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Morning Coffee At Steve’s Country #21.
Good morning everyone on this the shortest day of the year! There’s a nice fresh pot of coffee ready, so please help yourself to a cup and sit back to relax for a few minutes with us. Muffin is bouncing around waiting for your arrival this morning. The shortest day of the year, after this the days begin to get longer once more. Not that it’s very noticeable for awhile yet, but it’s the thought that counts. It feels good just knowing that the days are getting longer. Of course it also means the days will be getting colder. That part doesn’t feel quite so good. But soon the days…um, well, not long from now the…um, well, eventually the days will be getting warmer. It might take awhile, but it will happen, hopefully. Seems like a long ways off though. Four months or so. Anyway, let’s forget about that part for now.
I wonder what happened to Theodore again? He came back that one day and he’s gone again. Very strange turkey that one. Maybe he doesn’t like the brand of sunflower seeds I use? Of course, my bird feeder is a bit small for such a large bird. He must be eating somewhere though, he certainly looked well fed. Oh well, it would take a lot of seeds to feed that turkey anyway, so maybe it’s best he only shows up once in awhile. I think more people are feeding birds this winter. That would explain the erratic behavior of the birds, why they are here one day and not the next. Oh well, we got a little snow overnight and we are supposed to get more tomorrow and Wednesday. That will really make things look more wintry for Christmas.
Both the hairy and downy woodpeckers were here a lot yesterday and they are all getting more brave all the time, so hopefully I can get more pics of them soon. The redpolls are also getting braver which is nice, I would like to get some close up pics of those little birds. There was even a hoary redpoll in with the common redpolls too. I am still trying to get a good pic of one so hopefully she will stick around. It was dark when I put the feeder out this morning and those ducks were flying down to the river already. Everyone trying to get the best fishing spots I guess. Time to get ready to go shopping, I hope you all have a very nice Monday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Little Things #1.
Hello everyone and welcome to our first post in a new series! This one will take turns with my other series, “Art In Nature”. It should have been on Thursday of last week, but things are a bit mixed up right now with Christmas coming and new changes happening on my blog. I will be more regular once the New Year arrives. Anyway, in this series we will look at lots of different little things that we can see if we just slow down long enough to take a look around us. Just like with art in nature, it’s the same thing. There is just so much that we miss these days because we are always in a hurry, running here and there, and we miss out on so much beauty as well as some oddities in the little things around us.
A slight warning though, there will be insects shown from time to time, I know some people don’t like those little critters. But they really can be quite interesting in their different shapes and colors. And so many of them are attracted to the nectar in flowers. Unfortunately some were a bit too small to get a descent picture of them. Not all the little things I show will be real tiny however. But they will generally be things that are rather inconspicuous and so are things that we can very easily walk right past without ever seeing them. Which is a shame because they can be very pretty, interesting and sometimes quite unusual looking.
I have found myself walking along the path down to the river and have missed seeing something on the way down, but do manage to see it on the way back up and I wonder how I could possibly have missed it. Especially when they are not exactly hiding. So it is very easy to miss things. And when we are in a hurry, we miss even more, because we just don’t have “time” to stop and look. But always being in a hurry is not a good thing and can actually be bad for our health. Slowing down and taking some time to stop and look at some of these beautiful little things can bring a lot of enjoyment and happiness. And that can be very good for our health. Well, just a little introduction to our series today, I hope you enjoy the pictures. Have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
