Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
One Day Began Like This…
Good morning everyone on this first Monday of December which is the last month of the year which is quite amazing when one considers how fast time flies even when it goes slowly which is actually quite interesting since a person can be very busy and time flies and a person can be doing basically nothing and time flies but when a person is completely bored and time seems to stand still then time still flies which is because time is always going at the same time so therefore it must fly by even when it doesn’t which is a very curious riddle which is easily explained by someone who knows what they are talking about so don’t expect me to easily explain it. That’s better. I haven’t had one of those long opening sentences for a long time. I like them. Some people don’t. That’s fine.
Which brings me to my title. One day began. Sometimes it would be nice to have a day start normally. But then I think, that might be dull. Sigh. I don’t have normal days. Sometimes that’s a good thing. Sometimes not. One Sunday began normally for a while. Then things changed. I was getting ready for church. That was normal. Then footsteps on the deck. And a knock at the door. Okay, not normal. It was my landlord. She had let her cat outside and the door closed behind her. And locked. She asked if I had a key. Not sure why I would. But I said I would try to help. Her sister lives with her, but she is a bit hard of hearing. Very much so actually. I tried phoning. Nothing. I used to be good at opening locks. Not now. Don’t have the right tools now. But I tried. Nothing. Decided to try the back door. Had to walk up snow covered stairs. Not good. I slipped. And fell. Not sure what hurt worse, my back or my knees. Sigh. Tried back door. Nothing. Tried banging on door. Tried doorbell. Nothing. Her sister was sleeping. Sigh. Decided to bang on her bedroom window. Went around to the side of the house. Didn’t realize the window was 10 feet off the ground. I wasn’t. Sigh. I got a long extension pole. The ground is not level along that side. And snow covered. I came back with the pole. Picked myself up off the ground and brushed the snow off myself. Sigh. Now my side hurts too. Pole was long enough. As I was banging on the window some people came walking along past the house. They looked at me. I could just imagine the police showing up soon to find out what I was doing. Anyway, I kept banging on the window. Thought for sure it would wake her up. And it did. After about 12 minutes. Now my shoulder was sore. Sigh. Moral of the story? Don’t answer your door on a Sunday morning. Sigh. But, my days have started worse than that. And at least I was able to help. I think. Apparently the banging on the window wasn’t even heard.
Went shopping. Needed to pick up a few things. Such as cat litter for Muffin who is curled up beside me sleeping so contentedly not knowing what I went through to get that cat litter. For some strange reason known only to the management of the store the cat litter I want is located on the top shelf. I am not tall. I can barely reach the top shelf. But after stretching as much as possible I managed to get hold of the handle on the pail of cat litter. Then I gave it a bit of a tug to get it closer to the edge of the shelf. Guess I gave it a bit more of a tug than just a bit of a tug because it not only came closer to the edge but came right over the edge of the shelf and fell right into the cart. Rather loudly. Fortunately no one was around. Though it would have been nice if one of the store employees was around so I wouldn’t have had to do what I did do that I didn’t want to do and didn’t try to do but what I ended up doing anyway. Sigh. They probably won’t even notice that the bottom of the cart isn’t flat anymore. It did push much more smoothly after that though so that’s a plus.
The little birds were busy all day again. They don’t stop. Just constant eating all day. Still trying to get a pic of that gray jay. And a better pic of the little downy woodpecker. But it was a bit cool standing out there today. Perhaps tomorrow. Or not. Oh, the snowy pic at the top is not mine. Not that snowy here yet. Enjoy your week everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin and birds and LB.
Little Critters. And Shopping.
Good morning everyone on this nice evening of the last day of November! It is dark. But still early. Sometimes it’s hard to get used to it being dark so early in the evening. I like summer when it stays daylight until 10:30 pm. That’s much better. The days are short now. And getting shorter. Sigh. But Christmas is coming and that brightens the winter for a while. Then comes January. But we won’t talk about that yet. Too scary. Sigh. It’s a bit warmer now. Unfortunately there has been some light freezing rain/mist. So when I went out to feed the birds this morning I didn’t notice at first that there was a layer of ice on the deck. I stepped out there. And…AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!! I slid across the deck and landed against the railing with a thump. Out comes the sand. Sigh. That deck is slippery enough with that glossy paint on it. Oh well. Only another 4 months or so. But it’s fun to watch these little critters.
No matter what the weather they are out there without a complaint. Hmm, maybe we should learn something from them.
Mama comes around each day now. She is usually by herself these days. Always so nice when she comes to say ‘hi’. And she is just as friendly as ever. Just take a look.
No, there is no food in my hand. She is just licking my hand. Her way of saying ‘hi’. She is a very nice size deer. Oddly the various bucks haven’t been around for a while. They just don’t want to cooperate this year so I haven’t been able to get a good pic of any of them yet. Sigh.
Going to the ER is never fun. I was at our local ER the other day. Only had to wait 2 and a half hours. Not bad. It can be much longer. But I did go very early in the day. That helps. There was no one waiting when I arrived. Four people still got in ahead of me. Sigh. I don’t have a doctor anymore. That’s why I had to go to the ER. People are told to go to the ER if you don’t have a doctor. At the ER the doctor says I need to get a doctor. There are no available doctors. That’s why I’m at the ER. I certainly don’t go there because it’s fun. Now I don’t have a doctor and I can’t go back to the ER. Sigh. But these little critters brighten up the day. That’s why God made them.
Speaking of shopping. As I entered the store, the greeter greeted me and handed me a cart. Before I had a chance to take the cart this young woman came running, grabbed the cart and literally ran off with it. That wasn’t nice, said the greeter. True. But Christmas is coming. Must expect things like that. Sigh. As I was trying to reach something on the top shelf another lady came up behind me and pushed me against the shelves with her cart. Rather hard. Just kept on going. Never said a word. Amazing. I wanted to buy a new Christmas decoration. The one I wanted was at the back. Right at the back. Naturally. I proceeded to remove all the ones in front. One stuck. I pulled harder. The whole rack, which was sitting on a shelf, fell over toward me. Decorations started going everywhere. Amazingly nothing broke. I finally managed to put everything back. Left without the decoration I wanted. I bought a different one. Sigh.
Muffin is sleeping. We had a good playtime this afternoon. She just went wild! What were we playing with? A peanut. Why buy toys that she won’t play with? Amazing. Anyway, enjoy your weekend and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Steve`s Country 