Steve`s Country
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Daily Pics #185.
Good morning and Happy Friday everyone! Another fabulous morning and our warmest morning yet. It was so beautiful on the deck this morning I didn’t want to come back in, but then I wouldn’t be able to do my Daily Pics! Sir George and Lady Pearl were the first gulls here this morning and between them they cleaned up every crumb of food I put out there. The crows came down to an empty feeder which they were not too happy about. Those chipmunks and squirrels have good hearing, I put out peanuts for them, but quietly and right away the first little chipmunk head poked up over the side of the deck. Two chipmunks got their share before the squirrel caught on that there was peanuts out now. The chipmunks hang around under the bird feeders looking for sunflower seeds that they drop. I think they especially like it when the male hairy woodpecker shows up, he is always dropping lots of seeds. One way or another the seeds get eaten.
Yesterday was just so nice down at the river, it’s always a bit cooler down there. My friendly pelicans were not around though, I think they kept hoping I would feed them, so maybe they have moved on elsewhere. Mother mallard duck and her family of little ones were there, if it’s the same family she has lost a few babies, she only had 5 instead of 9 like the other day. But it could have been a different family too, a lot of ducks and geese raise their families on the river. And while I was enjoying the view a mother squirrel came along with a baby, he was about two thirds her size and he stopped to check me out while the mother kept on going down the path. The baby soon followed though. Most likely she was looking for a new territory for him where she will then leave him to start his own life.
Well, we are back to some peonies again today, two more different pink ones for you to enjoy. I think there is only one other peony I haven’t shown yet. The light pink peony is 7 inches (17.5cm) across, the darker pink one is about 5 inches (12.5cm) across. I hope you all have a wonderful Friday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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10 Of My Favorite Feelings Tag, #1, 2 And 3!
Hi everyone and welcome to a new tag! Well, it is for me anyway. Though it is similar to the 10 things that make me happy tag. And here I had never gotten this tag before and then I got three in a row! Not bad at all. The first came from Barb, and the next was from Tangie, and the third tag was from Simon! Thank you so much to all three of you for thinking of me, and I’m sure Muffin as well, for this great tag! This has to be one of the easiest tags to follow and do, there’s really no rules! Well, okay, maybe a couple.
The Rules:
1. List 10 of your favorite feelings.
2. Tag 10 other bloggers.
10 Of My Favorite Feelings:
- Having Muffin curled up on my lap or beside me in bed purring. That is an amazing, calming and tension fighting feeling that can’t be beat!
- Muffin: Being “scritched” and petted by my human, nothing better!
- Sitting outside on my deck early on a summer morning watching as the sun rises and bathes everything in it’s glistening brightness.
- Muffin: Sleeping in my patch of sunshine on a cool day.
- That first cup of coffee in the morning.
- Muffin: Running as fast as I can around the apartment!
- Sitting beside the river on a warm, sunny summer afternoon. The beauty is just amazing.
- Muffin: Licking the margarine off my human’s potatoes!
- Having a chipmunk curled up in my arms hiding until the danger has passed.
- Muffin: Watching all the funny faces my human makes when he kicks the table leg!
- Having a little bird sit on my hand. Hard to describe just how cool that feels.
- Muffin: Watching my human jump around on one leg after stepping on egg he dropped on floor!
- Having a nice clean and organized apartment.
- Muffin: Messing things up a little bit to make it looked “lived in”!
- Having so many friends far and near.
- Muffin: Plus our family that is so dear! Hmm, my human is my family and I not trade him for anyone!
Hmm, I guess we went a little beyond 10 things but that’s okay, I guess we could have made it all the way to 30, ten for each tag, but that might make it a bit long. There are just so many things that could be listed, and I have actually done other posts on that very subject. And I will do more I’m sure.
And now for the people to tag for this wonderful tag:
I’m going to do this differently and tag more people by doing so, if your first name begins with any of the letters A to M, then you are tagged! Please have fun with it, but also, there is no pressure if you do not want to participate. But if you do, please link back to me so I can be sure and read your list. Thanks once more to to Barb, Tangie and Simon for tagging me for this, it is much appreciated! I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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