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Daily Pics #243.
Good morning to everyone! It is a nice, sunny morning once again and there is a south wind blowing lightly which means warm weather to return today! It’s going all the way up to 73F (23C) today, but tomorrow’s high temp for the day will be a bit cooler. Jasper and the chipmunks are having fun again this morning. Poor Jasper. He has a slight problem. He’s bigger than the chipmunks. Specifically, his back end is quite a bit bigger. So the chipmunks run in and out of all the milk crates quite easily while being chased. Jasper has problems, he doesn’t fit quite so easily. The morning he kind of got stuck on one and dragged it a bit before he broke free. The chipmunk was gone by that time. Naturally.
Actually he was just hiding behind a flower pot until Jasper left. Next time Jasper came back there was 3 chipmunks so the chase was on! But one chipmunk hid behind a flower pot and while Jasper was trying to chase the other 2, he came out, got his peanuts and left. This happened twice. Those chipmunks are starting to cooperate. Or some are just taking advantage of a good situation. While Jasper was chasing a chipmunk he flew off the deck again and one of the blue jays came down, went in the peanut box, grabbed a peanut and flew off just as Jasper came back. That got Jasper so the chase was on, way up the tree. Meanwhile the chipmunks were taking the remainder of the peanuts. Nothing left when Jasper came back so I put some more out. A chipmunk heard that and came up on the deck right away.
Poor Jasper. Instead of taking a peanut he decided to chase the chipmunk. Another chipmunk came, got his peanuts and left, with Jasper right behind him. So another chipmunk came, got his peanuts and left. With Jasper right behind him. The chipmunk made a sharp turn behind a flower pot. So did Jasper, except he turned to soon and went head first into the flower pot. He sat there, shook his head a bit, then came back, got his peanut and left. However, he did get about half of the next batch of peanuts, so he did okay. He may not agree. I hope you enjoy today’s 2 different bright flowers, have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics #242.
Good morning on this very chilly, but sunny Saturday! Those poor hummingbirds. It must be getting cold for them these days and there is colder weather coming up. Guess I will have to take down my hummingbird feeder soon. I don’t leave it up too late as it encourages the hummingbirds to stay later than they normally would. That can make it hard for them migrating southward as there will soon not be many flowers left for them to get nourishment along the way. In places where there are more people and towns then it’s not so much of a problem as there is usually a good supply of flowers and people with hummingbird feeders to help them along their way. But up here that is not the case.
Speaking of cool, I was outside for a while this morning, coffee in insulated cup to keep it nice and warm, which would have worked okay except it has no lid, it broke the last time I used it. What are the chances of it landing upside down on a sharp rock and cracking the lid in about 550 different directions? So the coffee cooled off rather quickly. Anyway, I was out there for awhile watching Jasper and the chipmunks to see if anything fun would happen. I was not disappointed. There was one chipmunk in the box getting peanuts. Three others came up on the deck at the same time. Jasper came up the steps just then and came running nicely across the deck and spotted one of the chipmunks that had just come up. The chase was on! Except there were 3 chipmunks and every time Jasper came around a box or a flower pot there was a chipmunk going in a different direction. Poor Jasper. He just didn’t know what to do. He kept going back and forth, around in circles but the chipmunks were not giving up and leaving like they normally would.
Finally they all stopped behind something so Jasper couldn’t see them. Jasper also stopped and looked around around. The chipmunk in the box was gone, but a new one had taken his place. Jasper went inside the box, obviously not expecting a chipmunk to be inside too. Poor Jasper. The chipmunk jumped straight up and landed on Jasper which made Jasper panic and he ended up running around inside the box including right upside down! The chipmunk went out one door and Jasper went out the other door. Jasper then stopped, went back, peered inside the box, looked around outside the box, then went in grabbed a peanut and ran away. He was probably hoping that no one saw that.
The above featured image showing maple leaves have begun changing color. Then we have a pic of Jasper with a dirty face yesterday, he must have been digging. Then lastly we have a pic of Skamper on my knee with one large peanut in his cheek. He put another one in the other cheek, then one in his mouth and off he went. Have a wonderful Saturday everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
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