Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Art In Nature #12.
Hello everyone! It’s a real wintry, blustery kind of day here at Steve’s Country. Yesterday’s high temp was 57F (14C) and today it’s 14F (-10C), which is a huge difference in temp from one day to the next. It’s also kind of odd for this time of year, however, up here in the north even odd isn’t odd even. Okay, my attempt at humor wasn’t very good, I admit it. I’ll blame it on the weather!
But it’s certainly a good day to have some fun looking at more art in nature from warmer days. So I picked out some of those warm day pics to share today. Nothing like warm weather to put a smile on our faces and make us happy. But really, why not have a nice smile and be happy even when the weather is miserable? Keep those smiles going every day and you’ll find that you are happier every day as well.
Remember, being happy is really a choice that we make each day. We can choose to be grumpy monsters or be happy as a chipmunk sitting in a pile of peanuts! Or be happy as a gull with a french fry! And yes, gulls do love french fries, probably more than anything else I think. We have chip trucks around town and naturally, they sell french fries. If you want to find one, just look for a flock of gulls, that’s where the chip truck is located.
I bought some french fries one day and started walking down the sidewalk and if felt like I was being watched. I turned around and there was 8 gulls walking in single file behind me. Sigh. So I tossed a french fry to each one and they flew off happy as could be. Now I’m getting hungry. Oh well, I hope you enjoy each of the pics today, have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
It’s Coffee Time #89. Snow and Flowers.
Good morning everyone! There’s a nice fresh pot of hot coffee ready to drink, just help yourself to as much as you want. Well, we certainly had a beautiful day yesterday, it went up to 57F (14C). Right now it is snowing, very strong wind and the temp has been falling, it is now 20F (-7C) and is supposed to continue to fall throughout the day. There’s not much bird activity this morning, but I imagine the small birds are staying in more sheltered areas. Even my gulls have not come around. Last evening it was so nice, I was out bringing the bird feeders in for the night and I stood out on the deck for awhile. It was warm, but windy, and just getting dark. There were thousands of gulls flying around squawking.
It was quite remarkable, the whole flock of them had come back finally. But I think they may have been making arrangements to head back south before this blast of cold came in. Can’t blame them for that. It’s winter again, for a couple days anyway, then it starts to warm up again. Yesterday I was out feeding the chipmunks, Skamper and Pocket were here. Then Chester showed up, first time for him since last year. Pocket is the number 1 chipmunk around here, meaning he’s the boss. Chester is number 2. Poor Skamper was number 4 last year, so right now he’s number 3. Coffee, who was last on the list, hasn’t been around for a few days now. I hope nothing has happened to him. So the other 3 were taking turns on my lap getting peanuts until one time when Skamper was there and Pocket came.
Oh my. Poor Skamper. Pocket jumped on him and they rolled around a bit, one squealed, likely Skamper from being bitten, but finally he broke away and ran off. I had a talk with Pocket about sharing, after all, there’s lots for everyone. Pocket and Chester then had a tumble together. A more equal fight at least, but Pocket was the winner again. Sigh. So much for that talk. Now if Jasper would just accept the chipmunks and let them give the other squirrels a hard time instead. I think that would work out rather well. I must have another talk with Jasper. Not a bird around right now, not even the crows. That’s odd. There was an American Kestrel around yesterday scaring the birds and chipmunks. He’s a small falcon. I tried for a pic but he wouldn’t sit down anywhere close by. Oh well. Have a wonderful day everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
