HAVE YOU EVER HEARD GRASS SEED GIGGLING

 ANOTHER BAYFIELD SUNSET

Thursday: A beautiful, sunny, blue sky with temps reaching 63F.  I took full advantage of that and wore myself out with the take down of our back yard lattice work arbor, plus a few other little projects.  By the end of the day, I didn't have enough energy left to even think about putting a blog post together.  However, all was not lost, when after a hot shower I felt revitalized enough to hop in the car and drive myself to the now open Thursday to Sunday Woodland Drive-In.  With $2.25 in hand, I soon had my face into a small soft ice cream cone, called a 'Twister'.  Following that, it was down to the beach to catch the day's sunset.  Not wanting to go straight home, I slipped into Bayfield for a few more photos.  Bolstered by the evening air, and with my driver's window down, I slipped out of Bayfield and headed for my night sky spot on Tower Hill Road, northwest of Clinton, Ontario.  And, I brought my thoughts with me this time as I stood on the country road gazing skyward.  A nice way to wrap up another day.

 PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH PIER

 THIS LADY MAY BE THE FIRST BEACH GOWER OF THE SEASON

 AND,  BEHIND HER IS THE NEW BREAKWATER WALL THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS

AND, BY GOLLY I EVEN SEE A LITTLE DOGGY OUT THERE WITH THE FOLKS AT THE END OF THE PIER

 IT WAS ANOTHER FIREY SUNSET

DARKNESS FALLS ON A FISHING BOAT

 BY THE TIME I REMEMBERED TO TAKE A PHOTO OF MY CONE, IT WAS ALMOST HALF GONE

 A SLOW DRIVE ALONG BAYFIELD'S MAIN STREET

 AT MY NIGHT SKY SPOT i TOOK THIS iPHONE PIC OF WHAT I THINK IS THE PLANET JUPITER

Friday: Rain began shortly after I got up and that was Okay because I was thinking of all the grass seed I have recently spread about.  Have you ever heard grass seeds giggling?  I did this morning.  Needing a few groceries, I followed my windshield wipers to Goderich with a stop at McD's for a coffee and a carrot muffin to go.  This was the first McDonald's carrot muffin I've had in over a year, with the last time being with my good buddy Richard on one of our last Thursday morning country coffee drives.  After a quick stop at Walmart and the Canadian Tire Store, I headed for home.

IT WAS A DULL GRAY RAINY DAY OUT AT GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE THIS MORNING

With sunshine breaking through the clouds early this afternoon, I was soon out into our back yard to take the remaining arbor framework down.  Luckily, it didn't give me too much of a problem.  Once down, I then roto-tilled the area to get more roots out of the ground.  Following that, I raked it all level and then rolled it.  Tomorrow I will sprinkle the area with grass seed.  I would have done that today, but by late afternoon, I barely had enough energy left to walk back into the house.  A good sleep tonight will take care of that, and tomorrow I will get that grass seed in.

 I WAS GLAD I SCREWED THIS FRAME TOGETHER INSTEAD OF NAILING IT TOGETHER YEARS AGO

 FINALLY DONE AND TOMORROW I WILL TOSS SOME GRASS SEED IN THERE

Al's Music Box:: A Horse With No Name by the group, America.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Scene: A courtroom in Oklahoma where a person is on trial for murder. There is strong evidence indicating guilt; however, there is no corpse. In the defense's closing statement, the lawyer, knowing that his client is guilty and that it looks like he'll probably be convicted, resorts to a clever trick. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you all," the lawyer says as he looks at his watch. "Within 1 minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this court room," he says and he looks toward the courtroom door. The jury, somewhat stunned, all look on eagerly. A minute passes. Nothing happens. Finally the lawyer says: 'Actually, I made up the previous statement. But you all looked on with anticipation. I, therefore, put it to you that there is reasonable doubt in this case as to whether anyone was killed and insist that you return a verdict of not guilty." The jury, clearly confused, retires to deliberate. A few minutes later, the jury returns, and a representative pronounces a verdict of guilty. "But how?" inquires the lawyer. "You must have had some doubt; I saw all of you stare at the door." The representative answers: "Oh, we did look. But your client didn't."

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A motorist caught by a speed camera received notification of a fine in the mail, plus a picture of his vehicle. Duly impressed, he sent back the notification along with a photo of a $100 note to pay the fine.

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When I asked my boss for a salary raise because I was doing the work of three men,

he said he couldn't increase my pay, but if I told him the names of the three men he'd fire them.

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Two golden-agers were discussing their husbands over tea. "I do wish that my Elmer would stop biting his nails. He makes me terribly nervous." My Billy used to do the same thing," the older woman replied, "but I broke him of that pesky habit." "How?" "I hid his teeth!"

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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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