MAYBE SOMEHOW MAKE AN INTERESTING STORY OUT OF IT

 THIS COLD AND FORLORN LOOKING LITTLE SUNFLOWER SHACK ON TIPPERARY LINE PATIENTLY AWAITS THE WARM SUNSHINE OF SUMMER

Whenever I head out each and every morning with my camera for a drive around the area roads, it is never with the intention of seeking out and taking a perfect photograph/s.  I don't have the patience, nor the interest to do that.  If I can get close enough to good enough with a shot, I'm okay with that.  The fun for me is simply being outside, enjoying the scenery, being visually aware of my surroundings, and seeing things that might make an okay photo for the blog.  Maybe the photo tells a story, maybe it lends itself to something I've written, maybe it just pleases my eye, or maybe it's simply something I think readers might be interested in.  For me, the photo doesn't have to be perfect.  Some of my photos are a touch out of focus, maybe some blurr from camera shake, under or over overexposed because of an incorrect setting.  I constantly struggle with correct color, and sometimes I plumb forget how to adjust my camera settings.  But, despite all that, and after all these years, I still like to head out each and every day with my camera in hand.  And, when I say each and every day, I do mean 365 days a year.  My camera, and now a smart phone camera too, go with me everywhere I go.  Remember the old TV commercial saying, 'never leave home without it'?  Well, that's me.  There is another part to my photo enjoyment and that is the editing of each day's photos.  I so much enjoy sitting down at my computer with my simple little Picasa Photo Editing program and going over each and every photo, tweaking it here and there trying to make something nice and correct all the mistakes I made taking the photo in the first place.  Cropping is a biggy, challenging color corrections keep me on my toes, and trying to compensate for under or over exposed photos is a given.  All frustrating, but frustratingly fun somehow, and especially so when I can occasionally end up with a photo that puts a smile on my face.  A rare occurence I may add, but a nice feeling when it happens.  As I have written in previous posts, I don't think of myself as a photographer, but more of an ameteur photo journalist looking for a few pictures here and there to maybe somehow make an entertaining story out of.

 THIS IS WHAT OUR FRONT YARD LOOKED LIKE FRIDAY MORNING

 THREE OF OUR BLACK SQUIRREL HERD...HUEY, DEWEY, AND LOUIE

 GRACKLEATORGATORS

 THEY ARE A RAVENOUS BUNCH AND I HAVE SEEN AS MANY AS SEVEN ON THE BIRDSTATION AT ONE TIME

I had forgotten to add a few snowy morning photos in Friday's post, so I will include them below.  We had another dusting of snow Friday night, but apparently, inland, they had a nasty snowstorm.  Our cloud cover finally disappated around noon today, and we ended up with big, bright sunny skies.  Cold, icy winds drove the 28F way down and I had to dress warmly when I headed out earlier this morning.  We are predicted to hit 50F Sunday:)))))))  At the time of posting tonight (Saturday) we are sitting at a cold 26F:((

 ABOUT TO HEAD OUT ON ANOTHER COLD WINTER'S MORN

 HEADING UP THE STREET

IT'S LOOKING A LITTLE BLUSTERY IN THE PARK

 HEADING OUT OF THE PARK, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SNOW IS RAMPING UP

 MOTORING EAST ON BAYFIELD RIVER ROAD

 ONCE BARE FARMER'S FIELDS ARE TURNING WHITE AGAIN

 TURNED AROUND AND HEADING HOME

Al's Music Box:: Ventura Highway by America.

 A LONG TELEPHOTO SHOT THROUGH A THOUSAND SNOWFLAKES OF PARK RESIDENT MIKE AND HIS DOG ALFIE OUT FOR A WALK....THAT'S ALFIE LOWER RIGHT

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Two guys were doing construction on a house. One of them, who was nailing down siding, would reach into his nail pouch, pull out a nail, and then either toss it over his shoulder or nail it into the siding. The other guy, figuring this was worth looking into, asked, "Why are you throwing those nails away?" The first guy explained, "If I pull a nail out of my pouch and it's pointed towards me, I throw it away 'cause it's defective. If it's pointed toward the house, then I nail it into the siding." The second guy was outraged. He yelled, "You moron! The nails pointed towards you aren't defective! They're for the other side of the house!"

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Remember, when people are dead, they do not know they are dead. It is only painful for others. The same applies when people are stupid.

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- “It's a clumsy reflection of yourself when you break a mirror.”

- "How's the diet going?" "Not good, I had eggs for breakfast." "Scrambled?" "No, chocolate."

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The Little Moron was driving down the road when he looks up and sees a tree, so he swerves to the left. The tree is still in front of him so she swerves to the right, this time his car rolls into the ditch. When the Police Officer came to the scene of the accident the Little Moron told the Police Officer about the tree that was in front of him. The officer kindly explained that the tree was the green air freshener hanging off his rear view mirror.

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HAD THAT BEEN THE CASE I WOULD NOT HAVE VENTURED OUT

 WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S SUNSET AT BAYFIELD'S PIONEER PARK

Thursday:: Not a whole lot going on again today, but I did check out my country walking road and found it finally clear of ice and snow.  Had it not been for the morning's icy cold wind, I would have stopped at my spot and headed down the road for a walk.  At least I got to drive along the road (Stirling Line) for the first time since probably last November.

 CAME ACROSS MANY FLOODED FARM FIELDS ON MY MORNING TRAVELS

A FLIGHT OF CANADA GEESE WITH FLAPS DOWN, COMING IN FOR A LANDING 

THEY JOINED A GATHERING OF FELLOW FLYERS AROUND A FLOODED POND

 AND DINED ON A BREAKFAST OF FRESH GREEN SPROUTS IN A FARMER'S FIELD

Friday:: A big change in the weather, and we got clobbered by a snowstorm starting around 8 a.m. this morning, which continued off and on for the rest of the day.  I did head out for a wee drive this morning down to the end of Bayfield River Road and back.  Roads were a touch slippery under the heavy snow, and visibility wasn't the best, but at least the snow wasn't light and fluffy, which would have resulted in wind blown whiteout conditions.  Had that been the case, I would not have ventured out.   I think we had about two to three inches of wet snow which, according to tonight's 6 o'clock news, resulted in many vehicle accidents today.  Today's snowstorm is no surprise for this time of year.  We'll probably have a few more before Old Man Winter makes his final blustery exit for the season likely sometime in early April.

 EVEN SAW A FEW COWS ALONG THE WAY

It was one year ago on March 14th, that my best buddy of nearly fifty years passed away.  It was a sad time when when I later found out, and it's still a sad time now when I think about it.  On March 20th of last year, I wrote a tribute (with photos) to Richard, which you can read here at, A Tribute To My Best Friend, Richard.  Often, on my morning drives, I think of him and all the great conversations we had over the years as we traveled around the local countryside with our Thursday morning coffee and muffins in hand,  And, I still think as I am driving along, 'Talk to me, Richard, talk to me'.  

Al's Music Box:: Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and his band, Wings.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( One morning the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. in Jeff's house. He picked up the phone and a woman asked, "Is this 555-1111?" "No, this is 555-1112." Jeff replied. "Oh, I'm so sorry for disturbing you." The woman said. "That's alright," Jeff said. "I had to get up to answer the phone anyway."

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Two monsters went to a Halloween party. Suddenly one said to the other, "A lady just rolled her eyes at me. What should I do?"
The other monster replied, "Be a gentleman and roll them back to her."

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How do you get down off an elephant?
You don't, you get down off a goose.

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Geography teacher asked if I could name a country with no R in it. I said, "No way."
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Little Johnny watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on her face. "Why do you do that, Mom?"
 "To make myself beautiful," she answered. She then began to remove the cream with a tissue. "What's the matter?" Johnny started. "Giving up?"

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