead of him and he sit down! He need to be more careful, might break camera, not want to do that.

Other day he open can of soup and pour into pot, then he hit pot handle and pot go flying and so does soup. He have mad scramble to catch pot, but too late, soup everywhere. He stand looking at himself and doing human purring. Then he go change clothes. When he come back he step in soup on floor. He just stand there looking. And pull hair. The he go change socks. He does that a lot, should just go barefoot like me. He come back and clean up mess. After he clean floor he stand up and hit head on counter. He do human purring again, always sound so nice. Other day after melting day it frozen day so walkway all ice. My human go walking to check for mail. He start sliding on ice, I watching through window. He waving really fast at me, so I wave back. Now his eyes really open wide, same with mouth, I hear go AAAAAAAA! Now arms go in big circles and he leaning backward, plus he only on one foot now!

Oh my, I laughing so much! Then I look out again and he lying on tummy. How he do that? He leaning backward, should have landed on back, but he land on tummy, that mean he fall opposite way. Too bad I miss that part, would like to see how he do that. Good thing he do that though, his tummy nice and soft, so he not get hurt. He come in holding back. How he hurt back when landing on tummy? So strange. Oh my, there still more yet, but it time to stop, I have to go help my human. He lie down, when he do that I help him by jumping on tummy like kangaroo. He really enjoy that when he have sore back, his eyes open real wide, he pull hair and do human purring, so I know he like it. I using some of my human’s pictures today, just have to remember how to put them in. Oh, now I remember. Bye everyone, see you again soon!
Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
Good morning everyone and welcome back! The coffee is ready, just help yourself and Muffin is sitting here ready to greet to you all. It’s a beautiful mostly sunny morning with a temp of 25F (-4C) and it’s supposed to reach a high of 41F (5C). Such nice weather. Should be good for a walk this afternoon. It was a bit cooler yesterday so I decided it wouldn’t be safe for walking along that path, much too slippery. Even today there will be slippery areas where the trees keep it extra shady. It stays frozen in those particular spots even with the temp well above freezing. I know I talk about winter a lot, but that’s because we get a lot of winter up this way, about 6 months of it, sometimes 7 months. So looking at winter pics for that long a time can get a bit monotonous.

Happens to me too, but oddly enough I never get tired of looking at pics where there is no snow to be seen. They are just nicer. Snowy pics have their beauty, to a point, but it can get to be too much. I need to take more summer pics, hopefully there won’t be so many restrictions this summer so I can get out more for photo opportunities. Jasper was here yesterday eating sunflower seeds and since the temp wasn’t too bad I went out to talk with him. “How’s things going Jasper?” Chip. “Oh, what kind of problems?” Chip. “Sylvie keeps cleaning your house? What’s wrong with that, it’s good to keep it clean.” Loud chip. “Oh, she wants you to help and you prefer to have a ‘lived in’ look. I’m sure she’s just trying to help you and make your place look nicer.” Chip. “Oh, you thought it was nice already.”

Chip. “She wants you to add another room for the nursery? That’s a good idea.” Chip. “Oh, the ground is still frozen and it’s hard to dig. Well, just work at it slowly, you can do it.” Chip. “I sound like Sylvie? Sorry.” Loud chip. “She wants to keep running every day through the trees? Nothing wrong with that, she wants you to stay in shape in case you have to defend your territory.” Loud chip. “Oh, if you keep this up you’ll be too tired to defend your territory. I’m sure all squirrels have these problems, so you won’t have to worry about an invading squirrel having more energy than you.” Chip. “I knew you would agree, yes, Sylvie is a very nice female squirrel.” Chip. “You’re welcome, bye for now.” And off he goes. I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.