I DROVE HOME WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE:))

 A LARGE SHIP APPROACHES GODERICH'S HARBOR OUT OF THE FOG THIS AFTERNOON

Rain squall warnings accompanied by thunder and lightning came to fruition during the night, momentarily knocking out our power for the second time in twenty-four hours.  I missed most of it, but Lorraine said it kept her awake.  I was glad this morning to see that all the rain cascading off the shed roof hadn't washed all my newly planted grass seed away.  

 WITH RECENT RAINS WASHING MUDDY WATER INTO THE PARK'S POND, IT LOOKS LIKE THE WATER FOUNTAIN IS SITTING IN A POOL OF CHOCOLATE MILK

 SPOTTED THIS MALE MALLARD DUCK WITH ITS BEAK INTO ITS BREAKFAST

 WITH PAPA DUCK LOOKING TOWARDS THOSE REEDS, I SUSPECT MAMA DUCK HAS A NEST OF EGGS IN THERE SOMEWHERE

 THE TWO HALVES OF THE NEW MOBILE HOME THAT ARRIVED AT THE PARK TUESDAY ARE STILL ON THE ROAD OPPOSITE ITS CONCRETE PAD, AND I SUSPECT IT IS TOO MUDDY RIGHT NOW TO ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE TWO SECTIONS INTO PLACE

Headed out to my walking road, but cut my walk short when I found the southwesterly wind too cool, plus a slight drizzle had begun.  However, my drive there was not in vain.  When stepping out of the car by the side of the road, I noticed a large dew worm slowly crawling along the hardened road's gravel surface.  I then noticed two other dew worms in the same predicament.  They had obviously been forced out of the ditch's softer earth by the overnight heavy rainfall.  Luckily, I was able to help all three of these hapless critters by carefully moving them to the edge of a plowed roadside field where they could safely get themselves underground again.  I drove home with a smile on my face:))

 THIS IS THE DEW WORM I NEARLY STEPPED ON GETTING OUT OF THE CAR

 THERE ARE THREE DEW WORMS IN THIS PHOTO, AND I NAMED THE LITTLE FELLERS HUEY, DEWEY, AND LOUIE

Deciding I needed a break from my outside yard work, I instead this morning, focused my attention on the car.  Out came my shop vac and various cleaners.  And that kept me busy cleaning the car for an hour or so.  Following that, Lorraine and I headed off to Goderich for a few groceries.  Food Basics, McD'd coffee to go for me, Giant Tiger, and a drive down to the harbor, which resulted at being just in the right place at just the right time.  A large ship was just emerging out of the coastal fog and beginning its slow entrance into Goderich's harbor.

 THE SHIP'S NAME IS THE MARIA G

 MARINERS IN THE BOW HELPING TO GUIDE THE SHIP TO THE DOCK, AND DROPPING LAND LINES TO A CREW ON THE PIER

THESE SAILERS IN THE STERN ARE ALSO PREPARING LAND LINES

 LOWERING HEAVIER LAND LINES FROM THE STERN

From the harbor, it was a stop at Zehr's Supermarket and Walmart.  And, from there, home we went with Subie's windshield wipers going.  

 OUTSIDE OF ZEHR'S SUPERMARKET, I SPOTTED THIS SET UP

 A FEW MINUTES LATER I SAW THAT RIG GO BY WITH THE OWNER LEADING THE WAY

Al's Art Gallery:: The Wayward Wind by Gogi Grant.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( God created the mule, and told him, "You are mule. You will work constantly from dusk to dawn, carrying heavy loads on your back. You will eat grass and lack intelligence. You will live for 50 years." The mule answered, "To live like this for 50 years is too much. Please, give me no more than 20." And it was so. Then God created the dog, and told him, "You are dog. You will hold vigilance over the dwellings of Man, to whom you will be his greatest companion. You will eat his table scraps and live for 25 years." The dog responded, "Lord, to live 25 years as a dog like that is too much. Please, no more than 10 years." And it was so. God then created the monkey and told him, "You are monkey. You shall swing from tree to tree, acting like an idiot. You will be funny, and you shall live for 20 years."The monkey responded, "Lord, to live 20 years as the clown of the world is too much. Please, Lord, give me no than 10 years." And it was so. Finally, God created Man and told him, "You are Man, the only rational being that walks the earth. You will use your intelligence to have mastery over the creatures of the world. You will dominate the earth and live for 20 years." The man responded, "Lord, to be Man for only 20 years is too little. Please, Lord; give me the 20 years the mule refused, the 15 years the dog refused, and the 10 years the monkey rejected."  And so God made Man to live 20 years as a man, then marry and live 20 years like a mule working and carrying heavy loads on his back. Then, he is to have children and live 15 years as a dog, guarding his house and eating the leftovers after they empty the pantry; then, in his old age, to live 10 years as a monkey, acting like an idiot to amuse his grandchildren. And it is so ...

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- I make apocalypse jokes like there's no tomorrowI

- "My boss says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll see about that."

- "When an employment application asks who is to be notified in case of emergency, I always write, 'A very good doctor'."

- "Team work is important; it helps to put the blame on someone else."

- "I’m great at multitasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at once."

A businessman boarded a plane to find, sitting next to him, an elegant woman wearing the largest, most stunning diamond ring he had ever seen. He asked her about it. "This is the Klopman diamond," she said. "It is beautiful, but there is a terrible curse that goes with it."
"What's the curse?" the man asked...... "Mr. Klopman", she answered.

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"After years of wondering why he didn't look like his younger sister or brother, a young man finally got up the nerve to ask his mother if he was adopted. "Yes, you were son," his mother said as she started to cry softly. "But it didn't work out and they brought you back."

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A MOVE FOR ME TODAY, AND IT WASN'T A DANCE MOVE

 FARMER'S FIELDS ARE BECOMING GREENER AND GREENER

Sunday: Not the best morning for a country road walk, so I headed off into Bayfield, and then out the other side to the Bronson Line.  Heading south, I turned left onto Pavilion Road and headed for one of Pheebs and mine favorite little walking spots, called the Linfield Conservation Area.  It's a short walk there, and for me Sunday morning, it was a sad walk.  It always is now whenever I stop there without Pheebs.  She passed away nearly a year ago.  My sadness continued until something took my mind off it.  Heading north on the Goshen Line I noticed a car on the shoulder of the road parked at a wee bit of an odd angle.  I slowed down, and noticed as I passed the empty car that it's left rear tire was completely missing.  The rim had dug a rut in the shoulder's gravel.  I figured the driver had probably walked into a farmyard there, seeking assistance.  I continued up the road about a mile and saw a fellow walking.  I slowed down as he flagged me down.  Sure enough, he was the driver of the car.  He didn't have his phone with him and was walking home, which was about two miles.  I was able to give him a lift right to the gates of ?? where he lived.  He was a happy camper, and so was I, that I was able to help someone, and also the fact that it pulled me out of my sadness.  Home about two hours after I had left, I once again busied myself with my outside projects.  When I finally came inside, I was so tired out I promptly fell asleep in my recliner.

A NICE PROPERTY AND HOME IN BAYFIELD

BAYFIELD DAFFODILS

 A FOGGY SUNDAY MORNING ON BAYFIELD'S SOUTH PIER FOR THESE TWO FISHERMEN

Rain squall warnings had been issued, and it definitely was a thunder-laced squall that woke me up sometime in the night.  Quite a deluge of water, but it was all over by morning's early light. Oh well, you know what they say about April showers bringing May flowers.  All is good.  A black pick-up truck with a flashing yellow light on the cab, and a large 'red and gray caution symbol' decal on the tailgate caught my attention as I glanced out of our east-facing window from my recliner earlier this morning.  That light and tailgate sign told me that there was likely a large object coming behind, and in our park, that could only mean one thing.  There was a house, or half a house, coming down the adjoining street.  Nothing showed up right away as expected, so I hopped into the car and drove to the Park's entrance.  Sure enough, there it was...half a park model mobile home on its way into the Park.

 COMING IN THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK

THE DRIVER MAKES A TIGHT RIGHT TURN IN ORDER TO LINE UP THE UNIT WITH THE STREET. AND THEN BACK DOWN THE STREET

ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK LOOKS LIKE IT IS COMING TOWARDS ME, IT IS IN FACT REVERSING

OH-OH, THERE IS A PROBLEM GETTING AROUND THE NEXT CORNER

AFTER A POW WOW IN THE INTERSECTION, THE DRIVER, THE PARK OWNER, AND A GENERAL COACH WORKER ALL HEAD TO THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS FOR THE NEST MOVE

WITH A BIT OF WIGGLING AND FINIGGLING, THE BOYS SOLVE THE PROBLEM AS PARK OWNER ADAM KEEPS A CLOSE EYE ON THE REAR OF THE UNIT AS IT BEGINS ITS LONG BACK  UP TO ITS SITE

 THE UNIT EASES BY THE EAST SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY

 IN THIS PHOTO AS THE UNIT IS BACKING DOWN THE ROAD, THAT IS OUR PLACE ON THE RIGHT

 HALF OF THE NEW NEW UNIT HAS BEEN DELIVERED AND AWAITS ADAM WITH HIS TRACTOR AND BUCKET TO MANEUVER IT ONTO ITS CONCRETE PAD

After my mobile home photos, I headed off out into the country to my gravel road walking spot.  The southwesterly winds were about strong enough to blow the beak off a buzzard, but I hopped out of the car and headed up the road with the slightly cool wind pusing me right along.  Coming back was a different story as I had to lean into that wind to make my way back.  Good thing I wasn't wearing a hat or it would have ended up in the next county.

IT WAS A NICE MORNING FOR WALK DESPITE THE WND TRYING TO BLOW ME OFF MY FEET

 HOME AGAIN, A FEW HOURS LATER, I SAW THE SECOND HALF OF THE MOBILE HOME UNIT BEING BACKED DOWN THE ROAD TO ITS SITE

Home again, I right away got myself into another project I had been putting off for quite a while.  Readers might remember a few photos I had in my post a few days ago of that arbor/trellis removal.  Well, in some of those pics, there were a bunch of concrete patio stones leaning against the metal shed.  Well, I was anxious to get all those patio stones moved so that I could get in there, clean that area out, roll and rake it, and then put grass seed in.  Fired up my wheelbarrow and with 6 patio stones in each load, I moved all 77 of them plus a dozen smaller chunks of broken concrete.  A few of the bigger concrete chunks I had to use my fridge cart.  I didn't move everything in one big slam, but it took me two coffee breaks and one lunch break to get them all relocated.  Lorraine was a big help with the coffee and lunch.  She did come out at one point with gloves on to help move the patio stones, but I quickly put the kybosch on that idea.  Why?? Well then, she wouldn't be able to make coffee and lunch, and I would have had to do that all by myself.  And besides, she knows how to make lots more better stuff than I do.  But really, the real reason....those patio stones are heavy, and I simply did not want her hurting herself.

MY PROJECT TASK TODAY WAS TO RELOCATE ALL THESE PATIO STONES AND CHUNKS OF CONCRETE

I MOVED THE PATIO STONES SIX AT A TIME

NEXT, I ROTO-TILLED THE AREA AND LATER SEEDED THE GROUND WITH GRASS SEED

AND, THIS IS WHERE THE PATIO STONES HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO

Al's Music Box:: In My Room by The Beach Boys.

LORRAINE HAS BEEN MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE LOCAL CHIPMUNKS

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A pastor, a doctor and an engineer wait for a particularly slow group of golfers. The engineer fumes, " What's with these guys? We've been waiting for 15 minutes! The pastor says, Hey, here comes the groundskeeper, let's have a word with him. Say, George, what's with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they, the doctor asks. The groundskeeper tells them that the other golfers are a group of blind firefighters who lost their sight saving the clubhouse from a fire and that they come and play for free whenever they want. The group is silent for a moment. The pastor says, Thats so sad. I will say a special prayer for them tonight. The doctor says, Good idea. I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist buddy and see if there's anything he can do for them. The engineer says, Why can't these guys play at night?

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A man is recovering from surgery when the surgical nurse appears and asks him how he is feeling. "I'm OK but I didn't like the four letter-words the doctor used in surgery," he answered. "What did he say?" asked the nurse. "Oops!"

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Q: Did you hear about the Little Moron who won the gold medal?
A: He was so proud she had it bronzed.
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A Hillbilly was involved in an accident.
The Trooper asked him, "Didn't you see that yield sign when you were merging onto the highway?" The Hillbilly replied, "Ahh sure I did...and I did it...yup, I Yieeeld and Yieeeld at that there truck and he justa kepp on comin'!!!"

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