A SHORT MORNING JEEP RIDE AROUND BAYFIELD

IN ABOUT 6 WEEKS THESE SAILBOATS WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY BACK TO THE BAYFIELD RIVER

Seeing a bit of pink in the early morning sky I was optimistic we may have some more sunshine today.  And so it came to pass although the temperature barely got above freezing.  Thought maybe I would try staying in and not going anywhere so stretched out in my recliner savoring the warmth of our cozy little abode.  Five minutes later I unstretched myself and with an exuberant Pheebs right behind me headed out the door into this mornings 31F temps.  Cranked up the Jeep's heater and slid ourselves into Bayfield for a slow shuffle around town.

THIS IS WHAT A FISHING BOAT LOOKS LIKE OUT OF WATER

AND THIS IS WHAT A SAILBOAT LOOKS LIKE WRAPPED FOR THE WINTER

INSTEAD OF WRAPPING THIS SAILBOAT IS COVERED

ONE OF THREE SMALL INNER HARBORS AND THIS ONE IS STILL FROZEN OVER

THE BAYFIELD RIVER ITSELF IS  NOW FREE OF ICE ALL THE WAY TO LAKE HURON

The Jeep had picked up some road salt Saturday so we stopped at the car wash and hosed all that off.  I think the last time I washed the Jeep may have been last December sometime.  Not feeling any great desire to go too far we puddled around town for another half hour then headed home.  It was not quite 10 o'clock yet.

SOMETHING DEFINITELY GOING ON WITH BAYFIELD'S SMALL BEACH

HEAVY EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN MOVING AROUND ON THE BEACH

STILL LOTS OF ICE OUT ON THE LAKE

LAKE ICE AS SEEN FROM THE BLUFFS AT PIONEER PARK

YESSIREEEE THE SPRING CLEAN UP HAS BEGUN IN BAYFIELD ALRIGHT

Although our air felt cold today it was the sunshine that later drew me out of the house again to putter around with the bird feeders.  A wee bit of melting going on.  Other than that it was a quiet day.  Looking forward to sunnier warm days ahead and getting myself outside on the end of my gardening tools starting the Spring clean-up.  Always a nice feeling cleaning up things in the Spring and having the outside looking nice again.  And of course the added bonus is the much needed exercise it takes to do all that.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A duck walks into a store and asks the guy behind the counter for duck food."Don't have any duck food. Just dog food and cat food.""Okay, thanks," the duck says, and leaves.The next day the duck comes back. Got any duck food? he asks."I told you -- only dog food and cat food.""Okay, thanks."The next day the duck shows up again, asking for duck food.Now the man behind the counter is annoyed. I've told you for three days running, we don't carry duck food."Okay, thanks."The fourth day, here comes the duck. "I'm looking for the duck food section."The counterman blows his stack. You come in here one more time and ask for duck food, and I'll nail your webbed feet to the floor. You got that?Next day the duck shows up again."What do you want?" the counterman asks threateningly. "Um, got any nails?" the duck says."No, no nails.""Okay, got any duck food?" 
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Did you hear about the very intelligent monster? He was called Frank Einstein.
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A guy in Paris steals several paintings from the Louvre Museum. But after he gets them out past security, his van runs out of gas two blocks away from the museum and he gets caught. The police ask how he could mastermind such a complex crime and then make such a moronic error. The thief replies, "I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the van Gogh."