Steve`s Country
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It’s Time To Play…
First I would like to say a special thank you to my good friend Ilona for nominating me for today’s “Behind the blogger book tag”! Ilona is a very kind, honest person who is always willing to be a help to others and she has been a real encouragement and help to me in my blogging journey. She is always positive, willing to give a wonderful smile to brighten up everyone’s day, and she has a true heart of gold. You can find her blog at;
If you want some good motivation to start your day, that is the place to go. Now, on to the tough part!
THE RULES:
• Thank the person who nominated you
• Answer all the questions down below
• Pingback to the creator: Ellyn @ Allonsythornraxx
• Nominate 5+ bloggers you’d like to know more about, to do this tag.
THE CREATOR IS:
Here are the questions with my answers:
1. Why did you start blogging & why have you kept blogging?
I enjoyed writing, mostly in a comical way, and someone suggested I should start a blog and share my writing that way. I admit, I was a bit nervous about the idea since I never really thought people would enjoy what I write. But it turned out that many like my little stories, which are all true stories from my life. And I really enjoyed blogging, so here I remain.
2. What is your favorite type of blog post to write?
Mostly anything comical about myself, but I also enjoy writing about my experiences in nature, with my animal friends.
3. What are your top 3 favorite blog posts?
Any of the ones under Muffin’s Mewsings, but really, I don’t have any personal favorites, that’s up to my readers, everyone likes something different!
4. What are some of your favorite things to do to relax?
Getting tougher all the time with these questions! And I don’t have Muffin to help me this time. Some favorite things to relax, dreaming of being in a warm place, being by a lake enjoying the quiet, dreaming of being in a warm place, enjoying a nice cup of coffee with friends, dreaming of being in a warm place, reading with Muffin curled up on my lap purring, writing and dreaming of being in a warm place. That’s a few things anyway.
5. What are 3 of your favorite things?
Actually, it’s kind of hard to pick just 3 things, but here goes; family, good friends, cats, chipmunks and dreaming of being in a warm place. It’s cold here again today, can you tell?
6. What are your proudest blogging moments?
I agree with Ilona on this and change that from proudest to happiest. That would be when I passed my goal of reaching 200 followers, which I must admit, I didn’t really think I would make it to that. Ilona really encouraged me and helped me a lot in reaching that goal. Now my new goal is 500! Let’s go!!
7. What are your hobbies outside of blogging?
Good, an easy one, I think. Writing poems, feeding birds, collecting, collecting and more collecting. Mostly that would be antiques, but also rocks and minerals and fossils. My newest hobby of photography ( I still have a lot to learn on that one, but it’s fun), also walking. Probably more things too!
8. Describe your personality in 3 words:
This is real easy, I am crazy!😜🙃😂 But I’m fun too. Let’s see, that’s crazy, fun, honest and serious when I need to be. Plus I can’t count.😂
9. What are your top 3 pet peeves?
I will have to copy Ilona on this one, cheating, lying, dishonesty. I could do more, but notice I have learned to count now.
10. What’s something your followers don’t know about you?
This one is tough. Hmm. I guess I’m what would be called an introvert. It’s takes a special kind of person to pull me out and get me talking.
Whew, that’s it I guess. Now my nominees are;
https://inhisserviceandlovingit.wordpress.com
https://sunshinysasite.wordpress.com
That’s it for today folks, I hope you will join me again tomorrow for more fun and adventures. Until then, enjoy your day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Sunny Spring Wednesday.
Welcome once again dear readers to my little part of this big world of ours! First of all I want to thank all of my readers/followers for joining me on my journey through Steve’s Country! I truly am thankful to each and every one of you and I hit a milestone for me this week, one that I really didn’t think I would ever reach when I first started blogging and that is I now have 200 followers! Actually, as of a minute ago it stood at 211. Wow, that to me is really amazing and I couldn’t do it without all my faithful readers/followers!
It is definitely a beautiful sunny day though it still is a bit on the cool side and there is still a fair bit of snow on the ground yet as well. It has been such a long winter. But spring is slowly coming out of hibernation. And speaking of hibernation…there is a big black bear around and has been for several days now. Now generally speaking, bears will run when they see or even here people in the area. But spring is a bit different. These bears are hungry. And natural food is not yet available. So they come into town looking for some easy meals. And these bears are not exactly afraid of people. They have gotten used to being around people.
Last night I was in the kitchen washing dishes. Muffin came running in and she looked rather scared. Hmm, must be something outside. I went and turned on the deck light and looked out there. Nothing. Muffin hears things sometimes. However, I noticed I had not brought in the bird feeders for the night. If I don’t do that the raccoons get at them. Or bears. And they always like to break them. So out I went to bring them in. Sometimes I get this feeling like I’m being watched. After the feeders were in hand I turned and…
There is that big bear down at the bottom of my steps. In between us is the door to my apartment. I’m about 6 feet away from the door. He is about 12 feet away. Now, I can certainly move fast enough when I want, but that bear could make it to the door before me. Easily. I have seen them move. Doesn’t matter about size. They move fast. And this bear decides to arch his back and paw at the ground. I have seen this before. They do that just before attacking. Some say it’s just a warning. Bears don’t just give a long warning. They don’t have to. I have watched them. But I move quietly and slowly to the door and once there, then I am inside fast! The bear did come up on the deck and looked in the window, but didn’t do anything else. Poor Muffin. She was terrified. She wouldn’t settle down for 2 hours.
And me out there without my camera. Not a very good photographer. Not that I ever claimed to be anyway. So I decided to stay up a little later than normal to see if he would come back and maybe get a picture of him. While he was here he stood up by my landlord’s deck which is almost 7 feet off the ground. He didn’t even have to stretch to see easily over and on to the deck. That would make him nearly 8 feet tall. He is going to be one big bear by fall.
Birds are slowly coming back from their southern vacation. And I mean slow. Hard to believe there are not more back now, there should be. A lot more. Oh well, one of these days. I need to live someplace warmer. All year warm. Sigh. One of these days. Hey, I can dream. Sometimes dreams come true. Sometimes.
Well, not quite what I had expected to write about today. It was that bear. Made me change my thoughts. Which is okay. Until tomorrow I hope you will have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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