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Daily Pics #146.
Good morning everyone and Happy Monday to you! It is a nice mild morning once again. However, I am not sitting outside today since I will be heading out to do some shopping shortly. It’s actually quite nice to go shopping so early in the morning, no crowds to deal with, which is perfect for me. Shopping is not exactly something that I enjoy, so the less people there is, the better. Muffin just gives me that half sleepy look as if to say, “such strange behavior”. But really, she’s okay with it, just make sure I don’t forget her food. That would not be good. For me.
Well, it seems that nearly all of our birds are back from the south now. The cedar waxwings showed up yesterday and they are one of the last to come back. Nighthawks are always last on the list to return and also the first to leave. Usually they are here only 2 and a half months. They are an interesting bird, not a hawk at all, they eat just insects. Which is why they don’t spend much time here in the north. They can actually eat a lot of insects each night. They are a nocturnal bird, only out during the night, except sometimes during migration. I like listening to their buzzing sound at night, a true part of summer.
And now for some more spring pics to share with you and everything is popping so fast now…
In the above pic we have the beautiful smooth yellow violet. This is a very common type violet in this area and one of the first to bloom.
And in this pic is the pretty little viola, the first of the season, adding it’s wonderful color to the spring landscape.
Everything is taking shape, getting set for summer, which for us begins June 1st, unlike the calendar version which is more for southern locations. I hope you all have a marvelous Monday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics #145.
Good morning everyone and Happy Sunday! It is another mild and calm morning here at Steve’s Country. A perfect morning to sit on the deck with a cup of coffee and enjoy the sights and sounds of nature. Even Muffin is enjoying this too, although from inside the apartment. But she is so happy these days, her window can be open day and night now and I’m sure she must spend most of the night at the window enjoying her sights and sounds too. I’m sure she probably gets to see a lot of different things during the night. Which is why I keep getting trampled most nights as she runs from her window into the bedroom, onto the bed, across me and up to the bedroom window to see whatever it was she saw. Probably another cat.
Or perhaps those famous bandits with the huge tails, commonly referred to as raccoons. Possibly even that fox that comes around here sometimes, maybe more often than I realize. At least she’s happy and that means I’m happy. Of course if this warmer weather doesn’t continue, then her window will get closed at night and she might not be quite so happy. But I won’t worry about that just now. I am curious though to know what she does see and hear at night. Almost tempting enough to make me stay up one night to find out. Except there might not be anything exciting that night. Sigh. I’ll just sleep at night instead, even if I do get trampled the odd time. I’m trying out the new WP editor today so if things don’t turn out quite right, that’s the reason.
And now for some pictures from my friend Hilary Tan of some orchids from Singapore…
These orchids are simply beautiful and it would be something to visit these orchid gardens in person. And now we will finish off with one more pic from another friend, shown below.
And there we have our beautiful photos for today, I’m sure you will enjoy them. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday, stay safe and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Copyright 2020 Steve McLeod (not including the two photos by Hilary Tan or the one by ciccophoto which are covered by their own copyrights)
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