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Nature’s Art…#18.
Hello everyone on another very cold day here at Steve’s Country. It seems that Muffin gets more energy on these cold days and really flies around the apartment. She will toss her toys high and pounce on them as they hit the floor. Then she runs wild as she tosses the toy ahead of her. She even manages to get me down on the floor playing with her. She will keep this up until she finally makes it to her “cave” to cool down for a while. Then she comes out and sits watching the birds before having her morning nap. Here it is, almost mid February, and we are having all this cold weather. Still, it’s not really so unusual, although February is not normally a very cold month. Normally…but there are exceptions. Another good day for staying indoors and drinking lots of coffee!😃☕☕
And a good time to enjoy more of that summer art in nature…
The same kind of mushroom as before, but a better picture of it. Really does look like some alien type of plant.
And here we have another weird looking mushroom, large and thick stemmed. All that I found were oddly shaped like this one. The top is about 4 inches (10cm) across.
I hope you are enjoying these mushrooms which really are a cool type of art in nature. I just wish they were easier to identify. I did recently identify one that is highly poisonous, shouldn’t even touch it. Too late on that one, I’m always touching mushrooms. Touching isn’t much of a problem generally as long as a person washes before touching anything else, like food. I hope you have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics 2020…#44.
Good morning on this very cold Thursday! It was certainly cold yesterday, I was outside for a while and that wind just blasted against my face so that I thought for sure I would get frostbite. That was just way too cold. But it’s the same today although I don’t think the wind is quite as bad. Unless it’s just from a different direction so I don’t notice it as much back here. Those poor birds, they are so fluffed out trying to stay as warm as they can. The little nuthatches working hard at that very solidly frozen suet and they have to take a break now and then, so they come over to the wood railing and sit down on their feet to warm them up. Then they are back at that suet again. That stuff must be frozen hard as ice. Standing outside I can hear them pounding away just to get a little piece.
And now for some summer pics to get a warm feel…
Some nice mini orchids certainly help to think of warmer climates and warmer days ahead, even if far ahead.
And here is a nice blue damselfly, which is a relative of the dragonflies. But these little critters fold their wings back over their bodies while dragonflies keep theirs straight out.
And there we have some nice warm summer pics to warm up our day, or to just enjoy if your day is already warm. I do hope you have an enjoyable day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
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