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The Real Neat Blog Award, #5 & #6.
Hello everyone and here we are with another award, times 2! And a great big thank you to Mrs. Holliman and Eshal for nominating me for this wonderful award! This is an award that I don’t get very often so that makes it exciting. Although for me, all awards are exciting! If you have not checked out the blogs of these two wonderful people then now is your opportunity to do so. Don’t forget to say “hi” and give them a follow as well! Thank you again Mrs. Holliman and Eshal!
The Rules:
1. Display the blog award logo in your blog.
2. Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you.
3. Do not forget to link to their blogging website.
4. Answer all the questions they have given you.
5. Nominate 7 to 10 bloggers of your choice.
6. Ask them 7 questions.
Mrs. Holliman’s Questions:
- What is your favorite camping place if you go camping? Any of our smaller lakes where it’s nice and private, when I used to go camping.😁😸🏞
- What is your favorite book that you would recommend people to read? I’ll give two, the Bible and “A Closer Look At The Evidence” by Richard and Tina Kleiss.😄📘📚
- What Bible verse did you find the most inspiring recently? Psalm 78:53 “And he led them on safely so that they feared not”.🙂
- What does encouragement mean to you? That could have a range of different meanings, but let’s say: give someone confidence, lift up their spirit, helping someone, giving support in a time of need, being there for someone, perhaps just listening to them and so much more.😄😸
- What is the funniest thing your child did that you can’t stop laughing? I don’t have any children so can’t answer this one.😕 Meow.😺 Just a minute Muffin. Meow!😼 No, she’s talking about children, kids.🤔 MEOW!😾😾 Wait!😲 Right, Muffin counts doesn’t she?🤔 The other day she was sleeping on her bed and she fell off and landed on top of one of my plants. The shocked look on her face! Priceless.😂😂😹😹
- What do you hope for in life? To write a book.🤔😄📚
- What is your favorite dessert? Something I can no longer have: Coronation butterscotch pie!, second place: Butterscotch banana cream pie! YUM!😋😋😋
Eshal’s Questions:
- When did something start out badly for you but in the end, it was great? Hmm, tough question. 🤔 Um.🙄 Meow. 😺 In a minute Muffin. Meow!😾 Wait, not my feet! Meow, meow=my life start off bad, but turn out good with my very own new human!😸😻😻😽
- What food is delicious but a pain to eat? Meow, meow=Food is pain to eat?🙀 Very strange behavior. If it food, it is good, simple.😸
- What is the most amazing slow motion video you’ve seen? Can’t remember anything too exciting. Meow, meow=What is slow motion? I move fast motion!😹😹😼😼🏃♂️🏃♂️
- What makes you roll your eyes every time you hear it? When people ask me if I have seen something particular on Youtube.🙄🙄 I have no time for that. Life is too short. So much to do and explore. Meow=me agree.😸😀
- What’s your cure for hiccups? Get someone to step on your toes.😳 Meow=Bite foot.😼
- What movie quotes do you use on a regular basis? None. Meow=what is quotes?🐱🐱
- What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now? Using common sense. Meow!=That good one!😹😹😂😂
Now, Questions For My Nominees:
- If you had an all expense paid vacation for 2 weeks, where would you go?
- If you were given $5,000.00 and were told you had to spend it all in one hour, what is the first thing you would buy?
- Do you like gardening?
- Do you like hiking?
- Do you like to travel?
- Have you ever traveled outside of your own country?
- Would you rather live in a city, town, or in the country?
Now, My Nominees:
If your first name begins with A, E, I, O, or U, then you are nominated! I hope that some of you will consider accepting the nomination and if so, please let me know! However, there is no pressure to do this award.
Well, I do hope you are all enjoying your weekend, please stay safe and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Daily Pics #144.
Good morning everyone! It is a cloudy morning, very heavy cloud so it is quite dark out here as I sit with my morning coffee and listen to all the birds singing. It’s a rather strange morning. Only one of my gulls showed up today, that was Sir Henry, he’s the third friendliest of the herring gulls. No little birds coming to the feeders. It actually becomes very quiet for a while. Just not normal for an early morning in May. It should be positively alive with bird activity out there. Even the crows only stopped in briefly. A phoebe begins singing it’s name not too far away. I can’t see him though. The leaves are getting bigger making it harder to see the little birds now. A little wren starts to sing in the cherry tree next door. Looks like they will probably nest there again this year.
They can be a terrible little bird, deliberately destroying the eggs of other birds nesting in “their” territory. Providing they can find the nests. Our little chipping sparrows always have a successful nesting here, and song sparrows. Doesn’t look like we will have the song sparrow this year, but we might have a pair of white-throated sparrows. Had a nice surprise yesterday. A catbird showed up sitting in the apple tree. They also nest somewhere close by each year. They actually do have a call that sounds much like a cat meowing. They are also good at mimicking other bird songs. I hope to get a pic of one this year if they hang around. Not easy to get them out in the open though.
And now for today’s pics to share with you…
The wild strawberries, above, are blooming everywhere now, should be another good crop of them this year.
In the above photo is another look at the spring azure butterfly with it’s wings at least partially open this time, showing off it’s beautiful color.
Time for another cup of coffee. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend, stay safe and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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