Steve`s Country
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Nature’s Art, #34.
Hello everyone and welcome back! I hope your day is going well. It is nice and sunny here, but still cold. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to warm up a bit and stay that way, meaning that spring will begin! That’s a nice thought. I’m waiting for the snow to melt so I can get out and start walking my path down to the river once again. I will have to take it slow and easy at first, and perhaps won’t actually make it to the river for the first week, but I will get there eventually. And even part way walking will be nice. Just to get out and walk a bit through the forest, listening to the birds singing, looking for new birds as they return from the south. Watching the squirrels as they become more active. And, of course, the return of the chipmunks as they wake up from their winter nap and start to carry peanuts back to their homes once again. Muffin is especially looking forward to the chipmunks coming back to the deck again. She gets so excited.
And, for now, let’s look at more beautiful mushrooms today, something else I am looking forward to doing, is getting more mushroom pics…
And here we have the “sharp-scaly pholiota”, a very bright colored mushroom and very easy to see from a longer distance. This pic was taken on a very heavy overcast day and yet it came out very nice.
And here it is once again from underneath, and still it really glows. I think I used this pic before but didn’t know the name at that time, but now we know. I had to lay on my back to get this picture. It’s growing on a rotting red pine log. There was quite a number of them. It wasn’t easy getting to this spot, but when I saw these bright mushrooms I just had to go over and get some pics.
Well, that’s it for now, I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics 2020 #81.
Good morning and Happy Saturday to all of you! I hope that you are all having a good day so far. It is another cold day here in the north but that is going to change very soon with the temps starting to warm up tomorrow for us. And it looks like it might stay that way too, unless the forecast changes again. It seems to be doing that a lot this month. They forecast warmer temps for us and it gets cold instead. Oh well, these things happen and March is always a very unpredictable month. Muffin is busy playing with her fuzz ball again and tossed it a good 9 feet (a little less than 3 meters) in front of her and almost managed to catch it before it hit the floor. She is really flying! She likes to have 2 main playtimes during the day, in the morning after I get up, usually, and then in the evening. And a shorter play time in the afternoon, right after lunch. She gets good exercise anyway.
And now for some bright and sunny pics for our Saturday…
Starting with this amazing and bright daisy like sunflower with it’s little friend looking for a meal to enjoy. This pic provided by my friend Rossana in Italy.
And next this bright spring daffodil with the afternoon sun shining brilliantly on it’s petals. Yellow flowers just have a way of saying sunshiny days! Don’t let the clouds of gloom overshadow your day. Always remember that the sunshiny days will return once again. I hope you have a wonderful Saturday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
