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Daily Pics #111.
Good morning to all of you on this Monday morning! Muffin and I are up nice and early today, but for that matter, we usually are up early. Muffin seems especially excited this morning so she is bouncing around looking to play. So we play for awhile until she decides it’s time to get up to the window and wait for the birds, squirrels and chipmunks to show up. I need to get ready for my early morning shopping trip. Actually, shopping at 7 am isn’t really so bad. Not many people at the store. No long lines at the checkout. Getting home in time for breakfast. Make sure I feed Sir George and Lady Pearl before I leave. And the other two or three gulls that come around too. Sometimes I think there is getting to be more of them all the time. But the newcomers are not brave enough to land on the feeder yet. Kind of funny watching them try. Sir George whacked me on the head with his wing again yesterday. He couldn’t wait for me to get out of the way. Then Lady Pearl came down and did the same thing.
And now for today’s summertime sunshine down at the river…
It always has that nice calm feeling to it down there.
This is one of the higher spots overlooking the river and it’s rather steep down to the river on the other side of those trees. Nothing quite like the joys of summertime. I hope you all have a magnificent Monday, keep safe and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics #110.
Good morning everyone on this very beautiful Sunday! Yesterday was a nice day, though not quite as nice as Friday. It did start off milder than we have had yet I think with a temp of 4C (39F). But it cooled off during the day with that return of a strong north wind again, dropping the temp to just above freezing in the afternoon and…snow flurries once more. I must admit to not being very thrilled with seeing snow this time of year. We should be having rain in April with much warmer temps, but this is now the 5th year in a row with colder than normal temps in April. Amazing really. However, on the plus side, the snow melted immediately and the birds, chipmunks and at least one squirrel were busy all day out here bringing much amusement and joy watching them. And then there was a robin who was singing merrily at 10 pm when it was very much dark outside. But he was happy, singing his spring song and it sounded so nice. He must have been quite close since my windows were definitely closed. A little too cool for me to have open windows.
Today I am sharing two pics from my friend Hilary Tan. She is another Canadian blogger, though these pics were taken by her in Singapore…
Both of these pics are of orchids, a truly beautiful flower and apparently easy to grow indoors. I decided to try them and so far they are still alive, but we’ll see if I can get them to bloom again.
I hope you all enjoy your Sunday, please keep safe everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod. (not including the orchid pics by Hilary).
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