IT WILL NO DOUBT BE A CHALLENGE FOR ME

 IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG SPRING CLEAN-UP AROUND OUR PLACE

How encouraging today to at least have the temperature above freezing.  44F.  Although it will be short-lived I was able to make some headway outside by moving some heavy snow off the front and rear decks.  I also slipped over to see how Gayle and Richard were doing but Richard had gone to Goderich.  She said he is feeling better.  Gayle and I had a twenty-minute chat and it was back home I went.

 THE HEAVY SNOWS OF TEN DAYS AGO HAVE BROKEN DOWN A LOT OF TREE BRANCHES

 IT SURE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SUMMERTIME OUT THERE NO MORE

As many readers know, Kelly and I were never on the leading edge of socializing whether it be here at home or on the road during our RV traveling years.  But, during our travel years, we did meet and make some great friends along the way and some of these friends have paid tribute to Kelly on their blogs.  Janna and Mike were two of our favorite people and Janna wrote this in her blog, Kelly. The last time we saw Janna and Mike was at their winter home on the east side of Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains.  Ivan, a single traveler with his cat Bailey, was another friend who we met in different places over the years.  Ivan writes, Blogging Community Loses Another. The last time we both saw Ivan was somewhere south of Patagonia in Arizona.  A short time later after Ivan moved to the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (the Grasslands I always called it) not far from where Kelly and I were boondocked I went over one morning to have a coffee with him at his campsite.  Another RV Blogger who was inspired by our travels through my blog also set out to discover the Great American Southwest following in our footsteps.  Doug Lanning writes, Been Awhile.  The last time we saw Doug was on Darby Well Road west of Ajo, Arizona.  You can read and see photos of this day in my 'A Blast From Our Past' segment below.

 BY THE END OF TODAY THE BIG SNOW LOAD ON OUR FRONT DECK WAS GONE AND DID YOU NOTICE THE LITTLE DOGGY FACE PEERING OUT THE PATIO DOOR

 AND, A LOT OF SNOW HAS ALREADY MELTED OFF OUR BACK DECK TOO

A Blast From Our Past:)) Atop The Plops With Kelly And Pheebs And Then Atop The Plops Again With Doug, Pheebs, and Yuma.  There are more nice photos of Kelly here.

 I WAS ABLE TO FREE THIS LITTLE CEDAR TREE FROM THE SNOW AND THE SMOKY BACKGROUND IS JUST ME BURNING A FEW PAPER PRODUCTS IN OUR BURNING BARREL

 OUR NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET IS GOING TO BE BUSY THIS SPRING AS WELL AND THAT IS THE PARK'S CLUBHOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND

Kelly, like her Mother, was an avid reader and spent many contented hours with her books.  It was nothing to see a stack of three or four books in her room on the nightstand beside her bed.  She loved the Bayfield Library where she found her favorite books through the Huron County Library System.  It was suggested by Kelly's brother Peter, also an ardent library supporter that if anyone felt they would like to make a donation in Kelly's name to the  Bayfield Public Library they could do so.   Saturday morning I stopped into the Library and inquired how that might be done and the nice lady there sent me a form via email which I think could be copied and printed off.  The Bayfield Public Library is part of the Huron County Library system.  Tribute-form.pdf   And, while on the topic of the Bayfield Library, I have made an appointment there for this coming Thursday afternoon to have someone help me with the basic operation of Kelly's iPhone. That is if my short-term memory will absorb and retain anything.  It will no doubt be a challenge for me.  I don't even know how to turn it on or off......... 

 I WAS ABLE TO FREE THIS LITTLE CEDAR TREE FROM THE ICY SNOW AS WELL

 ALTHOUGH BENT, IT WILL PULL ITSELF UP STRAIGHT AND STRONG AGAIN

Al's Music Box:)) The Twelth Of Never is a popular song written in 1956 and first recorded by Johnny Mathis the following year. The title is a popular expression, which is used as the date of a future occurrence that will never come to pass.  In the case of the song, "the 12th of Never" is given as the date on which the singer will stop loving his beloved, thus indicating that he will always love them.  Mathis initially disliked the song, which was released as the flip side to his number 1 hit single "Chances Are".  It was written by Jerry Livingston and Paul Francis Webster, the tune (except for the bridge) being adapted from "The Riddle Song" (also known as "I Gave My Love a Cherry"), an old English folk song. Mathis's original version reached number 9 on what is now called the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA in 1957.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A wife went to the police station with her next-door neighbor to report that her husband was missing. The policeman asked for a description.  She said, "He's 35 years old, 6 foot 4, has dark eyes, dark wavy hair, an athletic build, weighs 185 pounds, is soft-spoken, and is good to the children."  The next-door neighbor protested, "Your husband is 5 foot 4, chubby, bald, has a big mouth, and is mean to your children."  The wife replied, "Yes, but who wants HIM back?"

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Why don't some couples go to the gym?
Because some relationships just don't work out.

A minister stood in front of his congregation and announced, "I have good news and bad news. The good news is we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is that it’s still in your pockets.”

"Madam, your husband must have absolute rest." "Well, Doctor, he won't listen to me."
"A very good beginning, madam, a very good beginning."
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Al's Doggy World

Meanings::

Kelly's Corner

ATOP THE COW PLOPS NEAR DARBY WELL ROAD EAST OF AJO ARIZONA

 THROWING SNOWBALLS IN THE EMORY PASS EAST OF SILVER CITY NEW MEXICO

 A VERY WINDY MORNING WEST OF OCOTILLO WELLS NEAR BORREGO SPRINGS CALIFORNIA

OH HOW WE LOVED BOONDOCKING IN THE SONORAN DESERT NEAR INDIAN ROAD WEST OF AJO ARIZONA AND THOSE ARE ALL SAGUARO CACTUS YOU SEE SO TALL AND STATELY

 BEV, KELLY, AND JANNA.....BOTH BEV AND KELLY ARE GONE NOW

 KELLY, PHEEBS, AND I AT OUR WINTER HOME IN CONGRESS ARIZONA...PHOTO BY DOUG LANNING

Al's Art Gallery 

 THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS