For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Chickadees are my favorite winter bird, they are so small and yet survive the harshest weather. They have now returned and so I thought it was time for a new poem about these friendly little birds. I hope you will enjoy.
Chickadees
Chickadee bouncing through the air,
Floating fluff on a wave so fair.
Singing it’s name loud and with cheer,
So pleasant, I just love to hear.
Always going from morn to night,
Whether sunny or stormy fright.
With feathers spread out soft and fine,
On coldest days kept warm to shine.
This little bird is such a friend,
No matter what it will attend,
Gently landing, it’s very bold,
What a joy on my hand to hold.
So amazing, this bird so small,
Some are tough, it beats them all.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.
Hi everyone, Muffin here today! It’s been a long time since my human let me have some time on his blog to share some of my thoughts. So today is the day! Mainly I am going to talk about my humans looks. And he sure gets them. Like the other day he brought some crackers with margarine on them and set them down by our chair. Then the phone rang. When he came back, he just stared at those crackers. That ‘look’ on his face! Amazing. Then he touched the crackers. Okay, maybe they were a bit soggy after I licked the margarine off, but did he have to put them out for the birds? I’m sure he could have still eaten them. But that’s my human.

Then on a different day, my human was sitting on our chair eating his supper. So I decided to go and check if he had anything good to share. I went over beside the chair so I could jump up on the arm of the chair easily. My human claims he didn’t see me there. Right. I’m small, but I’m still easy to see. After all, how can he not see a cat as cute as me? Anyway, I jumped. Right at that moment he put his plate of food on the arm of the chair. I landed right on the plate! And I got food all over my feet! He jumped. That made me jump. Food went everywhere. But the look on my humans face! Talk about priceless! That made the whole thing worthwhile right there. My human didn’t agree.

It’s too bad I don’t know how to use his camera. And for some reason he won’t teach me. I think he’s afraid that I will take better pictures than him! My poor human. He is just so accident prone, especially with food, as my first 2 examples show. He is always dropping food for some reason or another. And then he tries to blame me, like it’s all my fault or something that he spills his food. Ridiculous. He just doesn’t want to accept the fact that he’s clumsy.

Like one day, he is sitting on our chair eating as usual. So I go over to see if he will share. He often does. So I sit patiently on the floor waiting. Nothing. So I decide to jump up and see for myself. This time I go to the other side of the chair. I know he never puts his food on that side. Just as I jump, he picks up his glass of water which he keeps on a table on that side of the chair. Of course I bump into his glass of water, which he dumps on his plate of food for some reason. Naturally that made a big mess on his lap and on our chair! Surprisingly only water went on the floor. Again, that look on his face as he sat there staring. And he had just started eating too.

I don’t know about my human sometimes. The things he does can be very embarrassing. But it is funny too! But the best thing of all is my humans ‘looks’! Absolutely priceless! Well, I hope you have enjoyed my meowing today. Like my human always says, have a great day and God bless!
Muffin, and translated by Steve. (my human allowed me to use these pictures)
Disclaimer: I, that is Steve, was forced to write this or I would have trouble walking for a few days.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.