Tuesday, April 05, 2022

BAYFIELD'S NEW BRIDGE IS NOW OPEN

 HEADING SOUTH FOR OUR FIRST CROSSING OF BAYFIELD'S NEW BRIDGE
I had to do some scrambling tonight to throw a post together.  I just didn't get around to starting on it earlier today.  With not too much happening these days it's a bit of a stretch to come up with things to write about sometimes.  Luckily, this blog is an enjoyable hobby for me and I do like the creative challenge of trying to think of things. 

OH HOW NICE TO SEE THESE EARLY SIGNS OF SPRING IN THE FLOWER GARDENS:))
 CROCUS FLOWERS ARE ALMOST OPEN

 YES INDEED IT IS THE HAPPY COLOR OF SPRING ALRIGHT
 AND I HAVE EVEN SEEN MISCHIEVOUS ELVES AND LITTLE FAIRIES GOING IN AND OUT OF HERE:))
Despite it being cloudy and on the colder side this morning, Pheebs and I headed out to our country road walking spot and got some paws and boots on the road.  We did a quick half-mile and headed for home.  I hadn't vacuumed out the Jeep's interior since last Fall sometime so that was the first thing to get stroked off my 'to do' list.  I vacuumed up enough doggy fur to make several more doggies.   With that job complete I was needing a little snooze to let my energy levels come back up.  An hour later and charged up again I raked myself up another bunch of pine needles and leaves.  It was about this time our cloud cover finally parted enough to let in Old Sol's warming rays.  What a treat that was.  All three of us walked outside to the driveway and stood in the warming rays of the Sun.  Long cold dark Winters really make one appreciate little moments like that.

 AND HERE'S ANOTHER SIGN OF SPRING....MUDDY PAW PRINTS ON THE JEEP SEATS
We heard late this afternoon Bayfield's new bridge spanning the Bayfield river is open now so we piled into the Jeep and took ourselves over there to take our first drive across the new bridge and back.  Groovy.  They now have to dismantle the temporary Bailey Bridge plus complete the pedestrian walkway along the west side.  The bridge completion has been a long time coming and it's nice to see it finally done.

 APPROACHING THE BRIDGE FROM THE NORTH
 APPROACHING THE BRIDGE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE

Rain tomorrow but warmer, and they say we might even hit 70F next week.  Well how's that for a boatload of Snickers bars eh:))

 A  RECENT SCHOOL PICTURE OF KELLY'S GRANDDAUGHTER ELLA
GROANER'S CORNER:((   Three vampires walk into a bar. The first one says I'll have a pint of blood.  The second one says I'll have one, too.  The third one says I'll have a pint of plasma.  The bartender says, So, that'll be two Bloods and a Blood Lite?

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- What's Irish and comes out in the spring?
Paddy O'Furniture!

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- What do you get when you play a country song backwards?  You get your house back, tractor back, wife back, and dog back.

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8 comments:

  1. "Groovy"!!! Al your dating yourself! And I'm old enough to have said many time.

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  2. Bridge looks nice. So do all the little spring plants. 70 degrees? Shorts and flip flops for Al. 😁

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  3. Good looking bridge. Kinda reminds of the bridge near the damage at Roosevelt Lake. Great picture of Miss Ella!

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  4. Glad to see that things are falling into place. Still sending good wishes for Kelly’s recovery. :-)

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  5. How you put together such a charming package of nature, people, pups, quirks, and jokes (laughed out loud and passed a few of them on to others) is a great gift. Love this one in particular. Awesome flower pics...love the daffy-tips. I am longing to PAINT that elf house on canvas (it is elf-perfection), and would like to have one of your spare "Pheebs pups," please. :-) Thanks so much for the giving that you do. Waiting eagerly for the day you catch one of those little elves or fairies on camera...even just a curled toe-tip of a shoe as they dive into the fairy cave dodging the Nikon.

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  6. p.s. School pics have improved greatly in quality and creativity since my day! She is a lovely girl, and looks like she has angel wings from the swirls on the back wall. Love it.

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  7. Don't know why it is blocking me from commenting on some of the posts. This is a comment for the chipmunk post :-): Great chipper pic! Charming village scenes, some hip shops there! Great friendly and open facial expressions, especially for people just coming out of hibernation in early spring...love the kaffeeklatsch. Love the machinery pics...love to see how it happens...rugged. Gorgeous cedar forests and that inviting Sawmill Trail. As always, thanks and blessings.

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