For a smile as wide as a country sunrise

Hello everyone on another cold morning up here in the north. But this is the land of cold and snow. Except this year we are kind of lacking the snow. There is probably about 6 inches (15cm) on the ground now. Normally there would be more. However, it can change suddenly too and there is still a lot of winter left yet. Muffin doesn’t like to hear that. Muffin is attracting a lot of attention lately, another male caller this afternoon. This one is pure black and about the same size as Muffin. Not friendly though, he ran when I went outside. He shouldn’t be running around out there when it’s so cold. Didn’t seem to bother him though. Back to something nice and warm, like these pics…
Starting with this beautiful tiger swallowtail butterfly on some lilacs.
And then this tiger lily providing some sweet nectar to this little female ruby throated hummingbird.
There we have today’s picks of pics, I hope you all enjoy your Tuesday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.

Hi everyone and Happy Monday once again! Muffin is watching as the first birds are arriving at the feeders. She doesn’t enjoy that as much as watching chipmunks, but she figures it’s better than watching just snowflakes falling. She isn’t too impressed with snowflakes for some reason. I think she knows that snow means no open window, so she just sits and sighs looking out that window. So the birds do help a bit. Less sighing. From both of us.😂😹 But now, some more from our art in nature…
Some of that nice bright orange jelly fungus surrounded by different colorful mosses.
A closer pic of that goat’s beard seed head to see the patterns a little better. Quite a marvelous pattern really.
That’s it for today’s art in nature, I hope you have enjoyed it, please come again for more interesting art. I hope you all have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.