FIRST IN LINE:))

 AN OUTSIDE PROJECT THIS MORNING

Back in 2025, I decided to rearrange a few things in our side yard where Kelly and I once parked the RV's.  I roto-tilled part of the area, raked and rolled it, and also planted grass seed.  At the same time, with a pile of pea stone gravel, I wrestled with the decision of where to place those stones to make a pad for parking the utility trailer on.  There is a 4x8 lattice decorative divider in the former RV spot, and I could create that pad on the west side of the divider facing the house, or I could put those pea stones down on the east side of the divider facing the road.  Weighing the pros and cons for a couple of weeks, of where to make the pad, I finally decided to put the pad on the west side of the divider.  After a number of wheelbarrow loads of stones late last summer, the pad was done, and I began parking the utility trailer there.  And I left the trailer parked on that spot for the winter.  This morning, on my way out to the carport with intentions of driving out to my country road walking spot, I picked up a shovel, marched over to the pea stone pad, and, with one shovel at a time and nearly an hour later, I had that whole pea stone pad moved from one side of the divider to the other.  I will now plant grass seed where the trailer pad had been.  I have a feeling that this is only the beginning of some long-overdue changes to the property over the next seven months.  Everything has gotten so old and overgrown over the years, and changes are needed.  All this, of course, depends on my energy levels allowing me to make those changes.  Luckily, I have Woodsy, the energizer bunny here to help, (and issue directions of course) and she says she is raring to get out there and get things done!!

 MY GOAL IS TO MOVE ALL THESE PEA STONES FROM THIS SIDE OF THE DIVIDER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DIVIDER

 THIS IS WHERE THE RELOCATED STONES WILL GO

MOVING THE STONES FROM ONE SIDE OF THE DIVIDER TO THE OTHER SIDE, ONE SHOVELFUL AT A TIME

 SOFTENING UP THE DIRT AFTER REMOVING MOST OF THE PEA STONES

I PLAN TO TURN ON OUR OUTSIDE WATER FOR THE SEASON ON MONDAY, AND I'LL LIKELY SEED THIS AREA ON MONDAY AS WELL

 HERE ARE THE RELOCATED STONES, AND YOU CAN SEE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK LEFT TO DO STRAIGHTENING OUT THE BORDERS

 TAKING OUR FRONT FLOWERBED OUT BY THE ROAD APART

 SOME OF THE OLD ROTTING WOOD FROM THE FRONT FLOWER BED

 HAD TO MOVE A FEW 200 TON ROCKS FROM THE FLOWERBED AS WELL:))

I hadn't seen Lorraine (Woodsy) for a while today, and her car wasn't in the carport.  But I had a good hunch where she just might be.  Hopping into the Subaru, I headed straightaway into Bayfield and drove down towards the south end of Main Street.  And yup, there she was, alright, just where I figured.  Rosie's Ice Cream Shop will be opening on April 1st, and knowing there could very well be a long line-up for ice cream, Lorraine is determined to be there...........'first in line':)) 

Al's Music Box: It's Not For Me To Say by Johnny Mathis.

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GROANER'S CORNER:(( A spiritualist who'd recently been widowed met a colleague and reported excitedly that she'd just received a message from her dead husband - asking her to send him a pack of cigarettes. "The only thing is," she mused, "that I don't know where to send them. "Why not?" asked her friend. "Well, he didn't actually say that he was in Heaven - but I can't imagine he'd be in Hell." "Hmmm," responded the friend. "Well, maybe I shouldn't bring this up, but. . . he didn't mention anything about including matches in the package, did he?"

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Andy came to work one day, limping something awful. His co-worker, Josh, noticed and asked Andy what happened. Andy replied, "Oh, nothing. Just an old hockey injury that acts up once in awhile." Josh said, "Gee, I never knew you played hockey." Andy replied, "No, I don't. I hurt it last year when I lost $100 on the Stanley Cup Play-offs. I put my foot through the television...."

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- How did the pharaoh get so rich? He was running a huge pyramid scheme...

- What's round and bad tempered? A vicious circle.

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A man went to the police station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before. "You'll get your chance in court," said the desk sergeant. "No, no, no!" insisted the man. "I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I've been trying to do that for years!"

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'BANG-ZOOM'

 A RATHER SUBDUED TUESDAY EVENING SUNSET

No wind in the pine trees, not raining, not snowing, temps at the freezing mark, and a thin cloud layer.  Yup, looked like an okay morning for an early Spring stroll along my country road walking spot.  Home, I was again on the end of my leaf rake and pitchfork.  Woodsy and I went for a walk in the Bayfield Cemetery this afternoon.  And, 'Bang-Zoom' another day behind us.

 STILL A FEW PATCHES OF SNOW IN AREA FORESTS

 FROZEN SWAMP WATER

 SOON, LAST YEAR'S YELLOWED DITCH GRASS WILL BE REPLACED BY NEW AND VIBRANT GREEN SHOOTS

Al's Music Box:: C'Mon Everybody by Eddie Cochran.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man walks past a beggar on the corner of the street where he works. The beggar holds out his hand, and the man drops a coin into it. One day, the man walks past the beggar again and notices the beggar is holding out both of his hands. He asks, "Why are you holding out both of your hands?"  The beggar replied, "Business is going so well that I decided to open another branch."

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Patient: "I get a terrible pain in my eye when I drink a cup of coffee."

Doctor: "Try taking the spoon out of the cup."

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Mr. Smythe had been giving his second grade students a short lesson on science. He had explained about magnets and showed them how they would pick up nails and other bits of iron. And now it was question time...."Class," he said, "my name begins with the letter 'M,' and I pick up things....What am I?" A little boy on the front row said, "You're a Mother."

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Our 15-year-old daughter, Melanie, had to write a report for school about World War II, specifically D-Day and the invasion of Normandy.  “Isn't there a movie about that?” she asked.  I told her there was, but I couldn't think of the name.  Then it came to her, “Oh, I remember! Isn't it something like ‘Finding Private Nemo'?”

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