FINALLY, A WALK AROUND THE PARK'S POND

A CANADA GOOSE ON OUR PARK'S POND THIS AFTERNOON

Before I forget, which I have been doing a lot of for a couple of weeks now, Aunt Jean finally did sell her 2006 Toyota Camry a couple of Saturday mornings ago.  She drove her car to the garage, where she has been having her car serviced for years.  A young fellow, and friend of the garage owner, met her there and was the lucky buyer of the Toyota with only 115,000 miles on it.  Aunt Jean even got a rebate from her insurance company.  It wasn't an easy decision for her to sell her car because even at 98 years old, she still loved to drive.  She knows she is not only going to miss her car, but even more, she is going to miss the freedom of being able to come and go wherever she wanted, whenever she wanted. 

 AT THE NORTH END OF THE POND LOOKING SOUTH

 THE VIBRANT GREEN COLORS OF SPRING

Our temps dropped well over thirty degrees overnight from a high of seventy yesterday to a low of thirty two this morning.  It reminded me of a few Arizona nights in the wintertime.  Not much to write about tonight, simply because it turned out to be a mainly inside lazy day. Maybe I was due for one of those.  And hey, it's April first already, so how's about them apples, eh:))

ANOTHER PARK LOT IS BEING READIED FOR THE NEXT NEW MOBILE HOME COMING IN SOON

  RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE MADE PARK OWNER ADAM'S JOB A MUDDY CHALLENGE

 THE NEWEST LOT IS TO THE LEFT OF THOSE PILES OF DIRT ON THE LEFT AND ANOTHER NEW UNIT CAN BE SEEN IN THE TREES AT THE TOP OF THE PHOTO

 NO, THESE ARE NOT SPRING PIPE FLOWERS

I was reminded again today that without my best Pal by my side, I don't seem to get myself out for afternoon walks around the Park's pond and beyond anymore.  When that thought occurred to me, I hauled myself out of my recliner, slipped my boots on, and away I went with camera in hand.  Figured I might see a few turtles, but alas, no turtles.

 POSSIBLY BEGINNING THIS SUMMER, A NEW CLUBHOUSE MAY BE ADDED TO OR REPLACE THE EXISTING PARK'S CLUBHOUSE AT THE TOP OF THE PHOTO

 A CANADA GOOSE HEADS FOR THE POND

I slight revision here.  Looks like I had the opening day for Rosies Ice Cream Shoppe wrong, and it is not April first.  It will be opening on Good Friday at 2 p.m.  Be there or be square:))

 READERS MAY REMEMBER THIS 'REST-A-BIT 'BENCH THAT KELLY HAD PUT A LITTLE SIGN ON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO

 KELLY'S WORDS HAVE BEEN REMEMBERED, AND I SEE SOMEONE HAS MADE AND PLACED A NICE PLAQUE ON THE BENCH

 HEAVY RAINS HAVE WASHED A LOT OF MUDDY WATER INTO THE POND

Al's Music Box:: Cats In The Cradle by Harry Chapin.

THIS IS THE WEST END OF THE GOOSE PADDLING EAST

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Overheard on an American Airlines flight into Amarillo, Texas, on a particularly windy and bumpy day: During the final approach, the Captain was really having to fight it. After an extremely hard landing, the Flight Attendant said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Amarillo. Please remain in your seats with your seat belts fastened while the Captain taxis what's left of our airplane to the gate

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- My grandfather has the heart of a lion and a lifetime ban at the zoo.

Q: Where do one-legged people eat?
A: IHOP.

Q:what does a cloud wear under his raincoat ? A:Thunderwear.

- What do you call a nose with no body? No body nose

- Why should you never play poker at the zoo? Too many cheetahs

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God noticed that Adam was lonely. He said to him "Adam, I am going to give you the perfect companion. She'll cook and clean and listen, she's perfect."Adam replied, "What will she cost me?"God said, "An arm and a leg."Shocked, Adam said, "Well, what can I get for a rib?"

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When a new child visited our Sunday school, the teacher greeted him and asked his age. The little boy held up four fingers. "Oh, you're four," said the teacher. "And when will you be 5?" The child stared at her and after a few seconds replied, "When I hold up the other finger."

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WE ALREADY HAVE TWO FROGS IN THE FRONT YARD FROG POND

 OUR FIRST FRONT YARD FROG POND FROG OF THE SEASON

I hadn't been out for a quiet night drive by myself since probably early November of last year.  But, with our warmer temperatures and catching a glimpse of Monday night's Moon from home, I knew I had to take myself out for a drive to my favorite sky watching place on Tower Line Road.  It felt so good to be outside under the night sky again, even if it was mainly cloudy.  I watched as the darkened clouds moved slowly across the face of the Moon, mostly obscuring it from view.  But, sitting in the car, with the driver's side window open and using the window frame as a brace, I was able to get a couple of reasonably steady handheld shots of the partially clouded Moon with my camera.  I stood on the country road and sat in the car for quite a while just thinking of thoughts that only come in quiet times like these.  I don't spend nearly enough time with my quiet thoughts.  Sometimes, things are just too helter-skelter.  And oh my, in the distance, I could hear Peeper frogs:))))))

Thunder, lightning, and rain pounding on our steel roof woke me up in the night, but luckily, I fell asleep moments later.  The next big rumbling sound woke me up just after 7:30.  It was the garbage truck out front dumping the garbage cans.

 SPENT TIME RAKING OUT SOME FLOWER BEDS THIS AFTERNOON

Under mainly cloudy skies, and not a lot of rain for most of the day, we hit a wonderful 70F.  Warmest day of the year so far.  Lorraine and I slipped up to Goderich for a few groceries, and upon arriving home, I again busied myself outside.  Cleaned a lot of debris like small branches, leaves, and pine needles out of the front yard frog pond, and having turned our outside water on yesterday, I topped up the water level.  Not long after that, I spotted our first frog of the season.  Then, I saw a second one.  They may very well have wintered over in the pond, but I'm not sure.  They seemed a little groggy.  Depending on the weather, I might hook up the pond pump over the next few days.  At the time of writing this, I received a rain squall warning on my phone.  Quickly checking my live radar site, I could see some very nasty weather quickly approaching.  I may post this early to thwart a possible power outage.  Oh-oh, here comes the thunder rolling in over the lake........7:48 p.m. About ten minutes after writing that last sentence, our power went out in a torrential downpour.  I have never seen it rain as heavy in the Park as it did, and I've been here well over twenty-three years.  The power remained out for a couple of hours.

TOPPING UP THE WATER LEVEL IN THE FROG POND

 SPOTTED THIS SECOND FROG CRAWLING UP OUT OF THE WATER

Al's Music Box:(( On The Beach by the late Chris Rea.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( After a long, dry sermon, the minister announced that he wished to meet with the church board after the service. The first man to arrive was a stranger.  You misunderstood my announcement. This is a meeting of the board, said the minister.  I know, said the man.  If there is anyone here more bored than I am, I'd like to meet him.

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- “Did you hear the one about the woman who threw her toaster away because it kept burning the bread? She was black toast intolerant.”

- How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

- How do you make a tissue dance? Put a little boogie in it.
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A fellow’s wife was very worried about her husband’s heavy drinking and one night she decided to give him a fright. She draped herself in a white sheet and went down to the local cemetery, knowing that her husband was in the habit of taking a shortcut through it on his way home from the pub. It was not long before he came staggering along, and out she jumped from behind a headstone.  “Ooooooo!” she wailed, “I am the devil!”  Her husband sticks out his hand. “Put it there, pal,” he says, “I’m married to your sister.”

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