Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Some Chuckles. #2.
Hello everyone! Just thought I would share a few nice chuckles with you again today. I always enjoy the nice simple jokes. However, please do not send me any jokes, I already have more than enough and I just want to share a few of them now and then. Thanks. A little laughter is good for everyone, especially if you are having one of those ‘down’ kind of days. So, like a couple weeks ago, here is a new batch to share with you. I hope you can at least get a smile or two, and maybe even a chuckle. For a smile as wide as a country sunrise, here we go:
As a young married couple, a husband and a wife lived in a cheap housing complex near the military base where he was working.
Their chief complaint was that the walls were paper-thin and that they had no privacy. This was painfully obvious when one morning the husband was upstairs and the wife was downstairs on the telephone.
She was interrupted by the doorbell and went to greet her neighbor.
“Give this to your husband,” he said, thrusting a roll of toilet paper into her hands. “He’s been yelling for it for 15 minutes!”
I was packing for my business trip and my three-year-old daughter was having a wonderful time playing on the bed. At one point she said, “Daddy, look at this” and stuck out two of her fingers.
Trying to keep her entertained, I reached out and stuck her tiny fingers in my mouth and said, “Daddy’s gonna eat your fingers,” pretending to eat them.
I went back to packing, looked up again and my daughter was standing on the bed staring at her fingers with a devastated look on her face.
I said, “What’s wrong, honey?”
She replied, “What happened to my booger?”
HUSBAND: When I get mad at you, you never fight back. How do you control your anger?
WIFE: I clean the toilet.
HUSBAND: How does that help?
WIFE: I use your toothbrush.
Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven’t me yet.
I don’t trip over things, I don random gravity checks!
When I was a child, I thought naptime was a punishment. Now, as a grownup, it just feels like a small vacation!
I’m planning to retire and live off my savings–not sure what I’ll do the second week.
I hope you all enjoy the remainder of your weekend and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.
A Wondrous Summer Morning.
Hello everyone on this another amazingly beautiful summer morning. A wondrous morning. The clear azure blue of the sky. The emerald green leaves outlined against the sky. Other greens intermixed such as Kelly green, shamrock green and forest green of the spruce and pines. Such a color palette so richly lit by the morning rays of the sun as it bounces off the leaves that flutter so gently in the breeze. The grass just seems to glow in such a rich green that I’m not really sure what shade to use for a description. But all of this together just speaks of a glorious summer morning.
Summer goes by so fast in this part of Canada. Already temperatures are supposed to start dropping this coming week. That is early. Too early. I really hope the forecast is wrong. In the meantime I will enjoy the summer that is here. Monday is a holiday here so we have a long weekend. And for this town, it’s the biggest weekend of the summer. After this the tourist population begins to decrease and be mostly gone by mid August. But it’s great weather for this weekend. The sun is bright and warm. The lake just has small ripples, nearly calm in places. So peaceful looking. I could sit and look across the lake for hours on a day like this.
Watching as the boats go past. There is a lot of boating activity on this lake in the summer. Small boats, large boats, sail boats. People out to enjoy this huge lake. And it is big. More than 4,300 km2 in size with more than 14,000 islands. All those islands of every shape and size really add a great deal to the beauty of this lake. Then there are the planes taking people to and from the more remote lakes in this area. There are approximately 250,000 lakes in this big province of Ontario. Seeing it from the air is absolutely breathtaking.
Sitting on the deck watching all the different birds bringing their young ones around. The chickadees came back again, with young constantly chasing after the parents looking for a mouthful of food. The tiny chipping sparrows have also brought their young ones around finally. Those little ones, just as big as the parents now, always with beaks wide open hoping that one of the parents will stuff them full of bugs or seeds. Quite comical watching the young crows, also squawking, flapping their wings, trying hard to get some food from their parents who are mostly ignoring them.
So many beautiful flowers blooming in my landlord’s garden now. And an amazing rainbow of colors are present. A true feast for the eyes. I love to watch the bees going from flower to flower. And getting so covered with pollen at times that it’s hard to see the color of the bee. A sight of great beauty. Yet most people never stop to take a look. The usual comment, it’s just bees, who cares? People miss out on so much that is all around them.
But are you discouraged, depressed, stressed out, have problems of some kind? Get outside, enjoy that bright sunshine. Let it warm you. Look at the sky, the clouds floating by. Listen to those birds chirping and singing. Walk through the grass barefoot. Gaze upon those flowers, large or small. Enjoy all that beauty, think about it. It is something that really does help. And you don’t need to live in a country location for this. Go for a walk around your neighborhood. You might be amazed at all the beauty you will find.
Well, time to go once again. Summer is such a beautiful time of year. I hope you all have a great weekend and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.
