Steve`s Country
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I Have Been Inside.
Here it is another Friday and here I am saying, GOOD MORNING to all my faithful readers! True, it isn’t morning for some of us but it is for others. And, as I have said before, I LOVE mornings! Everything is fresh, new and just feels absolutely great. If you are not a morning person, well, you’re missing something. Being awake as the sun begins to peak over the horizon, listening to the birds singing their morning chorus which is absolutely wonderful to hear.
So full of life, so soothing, so rich, it’s one of those amazing country pleasures that I enjoy so much. Being in the country makes it even better of course, but even here in town it can still be beautiful.
A beautiful day…
It really was today. Even though cloudy it was much milder, actually reached 20F today and that’s not bad considering the bitterly cold weather we had just last weekend. But, with the good comes the not so good, namely, more snow is arriving tomorrow.
Sigh. I had to shovel snow today. My landlord had someone clear the snow off the roof. And it covered my dryer vent. That snow was packed in hard and I had to clear 3 feet of that snow away. The pile of snow along my path is now about 6 feet deep. And we are getting more. Only one place left to put that snow. Oh well. It’s milder. And that makes me feel good. Even if I can barely move right now. Sigh.
Poor Muffin…
She did not like all that stomping on the roof when the man was clearing the snow yesterday. She hid. I’m not sure where. Couldn’t find her. She may have been under the bed, behind all the stuff under there. Or she may have been in her cave. It was about half an hour after the noise stopped before she came out again. Poor cat.
Ever had…
A break in? You know, someone enters your house and steals stuff. Or enters your house but doesn’t steal anything. It does happen. Or maybe enters your house and makes themselves at home, kind of messy types, and then leave. Or perhaps they enter your house and leave without doing a thing so you can’t even tell someone was inside. Okay, that last one is a tough one. But it can happen. I have had each of these happen to me.
Thieves…
Come in and steal things. Happened to me twice. In two different places. Amazing really. The second one, yep, guess they were looking for something particular which I didn’t have. I think it may have had to do with the previous tenant. Or not. The third one, yep, they used the shower, left it dirty, even used my towels. Actually they left the whole bathroom a bit messy. I am certain that had to do with a previous tenant. One time a guy broke in to my apartment at night while I was home. He fled when he saw me come out of my bedroom.
The last one…
Is interesting. How do you know someone has been inside if there is no evidence? Quite simple. I got a phone call from a pleasant young lady stating she had been inside. Right. Like I will believe that. But…she went on to tell me all the things she saw in my apartment. Things she could only know about if she had been inside. Now that one was a bit unnerving. Made me feel odd. Knowing someone had been inside my apartment is one thing, but knowing they had searched through all my stuff, well, that just plain made me feel odd.
All these break ins…
Happened at different places I lived. Although I had two in one place. Changing the locks helped. I think. Made me feel a bit better anyway. Also made me feel these people might have had a key. Except twice where they definitely broke in. Of course, picking the locks would have been easy, especially at a couple places that didn’t have good locks anyway. Good locks are a must these days. Not foolproof, but it helps.
Speaking of…
Spring cleaning. I have started mine. It takes me a while. So I decided to start now. It can be…hmm, maybe I should leave that one for Monday. Some things just seem to happen to me. Odd things. Funny things. Like…no, I’m saving that for Monday. Sigh. I hope you all will have a wonderful, exciting, relaxing, weekend and God bless!
Steve and Muffin. (featured image above from beautiful Hawaii, supplied by Candace)
© 2019 Steve McLeod
Wednesday Wanderings…Around Town.
Good morning everyone on this beautiful Wednesday evening which is also the first Wednesday of March which is the month of spring! Sort of. Like all the seasons, around here they don’t come and go with the calendar. They just come and go…whenever. The last 2 years spring has come rather late. Very late in fact.
Snow should not be on the ground at the end of April. But that has been the case the last 2 years. Snow should be gone by about April 7, give or take a day or two. I’m strange. I keep track of things like that. Why? Who knows? It’s just me. Plus it goes well with birding. That is the proper name instead of ‘birdwatching’.
A look around town…
I thought you might like to see a bit of what it looks like here in the winter. We did get a bit more snow after these pics were taken, but it gives you an idea anyway.
Fortunately the snow is hauled away from main streets, otherwise it would be single lane traffic only by now. And that would not be much fun. Makes it hard to get around. Now don’t get the idea it looks like this all the time. Sometimes it’s worse. And normally it’s only for about 5 months. Or so. However, winter started a bit early this year with 9 inches of snow arriving on October 10. Really, our winter usually starts with snow arriving around the beginning of November. Sigh.
Enough of that…
I didn’t go out for any photo opportunities today. It was just too cold. So here I sit at my desk, sipping hot chocolate, dreaming of a nice log cabin, with a stone fireplace, the fire crackling away, the heat radiating in all directions, a wool rug in front, with Muffin curled up enjoying the heat as much as me. Dreams can be nice. But, reality is what it is.
And I am cold. Even with the hot chocolate. The sun is very warm now since it is so high in the sky. This apartment has large windows facing south and west. So the sun really gets in here during the afternoon. Amazingly that keeps it just warm enough in here that my heater will not come on. Until now. That’s okay in the living room, but the bedroom gets very cool. Oh well.
It is 6:05 pm…
The sun has just gone down below the trees on the far hill. The last of the chickadees have just left for wherever they spend the night. A raven has just flown low over the feeder to see if anything is left for his bedtime snack. Nothing. So off he goes to his place to sleep for the night.
The small birds will be back by 6:30 am tomorrow for another day of fun and feeding. Hmm, I was hoping for a nice red sunset, but like the raven, I was disappointed. There was just the right amount of clouds to produce a spectacular glow. Oh well. Perhaps another time.
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At the top of my home page will take you to other exciting pages on my little site. Feel free to check them out. I will try to add some new items to each page every week. Barring technical difficulties. Which seem to come around more frequently these days.
But…
Spring is coming! I just pray it will be a little earlier this year. Sigh. Oh, that’s right. I meant to talk about break ins today. Rats, gnats and blueberry bats! Okay. Friday for sure. Too late now. Soooo, until then I hope you will all have a fantastic couple of days, bye for now, and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod
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