Last words in my ear going out the door this morning were Kelly saying. 'don't forget to get that McDonald's coffee cup'!! Anyone reading my last Wednesday's post will know why she said that to me. And yes I did do as I was told.
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| WEDNESDAY MORNINGS FORGOTTEN COFFEE CUP WAS RIGHT WHERE I LEFT IT |
With winds feeling like they were funneling directly down from the Arctic Circle again this morning neither Pheebs or I spent much time outside the Jeep. However, with Pheebs insisting she have her window down I did have to keep the Jeep's heater on high.
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| 'HEY DAD HOW ABOUT PUTTING MY WINDOW DOWN PLEASE' |
Reaching Goderich it was down around the harbor we went. One lake freighter at the salt dock and I'm not sure it was the same one I saw a few days ago with no name on it. Maybe I somehow missed the name because this ship looked the same but I did see a name. Algoma Buffalo
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| NOTICED WHILE TAKING THESE PHOTOS THE BIG LAKE FREIGHTER WAS SLOWLY BACKING UP |
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| WITH HAWSER IN HAND THIS CREWMAN SECURES THE FREIGHTER TO THE DOCK |
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| THEY WERE POSITIONING ONE OF THE SHIPS OPEN HATCHES UNDER THIS SALT BOOM |
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| SECURING THE BIG SHIP TO A BOLLARD ON THE DOCK |
| (Sorry about this big black gap here but I'm still fighting with this annoying Blogger format most every day) |
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From the harbor it was off to the Canadian Tire store to pick up a large galvanized garbage can to put birdseed in. The plastic garbage cans are no good because the Squirrels just chew holes right through the lids.
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| ROAD LEADING DOWN TO AND UP FROM THE HARBOR IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
On the way out of Goderich we stopped and retrieved the coffee cup I had forgot this past week. Had the wind not been so bitterly cold we would have headed out on the trail for a walk. Weather forecast has changed from last week and we are now seeing more sunny skies with warmer temperatures ahead. 'Yay Team'.
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| CAN YOU SEE WHERE I HAD LEFT MY COFFEE CUP?? |
GROANER'S CORNER:(( A businessman dragged himself home and barely made it to his chair before he dropped exhausted. His sympathetic wife was right there with a tall cool drink and a comforting word. "My, you look tired," she said. "You must have had a hard day today. What happened to make you so exhausted?" "It was terrible," her husband said. "The computer broke down and all of us had to do our own thinking.
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A little girl became restless as the preacher's sermon dragged on and on. Finally, she leaned over to her mother and whispered, "Mommy, if we give him the money now, will he let us go?"
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A patron ordered a Manhattan. When it was served there was a piece of parsley floating in the glass. "What in the world is this?" asked the man. The bartender peered into the glass and replied, "That's Central Park."
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Nice that you got that coffee cup and the sticker for Kelly, Like the sound of better weather , think we will head that way this coming week for a while and enjoy some of it too.
ReplyDeleteLooks like that was a great spot to hide your coffee cup!! Right there waiting for you :-) Glad you retrieved the sticker so you could get back in the house :-)
ReplyDeleteOn the way home to Colorado, we stopped for a night at El Rancho Lobo near Deming, largely due to your review of the place. I said to the hostess, "We're here because Al Bossence of The Bayfield Bunch said such nice things," but she just looked at me strangely. "You know, Al and Kelly from Bayfield," I explained...blank stare. "And Phoebe, their dog," I added.
ReplyDelete"Oh, sure, I remember Phoebe!" she said.
Hmmmm
Hi, Al. We had a laugh about your comment about the squirrels
ReplyDeleteand plastic lids. Old Man discovered the same thing about three weeks ago,
He uses several smaller containers for different kinds of seeds. A smart
squirrel got into the workshop and made all of them "easy-access." A
trip to Home Depot netted him empty metal paint cans!!!
I am going to use your photo of the big ship for a jigsaw app on my iPad.
Thanks!
Love the hustle and bustle of a port, always something going on. Glad you were able to retrieve the cup and sticker. With all the wind you're lucky it stayed there but it did look like it was stuck in there pretty well. Warmer days ahead will dry out the mud and soon walking will be fun again.
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter to you and Kelly. Did the Easter Bunny bring a bone for Pheebe to find? Hope you will be rewarded with some sunshine today and a nice walk outside.
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