WE DROPPED AROUND TO SEE PHEEBS ALPACA PALS TODAY

MY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BACKYARD CAMPFIRE

Despite gray overcast skies Pheebs and I headed off up through Goderich northeast towards Dungannon Ontario.  We hadn't seen her Alpaca pals for awhile so that's where we headed.

'WANNA TRY SOME WEED KID'...….'NO, MY MOM SAID IT WOULD MAKE ME LOCO

NO IT'S NOT A TWO HEADED ALPACA....BUT THERE IS SOMETHING UNEXPLAINABLE ABOUT THIS PHOTO THOUGH

NEAR THE ALPACAS I SAW THIS SWAN IN A KIDDIES POOL

FROM THE COLORING AND MARKINGS ON IT'S BEAK I'M GUESSSING THIS TO MAYBE BE A WHOOPER SWAN

Had the Sun been out I may have been encouraged to head on over through Mennonite territory but with a biting cold east wind blowing it was our warm cozy sunroom beckoning me home to sit quietly beside our little fireplace and read for awhile.  Did manage a few photos on the way. 

A LAZY MONDAY MORNING IN THE FARMYARD

I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHAT THIS FELLA WAS UP TO

TURKEY VULTURES IN A FIELD

I'LL BET THESE GALS ARE GLAD TO BE OUT OF WINTER'S BARN 

Back home the only time I went outside was to clean up the carport where I had recently painted a few gate pieces and Bruce had sawed up a batch of wood for the project.  

LOOK CLOSELY THERE IS A SQUIRREL STARING AT YOU IN THIS PHOTO

Okay so here's the status on the Squirrel Wars.  No Squirrels on the feeder platform yet BUT they are still getting up the pole.  I have an upside down plastic planter between the pole and the platform to keep them from twisting themselves from the pole up onto the platform.  Around the bottom of that planter are drainage holes and in the photo above you can see where I've duct taped a 'chewed out' drainage hole at the right but also notice the Squirrel itself already chewing away at a second drainage hole so he can get through it then pull himself up onto the platform.  In the photo below you can see where I have plugged that hole with a piece of wood and duct taped it into place.  We'll see how long it takes the Squirrel Gang to figure out my latest defence.

Cold rains were upon us before mid afternoon and that pretty much put the kybosh on my day.  At the time of publishing this our outside thermometer tells me we are at a cold and wet 33F.  Hoping for a slightly better day Tuesday,

GROANERS CORNER:(( An 85-year-old widow went on a blind date with a 90-year-old man. When she returned to her daughter's house later that night, she seemed upset. "What happened, Mother?" the daughter asked. "I had to slap his face three times!" "You mean he got fresh?" "No," she answered. "I thought he was dead!" 
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Many years ago, in the south pacific, there was a small island kingdom that was ruled by a kind and benevolent King. Each year, on the King's birthday, the residents of the island gave the King a new throne as token of their love and respect for him. And each year, the King would put last years gift up in the attic of his small grass house. After many years of ruling the island, the weight of the large number of birthday presents stored up in the attic became too heavy and caused the house to collapse down on the King. Moral to the story is: He who lives in grass house, shouldn't stow thrones.
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