LITTLE RED TIED UP THE SCORE AGAIN TODAY:((((((

Decided to scrap the four winter rims idea for the Jeep and simply go with 4 new summer tires so Pheebs and I popped around to Huron Tirecraft this morning and set up an appointment for next Wednesday.  With a new muffler going on the Jeep next Tuesday and the noisy winter tires being replaced with quieter smooth tread tires the following day we won't even be able to hear ourselves going down the road anymore.  I'm going to like that.

IT WAS A SLIGHTLY MISTY MORNING FOR SOME FARMERS WORKING THEIR FIELDS

It was a cold cloudy morning with temps somewhere in the mid 40's.  Not the nicest morning for a Jeep ride but we went out anyway.  Fog in the air and we noticed a few farmers out on the land.  Skies cleared late morning and we ended up under bright clear sunny skies.  But still 'cold'.

MORE BOATS ARE BEING PUT IN THE WATER EVERY DAY NOW

Home well before 10 I busied myself in the area where we've parked our RV's for the past bunch of years.  Being the optimistic realist I can sometimes be I've measured off a 30 foot area saving that space for a smaller RV at some point.  The other drive-thru 20 feet I tilled up and raked off before seeding with white clover and grass seed.  When the Motorhome was parked there it blocked that area and gave us privacy but right now it's just a big empty open space and I have to think of a way to regain our privacy again.  We're not allowed fences here but I'm thinking of some kind of temporary privacy oriented decorative divider until we can maybe fill that space with an RV again.

LOOSENING UP THE SOIL TO PLANT CLOVER AND GRASS

GRASS AND CLOVER IS IN NOW AND I HAVE JUST ROLLED IT

Well it's one of the biggest long week-ends of the year upon us.  May 2-4 or the 24th of May.  Makes no difference in our lives out here in our small countryside Park but things will be really busy in all the lakeside communities like Bayfield, Grand Bend, and Goderich.  Cottagers and boaters will be flocking into the area to kick off the unofficial start to Summer.  We've learned that long week-ends in our area are good week-ends to stay home.

SO DISAPPOINTED THIS AFTERNOON TO SEE OUR LITTLE SIDE TRAIL HAS BEEN SMASHED THROUGH BY A MACHINE HAULING LOGS OUT OF THE FOREST

THIS MACHINE CALLED A 'SKIDDER' IS WHAT MASHES IT'S WAY THROUGH THE FOREST TO PULL OUT THE FALLEN TREES

OUR QUIET TRAIL WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED HERE BY A FALLEN PINE TREE

PHEEBS AND I HAD TO SCRAMBLE OUR WAY AROUND THE BLOCKED TRAIL

I HAD REALLY BEEN HOPING THEY WOULD LEAVE THE REST OF THE PINE FOREST ALONE BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT

Thanks to Stew, Marie, and Bob for identifying the mystery plant I had taken a photo of last Tuesday.  Below are a few photos taken today of the Horsetail Plant plant.

HORSETAIL PLANTS

PHEEBS STANDS BESIDE WHERE ALL THE HORSETAIL PLANTS ARE GROWING

I sure was disappointed tonight just after supper when I looked out and saw 'Little Red' sitting contentedly atop the bird feeding station vacuuming up all the birdseed.  Chased her off and waited for her to come back to see what masterful plan she had figured out for getting on that feeder again.  It just never ends does it and oh, I thought of a reader's question today that had slipped my mind last night.  Yes we still have a couple Black Squirrels in our front yard but surprisingly they have not been trashing the bird feeders like they usually do.

 

EARLIER TODAY WHEN LITTLE RED COULDN'T GET UP ONTO THE BIRD STATION SHE TOOK TO JUMPING ONTO  BOTH THE THE SUET AND FINCH FEEDERS 

JUST BEFORE SUPPER I TOOK A PHOTO OF LITTLE RED SITTING NEAR THE BIRD FEEDER STATION STARING AT THE POLE....IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THIS PHOTO I SPOTTED HER ATOP THE BIRD FEEDING STATION

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Things To Think About:: 
- Never read the fine print.  There ain't no way you're going to like it.
- If you let a smile be your umbrella, then most likely your butt will get soaking wet.
- The only two things we do with greater frequency in middle age are urinate and attend funerals.  
- The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.  
- To err is human, to forgive - highly unlikely.
- Do you realize that in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos!!
- Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Hyundai.
- Drinking makes some husbands see double and feel single. 
- Living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.
- After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.
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Daughter: " I don't like the boy you found for me... his teeth are not in order and he looks ugly when he smiles."Mother: "Don't worry about that. He will not be smiling after he marries you."
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