Good morning everyone on this cool and wet Tuesday! We are certainly well below normal for temperatures here this spring. My personal guess is we are in for a cool and wet summer this year. And according to the latest long range forecast, it would seem that my guess is quite accurate because the actual forecast is for cool and wet this summer. That was easy. Unfortunately.

But perhaps we will both be wrong. That would be nice. I was really looking forward to a hot summer this year since we did not get one last year. Oh well. We get what we get. Speaking of bears. A wet summer will mean more food for them which will make it safer to be outside. In the rain. Not the best for taking pictures though. Like the last couple of days.

Female Evening Grosbeak at front and back with a male in the middle.

Very dull, gloomy type weather with rain and fog. Definitely not the best for photos. I think I have mentioned this before, but I prefer sunshine for photos, colors are just so much nicer and more vivid. Speaking of birds. I picked up sunflower seeds for them yesterday. If you only want to buy one kind of food for the birds, get sunflower seeds, all birds will eat them.

Those wild bird seed mixes are not so well liked by birds. Some birds like it and there are a few sunflower seeds in the mix, but not enough to satisfy seed hungry birds. After this batch of seeds is gone, then the birds will be on their own. I really was hoping to keep feeding a little longer this year, but that is not going to happen now.

Female American Goldfinch.

Speaking of oops. That happens to me a lot it seems. Like the bear destroying my main bird feeder. Which I will not be fixing. I can still hang a couple of bird feeders and the birds will have to make do with those now. Then there is losing my doctor, which I just found out about last week. Getting a doctor is next to impossible around here.

Male American Goldfinch.

Last I read there were around 6,000 people here looking for a doctor. Our population is 16,000. So that is a lot of people. And with all my health problems I do kind of need a doctor. No doctor, no medication. That is a bit problematic. Many of you know about my health problems already and that I am receiving a disability pension. Yesterday I found out that I was cut off that pension.

Due to a mixup at their office. But they blame me. Now, they could have called me and we likely would have been able to sort this out quite easily. But they decided on the drastic step of cutting me off completely instead. Sigh. Just two months and I would be going off the disability pension and going on Old Age Security. Yep, that is me. Oh well.

Male Evening Grosbeak.

Good thing I have stocked up on peanuts for the chipmunks. Muffin and I will be digging into those stockpiles too!😂😾Oops, just joking Muffin. As they say in the old country, “when it rains, we get wet.” Hmm, I should bring back those old country sayings again. Must be time for more coffee. And I think the birds are finally here for breakfast, kind of late today. Have a wonderful day everyone and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

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