For a smile as wide as a country sunrise

Happy Monday once again everyone! Here I sit where it’s nice and warm, close to my heater. Muffin is at her usual spot at the window. She had her morning playtime and breakfast so now she is content to look at whatever she looks at out there. The birds are not here yet. Sometimes I think she is just hopeful the snow will suddenly disappear and spring will be here again. It is a nice thought. A distant thought however. We both have “it” now. “Cabin Fever” is the “it”. And it’s getting bad already. Sigh. It’s always bad when Cabin Fever hits before the New Year. Because it always lasts until spring. Which as I mentioned is a distant thought yet. Oh well.
In the meantime, we can look at some of the art from nature…

Just a nice little bunch of raspberry leaves changing color. The leaf patterns showing up so nicely at that point.
The simplicity of some white pine needles that had fallen on a lichen covered granite rock. I thought it looked so nice and beautifully cut off, by a squirrel perhaps?
And there we have the wonders of art found in nature once again. Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look, I hope you have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.

Happy Monday everyone on this cool morning! And, this is the last Monday of this year. I’m not sure what that means except that it’s the last Monday. Muffin was a bit more playful than normal today. She was last night too. She was just flying around here. Not exactly normal for her to be that way in the evening. Usually she waits until midnight. But she does have fun so that’s fine. I will likely mention this in more detail in another post. It’s still dark but I think it’s still cloudy out there. Lots of clouds this winter and yet not much snow, kind of odd for us, though it has been that way other winters too. Just not normal though. Our “snowstorm” yesterday gave us 1 inch (2.5cm) of snow. Not much of a storm though we were supposed to get more snow than that. Oh well.
But instead of snow, let’s have some brightness…

I thought these were an interesting flower, plus being a nice color too.
And some more beautiful orchids to help brighten a cloudy day.
That’s it for today’s picks of pics for us to enjoy. I hope you like them. Go into your day with a bright smile to help brighten someone else’s Monday! God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.