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Daily Pics #96.
Good morning everyone on this nice sunny Sunday morning! It is a bit cool again but certainly not like yesterday morning and it should actually do some real melting today. Everything is still covered with a thick layer of ice. Small icicles hang from some of the tree branches which are still covered with ice. My deck started to melt a bit yesterday so this morning it is a treacherous sheet of ice out there. So I had to be especially careful taking food out to the birds this morning. Sir George and Lady Pearl were first down to pick up some food. Amazing how those two big birds can sit on that feeder and still have room to bend down and pick up the food. I think I need to have a larger feeder, maybe I will do that for a project once the weather warms up more. Still a little too cool to be working around outside. At least for me. I need to fix things up properly out there this year anyway.
And now for our flower pics for today…
And here we are, back to my favorite hollyhocks once more, but another different color variation, with it’s friendly bee joining in.
And this bright red beauty, and amazingly, no bee at this one, though I’m quite sure it has had a visitor or two before and after this pic. This flower is over 4 inches (10cm) across. And the plant itself grew to be more than 8 feet tall.
And then this beautiful rose to complete the flowers. That’s it for our daily look at beautiful flowers for today, I hope you all stay safe, have and wonderful Sunday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Nature’s Art #39.
Hello once again everyone and welcome back! I am always so thankful to have all of you join me here each day at Steve’s Country for all of my different posts! I hope this finds you well and enjoying your Saturday. It is a cold, icy day here, but the sun is shining brightly which makes it a beautiful day. The birds are extra busy at the feeders right now since everything is still covered with that thick layer of ice we received Thursday night. It might be a couple more days yet before it really starts to melt. So the birds have a tough time finding their natural food, so they come here, which is fine with me. Muffin likes the increase in activity too. And the little juncos don’t mind coming on the deck for their food, so that’s even more exciting for Muffin. Right now she is enjoying her patch of sunshine. Nothing like warm sun on a cool day. Amazingly the sun is beginning to melt that ice on the deck a little bit, and a few places on the ground as well, like right next to the house and garage.
And now for our art in nature and a return to our mushrooms…
Here we have the “Frost’s Amanita” mushroom as it is first beginning to grow. As you can see it is a nice bright yellow mushroom that normally has some rough bumps on it.
Here it is again once it is fully open. It’s a fairly common mushroom here and in much of eastern Canada and northeastern US.
And here it is again from underneath. These mushrooms can get up to 3 inches (8cm) across. However, a word of caution, they look beautiful, but do not eat! Seems there are a few in this family of mushrooms that are like that. Look at them, take a pic if you want, but that’s all. Again, don’t eat them.
Well, that is all for our nature’s art for today, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, stay safe, and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
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