I guess there are a few other positive sides to this multi-sided 'staying at home for the winter' coin. Aside from two big ones which of course are the savings of mucho money and a whole lot less traveling stress there are a few other smaller things I have been able to take advantage of. Had we been traveling it's unlikely I would have added my 'An Archive Memory, Al's Musical Favs, Today's Photo Album, Memory Lane, or Foibles and Fumbles' features. Not likely I would have had the interest or made any in-roads to figuring out or assembling any Google photo albums either. Plus Pheebs still gets to go for a Jeep ride every morning as well. Very few morning Jeep rides for Pheebs and I while traveling. Nice to see some winter scenery again but of course I would still much rather be seeing southern deserts and mountain scenery. The birds, squirrels, and rabbits are happier we're home and of course I do enjoy being here to help them through the cold winter. So all and all I guess there are a few good things to cling to while trying to stay optimistic about these long and cold gloomily dark winter days.
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| MORE STEEL GOING INTO THE BAYFIELD BRIDGE PROJECT |
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| BAYFIELD RIVER IS ALMOST SKATEABLE |
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| NOT A LOT OF ICE AND SNOW ON BAYFIELD'S SOUTH PIER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR |
Definitely felt better stepping out into slightly above freeing temps this morning. Encouraged to see half a dozen small patches of driveway peeking through winter's ice and snow too. A few drops or rain on the windshield as Pheebs and I made our way around Huron County's countryside for about an hour and a half. (More rain came later in the morning and pretty much stayed for the day and more rain Saturday)
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| OUR ONLY STOP THIS MORNING AND I DID POP INTO BAYFIELD CAR WASH ON THE WAY HOME |
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| LOOKS LIKE THIS FARMER HAS BEEN GETTING IN A SOME WINTER PLOWING |
With heavier rains predicted there was no point in wearing myself out on the end of my snow shovel again. Might as well let Mother Nature deal with the snow. She does a much better job of it than I do anyway.
::Memory Lane:: Quartzsite Arizona January 2008. We spent about a week near Quartzsite and I have gathered together a few pictures from that time period and popped them into a photo album. Best way to view photos is after the album opens click the top left picture then just use the little white arrow on the right side of the pictures to go through the larger photos one at a time. Most photos have captions at bottom left and if they don't pop up just scroll your mouse down a bit under the white arrow. Most pics have captions, some don't. It was while we were here at this location we decided to take all the furniture out of the coach because we had a plan up our sleeve. Tomorrow I'll put an album together and show you what we did:))
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| THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE PICTURES OF KELLY AND IT WAS TAKEN IN QUARTZITE ARIZONA |
::Al's Musical Favs:: Aerial Boundries by Michael Hedges. A phenonmenal guitar player.
GROANER'S CORNER:(( A woman from New York was getting her affairs in order. She wrote her will and made her final arrangements. As part of these arrangements she met with her Rabbi to talk about what type of funeral service she wanted. She told her Rabbi she had two final requests. First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Bloomingdales. "Bloomingdales!" the Rabbi said. "Why Bloomingdales?" "That way, I know my daughters will visit me at least twice a week."
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Not So Deep Thoughts::
- The things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
- A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
- When you go into court you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people that weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
- Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
- Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
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I have looked forward to your snow pics. Surprised how you drive around in it.Don't get much here in NC and when we do see a flake places start shutting down.
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I am having a blast enjoying all the nice additions to the blog. Of course it wauld be even better if you had gotten to add them from in Arizona.
ReplyDeleteI love that picture of Kelly too, you used to have it on your sidebar.Hope you don't get much more snow, I am so looking forward to spring.
ReplyDeleteYour reasons for staying at home are valid. I know the birds and squirrels love you for it. Sometimes too, I forget the added expenses Canadians have to come down here. I'm sure Pheebs doesn't mind as long as he is with you two. Went through the album and the photos are wonderful. The place never changes, just gets bigger. I'll have to move down 95 once I get this MH thing done with. Much prettier along the mountains.
ReplyDeleteI was out filling up the bird feeders yesterday morning and I thought, "Gee, this is really comfortable out here." It was 40 degrees!
ReplyDeleteYes I agree Al. Also Been thinking about savings this year from currency exchange. And what I can spend said savings on instead. Ha.
ReplyDeleteImportant to see the silver lining whenever we can! I'm certainly enjoying seeing your beautiful winter surroundings, and admittedly appreciating that I'm not feeling it. Hard for this Southern California gal to wrap my head around frozen rivers though :-)))
ReplyDeleteYes that photo of Kelly is a great one! Glad you're seeing at least some benefits to winter in southern Ontario.
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