MAYBE EVEN TELL YOU WHAT SOME OF THOSE THOUGHTS ARE SOMETIME

 WE SURE LOVE OUR LITTLE CHIPMUNKS AROUND HERE

Fortunately, Tuesday night's skies remained clear, and I was able to get out for a look at the stars.  However, because of the cold 23F temps, I stayed in the car and did my stargazing through the windshield, side windows, and the moonroof.  Saw one satellite, one aircraft, the planets Venus and Jupiter, and the constellation Orion.  The lights of Clinton twinkled on the horizon to the southeast.  I had my music with me, of course, but unfortunately, it seems I left most of my thoughts at home.  So, with that and the cold night air, I soon toddled off back to my cozy little house.  I'm already looking forward to returning to my night spot on a warmer night, and next time I will be sure to bring my thoughts with me.  Maybe even tell you what some of those thoughts are sometime.

 THE LIGHTS OF CLINTON, ONTARIO ON THE HORIZON

 TOOK THIS SLIGHTLY SHAKEY PHOTO OF THE CONSTELLATION ORION THROUGH THE SUBARU'S MOONROOF. WITH MY iPHONE....ORION IS MY AUNT JEAN'S FAVORITE CONSTELLATION, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY SAGITTARIUS

Despite the temps being well below freezing this morning, the sun was out, so I hit the decks a running.  Over the past few days, I had accumulated a lot of yard waste from my various projects, and had wheelbarrowed it out to the road.  So, first thing this morning, I hitched up the utility trailer, loaded up the waste, and hauled it off to the Park's recycle area.  I would have headed out for a country road walk before that, but with a brisk east wind blowing, the windchill factor was down in the teens somewhere.  Temps came up through the day, but the east wind stayed icy.  Because of that icy wind, I decided to go ahead with a project in the backyard where I would be out of the wind.  I took down the trellis lattice work between the two sheds that I had constructed nearly twenty years ago.  The old wood was kind of rotten, so the framework came apart fairly easily, but a Weigela vine, over the years, had tangled itself around the lattice and wooden framework, and getting it all cut up and untwisted was another story.  Let's just say, I had to do a lot of cutting.  Anyway, by 4 o'clock this afternoon I had 90% of it down, loaded into the utility trailer, and hauled off to the Park's recycle area.  I also planted more grass seed today, and with rain predicted for tomorrow, I'm hoping to see some new green grass sprouting in a couple of weeks. 

 MY FIRST OF TWO TRAILER LOADS TO THE RECYCLE AREA....AND, YOU CAN STILL SEE SNOW ON THE GROUND IN THE BACKGROUND

 I AGAIN CHANGED THIS AREA THIS MORNING AND SPREAD MORE GRASS SEED....I WILL LIKELY PLANT FERNS IN THOSE POTS

 HEY, ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I LAST SAW THE SHADOW COWBOY

I HAD BEEN PUTTING THIS JOB OFF FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THIS AFTERNOON I GOT AT IT AND GOT IT DONE

With temps reaching 47F today, I just might take myself out for a little sunset cruise this evening and then hang around and wait for the night sky to make an appearance.  Checking the 10-day forecast, I'm thinking yesterday will hopefully be our last really cold day until next November or December.  Tonight's temperature drop to 22F should be the last really cold night for us.  I hope to turn the outside water back on tomorrow and hook up the front yard frog pond pump as well.  By golly, it's beginning to look like I have finally got my eighty-first winter on this Planet, in the bag:)))) 

GROANER'S CORNER:(( So this old man is walking down the street in Brooklyn. He sees a young boy sitting on the street in front of a candy shop, shoving sweets in his mouth as fast as possible. The man walks up to the boy and says "You know son, it’s really not healthy to eat all that candy." The kid looks up at him and says, "You know my grandfather lived to be 97 years old."The man replies "Oh and did he eat a lot of candy?" The kid looks at him  and says "No, but he knew how to mind his own business."

Q: Why did the witches' team lose the baseball game? A: Their bats flew away.

The energizer bunny was arrested on a charge of battery.

• My friend was showing me his tool shed and pointed to a ladder. “That's my stepladder,” he said. "I never knew my real ladder.”
• What do you call a Frenchman wearing sandals? Philippe Flop.
• I ate a clock yesterday… it was very time-consuming.
• I told my wife she should embrace her mistakes… she hugged me.
• I used to be indecisive… now I’m not so sure.

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I WAS NOT A HAPPY CAMPER!!!!!

Can you imagine my huge disappointment last night when shortly after posting my blog, I donned my coat and headed out the door to have a look at the night sky.....and, it was SNOWING!!!!  'Whaaaaaaaaa'.  I was not a happy camper!!!!!

 STEPPING OUT THE DOOR MONDAY NIGHT I WAS GREETED BY SNOW!!

It was a big huge extra effort to even get myself out the door this morning, but running low on birdseed, I headed off to the Porter's Hill Wild Bird Seed Company for a couple of 20-pound bags of 'Deluxe Mix'.  Now, that's not enough to keep the feathery fellows and furry ground critters going till Christmas, but it should get them through at least the next three weeks or so.  It's easy to tell that my 'feeding of our little front yard friends' has become quite an obsession with me over the years.  I may have to sell the house to buy more birdseed........

 OUR FRONT YARD THIS MORNING, COMPLETE WITH THE GARBAGE TRUCK PICKING UP OUR GARBAGE

ANOTHER NEW CONCRETE PAD IN OUR PARK WAS POURED MONDAY AND IS PROTECTED BY THIS ORANGE TARP AGAINST  OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER

 ICY COLD WAVES ON LAKE HURON THIS MORNING

 WAVES BREAKING OVER BAYFIELD'S NORTH PIER

 I'M THINKING BECAUSE OF THE LAKE'S ROUGH WATER, BAYFIELD'S FISHING BOATS REMAINED IN HARBOR TODAY

SEEING THIS ORANGE MACHINE LOADED ONTO A BARGE TELLS ME THEY WILL SOON BEGIN WORKING ON PUTTING ALL THE SUMMER DOCKS IN

 HEADING INTO PORTER'S HILL WILD BIRD SEED COMPANY EARLIER TODAY

Despite the cloudy, cold 25F temps with a windchill factor of 15F, I was determined not to sit in the house, so out the door I went and headed into the metal shed.  At least I was out of the wind there, and I could continue with the shed's Spring clean-up.  Burnt up some stuff in the fire pit, moved some large empty storage bins, and rearranged things in general.  The shed's interior looked much better when I walked out as opposed to when I walked into the shed a short hour before.  It was about 1:30 this afternoon when outside moving some rocks around, I saw the first glimmer of sunshine.  Skies began clearing, and my spirits began rising.  Both mental and physical energy levels began flowing again, and I soon had myself on the end of my wheelbarrow, moving more rocks around.

 A DRIVE AROUND THE PARK'S POND THIS MORNING

SPOTTED A PAIR OF MALLARD DUCKS WITH THE MALE BEING ON THE LEFT

 HERE'S PAPA DUCK DOING HIS MORNING  STRENGTH EXERCISES

Al's Music Box:: My Girl by The Temptations.

 IT WASN'T UNTIL I EDITED THIS PHOTO THAT I NOTICED MAMA DUCK HAD BEEN KEEPING A WARY EYE ON ME ALL THE TIME I WAS TAKING THISE PICTURES

GROANER'S CORNER:(( You are on a horse, galloping at a constant speed. On your right side is a sharp drop off, and on your left side is an elephant traveling at the same speed as you. Directly in front of you is another galloping horse, but your horse is unable to overtake it. Behind you is a lion running at the same speed as you, and the horse in front of you. What must you do to safely get out of this highly dangerous situation? Get your drunk ass off the merry-go-round!

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Why are frogs always so happy? They eat whatever bugs them

Q: Why do the French eat snails? A: They don't like fast food.

Q: Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide!!

Q: What's the difference between a guitar and a fish? A: You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish.

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A boy with a monkey on his shoulder was walking down the road when he passed a policeman who said, "Now, now young lad, I think you had better take that monkey the zoo." The next day, the boy was walking down the road with the monkey on his shoulder again, when he passed the same policeman. The policeman said, "Hey there, I thought I told you to take that money to the zoo!" The boy answered, "I did! Today I'm taking him to the cinema."

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