Thank You Everyone!

Hello to you all on this thrilling Thursday!  We hit a new milestone this morning for our Daily Pics, this being day 100!  But, even better, we also topped 700 followers as well!  I never thought that number would ever be achieved but here it is!!  And it’s all thanks to YOU, my 703 followers of Steve’s Country!  Muffin and I are overwhelmed that you have chosen to follow along with us each day with our many adventures, and a few misadventures.

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Sir George last summer, hasn’t changed a bit.

We have enjoyed getting to know so many of you in so many different places around this big world that we all live on together.  You are more than just readers and followers, you are friends.  And I have had the pleasure of actually meeting some of you in person as well.  And we have heard from so many of you saying how much you like it here.  This is a blog that is a bit different than others.  A place to get a few laughs.  A place to wander around the world of nature with us.  A place to relax for a few minutes from the cares and stresses around us.  And that’s what Steve’s Country is all about.

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Mama Chip last year.

And I’m also so glad that many have said that they feel right at home here too, and that is just great.  Muffin and I enjoy our coffee times where we get to sit and enjoy our time together, getting to know one another and relax with a cup of coffee, or tea, hot chocolate, milk tea, we have it available.

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Chipper.

And, of course, our new mystery story series has become very popular with Muffin and I sharing the role of private investigators, though I think Muffin is definitely the star of the series.  And there will be a new story coming up on Monday taking us to another new and exciting location.  I hope you will enjoy that one as well.  Muffin is already packing for the trip.  She likes to be prepared for anything.

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I’m not much for selfies, but since Rusty was willing to pose with me I decided to do it.

Again, thank you so very much everyone for all of your support for Steve’s Country, we are so happy to have you here with us!  Stay home, stay safe, have a wonderful day and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

© 2020 Steve McLeod.

Daily Pics #100!

Good morning everyone!  I really hope you are all feeling well today.  And here we are at day 100 for the year 2020 and that means 100 days for Daily Pics this year as well.  I definitely needed to take more flower pics last summer, just wasn’t thinking about the idea of a daily pics post at the time.  And now with this virus around and parks being closed, it might be hard to get many pics this year.  Unless this virus and restrictions don’t last long.  Oh well, I’ll think of something.  Anyway, I will be making a few changes for the next little while, so I hope you will still enjoy the selection of pics each day.  Well, that new snow nearly all melted yesterday.  I’m sure the birds were happy with that.  Oddly, I didn’t see any chipmunks yesterday, guess they took one look at the new snow and decided to stay indoors.  Smart little critters.

And since this is day 100, I thought we would have a few more pics than usual.  So butterflies are the object today…

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Starting with the tiger swallowtail butterfly enjoying some nourishment from lilacs.IMG_4828

Here we have the Harris’ checkerspot sitting on a buttercup.IMG_5514

Another look at a silver bordered fritillary sitting on a delphinium.IMG_7509

And lastly, a mourning cloak, sitting on a log.  Guess this one wasn’t hungry.  Please continue to join us tomorrow as we begin the next 100 days of Daily Pics!

Please stay safe everyone, have a wonderful day and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

© 2020 Steve McLeod.