Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Sunny Day Is Perfect For…
I was nominated for this award by Priya over at https://whenanintrovertspeaks.home.blog and if you have never checked out her blog then you should. She has a wonderful blog and good sense of humor (she must, she comes around here😂).
What Is The Sunshine Blogger Award?
The Sunshine Blogger Award is peers recognition award for bloggers who inspire readers by promoting positivity and bringing joy.
Rules:
- Thank the person who nominated you and provide a link back to their blog so others can find them.
- Answer the 11 questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.
- Nominate 11 other bloggers and ask them 11 new questions.
- Notify the nominees about it by commenting on one of their blog posts.
- List the rules and display a Sunshine Blogger Award logo on your post and/or your blog site.
Okay, now it’s question time!
My Questions:
What are your hobbies and how did you get into them?
Hey, we would be here all day if I listed all my hobbies. Okay, let’s start with insulator collecting. Those are the glass and porcelain things that hold wires to telephone, hydro and originally, telegraph poles. My Dad liked them and finally after a long time managed to convince me to collect as well. Next, mineral samples. This started as collecting rocks as a kid and gradually refined to collecting minerals from around the world. Now I try to stay with smaller samples. I will stop there.
What was your favorite age growing up?
I have to grow up? Nobody ever tells me these things. To be quite honest, I can’t think of a favorite age. MEOW! Oh, Muffin says when she was a year and a half, that’s when I adopted her, so that was her favorite age.
Was the last thing you read digital or in print?
Well, I’m doing this right now, so guess that would be digital. If you are referring to a book, then print.
What makes you feel most accomplished?
After I have accomplished a goal. I have a goal for this year, well, more than one, but one main goal, and I will definitely feel very accomplished after that goal is achieved. Sorry, it’s a secret.
What do you regret not doing in the last year?
That’s a good question. I like good questions. Meow, meow, meow. Muffin says, not catching a chipmunk. Hey, Muffin likes to join in too.😹
If you got to name a new country, how would you decide what to call it?
If I was single at the time, I would call it Steve’s Country, and if I was married I would call it after my wife’s name. That was too easy.
What do you value the most in friendship?
Friends. Gets easier all the time. Okay, I will add, trust, honesty, love, sharing, caring, giving. Could probably make a longer list, but I’ll stop there.
On what topic or topics, you would never make jokes?
Religion, sex.
How do you deal with negative emotions?
Does banging my head against the wall count?😂That was just a joke, to clarify. Meow. Muffin would like to share how she deals with it. Chomp! AAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! My foot! Bandages!😲😹
Your ideal vacation?
Sorry, another secret.
When was the last time you cried? Why?
When my last cat died.
My 11 new questions for my nominees are;
- Which do you prefer, oceanside, prairie, forest, or mountains?
- Do you enjoy being alone and why?
- Your favorite thing to do on a rainy day?
- Do you like spiders? Why or why not?
- Your favorite cookie?
- Steak dinner or salad?
- Are stats on your blog important to you?
- Do you find it easier to communicate with people online or in real life?
- Do you like to travel?
- What are the top 3 countries you would like to visit?
- Your 3 favorite fruits?
And now I will nominate the following, however, I’m not contacting anyone, you will have to read to find out! I know. I’m terrible. I also have some more questions given me by another blogger which I will be answering later in another post.
https://isabellepan.wordpress.com
https://godscourage.wordpress.com
https://exercisehealthcoach.wordpress.com
Okay, I know it’s supposed to be 11, but, as I mentioned before, I can’t count!!😂 So much for rules, right? Oh well, more for next time. I hope you have enjoyed my answers and your time here at Steve’s Country, please come back again next time for more…of something. I hope you all have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.
Tuesday’s Blue Skies.
Welcome everyone on this beautiful sunny day! I hope you will join me once again on my deck, enjoy the sun and watch all the different visitors that come around. So, grab a coffee, or tea, hot chocolate, and a chair and join me outside. It is so nice to see the sun shining again and provide a bit more warmth than we have been having lately. Sitting at my desk this morning the sun was shining in my bedroom window and right onto my desk. That just felt so good. The sun has finally moved far enough north for that to happen and I really enjoy that.
I was up early this morning. 2:30am. A bit earlier than usual for me. I do like getting up early. As you know, I’m a morning person. But this is a bit early even for me. But, I forgot Muffin’s bedtime snack last night. Bad move. So she was hungry. After I got up and fed her, I was awake. No point going back to bed when I feel like that. I have tried it before. Doesn’t work. Once I wake up, that’s it. Usually it happens without Muffin’s help though.
So, I was up early, sitting at my desk, reading some blogs, Muffin looking out the window, a normal type morning. Then Muffin gets puffed out and takes off. Hmm, something scared her. This is 3 am. I didn’t hear anything come onto the deck. I looked toward the window. A face. Human face. I turned on the deck light and he took off before I could get a good look at him. Police can’t help since I can’t really give any kind of useful description. Except they drive around the neighborhood. Why are people interested in me anyway?
Sir George was here while it was still dark looking for his breakfast. He has to wait however. Once it’s light I will take food out there. He is getting friendlier all the time. I can stand right at the feeder now when he comes down. He is already flying circles around the feeder while I put the food out. Soon I will try and see if he will take the food from my hand. That will be a major achievement for me, I have never had that happen before. He is a large bird, 5 foot wingspan. And they can do a lot of damage if they want. They have been known to rip someone’s head wide open. But that’s normally when protecting their nest.
When I went out with the food I didn’t look first. I opened the door and a nice red fox was on the deck. He just trotted off casually then stopped and turned to look at me. So I talked to him a bit. Then he casually walked away. He is the biggest fox I have seen in quite a while. Very nice fur too. We used to have a lot of foxes around town and I used to feed them all the time. Then they started getting mange and that nearly wiped them out. Now they are starting to come back again.
My chipmunks seem to have disappeared. Not good. Squirrels are still around and that might be the problem. Those 2 critters don’t get along. Aside from LB and Whitey, the 2 males, there are 4 females, one is Chatter, the noisiest of the group. Then there is Choco, short for chocolate because of her nice brown fur. Haven’t named the other 2, they are not as friendly. I had 6 chipmunks last year, only 2 showed up this year, Rusty and Sylvester. Watching those gulls floating in the sky. That brilliant white against the deep blue of the sky. Beautiful. Watching them circling out there, they just keep going higher and higher until they are just a speck of white. Amazing birds.
Well everyone, I hope you have enjoyed being with me again today. Soon I will start another series of adventures that I have enjoyed over the years. I really hope you will stop by to read those and enjoy them. Until next time, enjoy your day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.
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