Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Coffee At Steve’s Country #1.
Good morning and Happy New Year everyone!! The coffee is ready so help yourself and join Muffin and I for a few minutes to relax a bit! Muffin is bouncing with excitement this morning, and I mean she really is! Plus she keeps looking over to the door waiting for you all to arrive. It is heavy clouds again, but mild, with a temp of 20F (-7C) which is fantastic for us on January 1st. It has been mild like this many times over the years, but still not normal for us. A normal temp would be closer to -20F (-29C) and one time I can remember it being -54F (-48C) on New Year’s day. We had about the same amount of snow as we have now that day and I went out for a nice long walk. Nearly froze too. Oh well. I used to do strange things at one time. But that wasn’t the coldest day I went for a walk.
The birds are slow waking up today, so far I have only seen the chickadees and a couple of blue jays. Plus I notice that Jasper is running away with a peanut. Hmm, the redpolls have just arrived, not too many yet but hopefully all of them will be here soon. There was around 40 of them yesterday. I was never able to count above 32, but I know there was still more in the trees when those at the feeder flew, scared by something that wasn’t. They are nervous little birds and tend to fly at the slightest movement. Well, here we are, 2021. A new year. A new start. A new beginning. Which is why I chose these particular pics today as they represent a new beginning. We can all do our part to make this a great year, or a terrible year. The choice is ours. Don’t sit back and mumble and grumble because things are bad. Take time each day to look at all the good things in your life. Then choose to go out into the day with a smile and a good attitude.
The evening grosbeaks have just arrived, those bright yellow birds are fantastic. I know, I have said it before and I will likely say it again. That’s me. My daily coffee post, with slight name change, will continue to be here. My Investigations story will be back as well, on Mon, Wed., and Friday. There will be a slight name change there also. My posts, Little Things and Art In Nature will be on Tuesday each week, but will be on alternate weeks. My Country Cabin Journal will be on Thursday each week, and perhaps on Saturday at times.
Other things will get tossed in here and there, like awards, DIY posts, poems and other misc posts, since those things don’t show up very often. Several will fall under the title, Steve’s Fun Stuff, such as part 2 of our games post. Almost forgot (Muffin is sitting here looking at me with eyes half closed, which does not mean she’s tired), Muffin’s Mewsings will be here on Sundays. Whew, that was close. Hmm, this got a little long this morning, sorry about that. We hope that you will continue to enjoy coming to read whichever is your favorite post of the day! I really do hope that you all have a fantastic year with many blessings and much joy! God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
The Blogmas Tag!
Hello everyone and welcome back! Just before Christmas I was tagged by Ribana for this Blogmas Tag and I usual I’m a bit late. However, we are still in the holiday period so I’m still sort of on time with this one. Kind of. A little bit. Maybe. Oh well. Anyway, thank you so much for thinking of Muffin and I for this tag Ribana!! If you haven’t been to Ribana’s site before then now is your chance and you will find some fantastic recipes, lots of history about our different foods (and believe me, Ribana digs into that history and comes out with so much wonderful information), plus all of her travel posts which are even better than her food posts, if that’s possible. And there is much more besides.
Here are the rules for the Blogmas Tag:
- Thank the person who tagged you and link to their post.
- Put the rules at the beginning of introduction.
- Answer the 12 questions.
- Tag 12 people to do the tag.
- Create all new questions of your own to ask the people you tag.
Ribana’s Questions:
- What Christmas means to you? “And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2: 10,11. KJV.
- Do you feel Christmas’ magic? With the definition of the word “magic”= wonder, joy, peace, then yes, I certainly do! Meow,meow!=Me too, me too!😁😸
- Favourite Christmas movies? A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim. You may disagree, but I think he plays Scrooge better than anyone!😳🙀
- What do you do on Christmas Day? Get up real early,🕯 open presents with Muffin,🎄 play with Muffin with all the wrapping paper (meow,meow!=The funnest part is the paper shredding time!😹 But my human needs to move faster so his feet and hands don’t get scratched so much, all that blood this year!)🙀😲
- Do you make Christmas gifts? Yes, I have made gifts. I think homemade gifts are great and special! Meow,meow!=And me help too! But my human need to be more careful, all that blood when we make things, plus those big purple spots!🙀😳😹
- What do you think about Christmas on a tropical island? A DREAM COME TRUE!!😃🌴🌴 meow?😺 YES MUFFIN, IT WOULD BE!😁 MEOW?😾 Oh, naturally I would bring you along! Our own tropical island, with a nice little cottage to stay in. meow? Yes, food too.😂😹
- Do you have a favourite dish that you only eat on Christmas Day? Oh my, I don’t eat dishes,😳 they are so hard…meow😺…just a minute Muffin, and crunchy…Meow😼…just wait Muffin, I’m almost finished, and I would lose all my favorite dishes…MEOW!😾 okay Muffin. whisper, whisper.😺 Are you sure? 🤔 Meow.😺 Oh, how embarrassing.😬 Um, yes, turkey with mashed potatoes and broccoli and cauliflower! Meow,meow.=He embarrass me a lot. Sigh.🙀
- Did you believe in Santa Clause when you were little? Meow!=Any Santa Clause break into our house he going to feel Muffin’s claws!! End of that!😾😾
Well, that’s it for this tag! Since it is kind of late I’m not going to tag anyone for this, but, if you would like to do it, then please go right ahead and use Ribana’s questions and have some fun! Thank you once again Ribana for tagging us! Meow,meow!=Me thank you too, lots of fun! We hope you all have a most wonderful and Happy New Year!!
Steve and Muffin. 😸😄
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