WELL WELL....A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE TEA DEPARTMENT AND WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THUNK IT

Amazingly enough our day's temperature actually lived up to and exceeded the weather people's prediction and I think we topped out over 40F by early afternoon.  Warmest day of the year so far and almost cause for many mass celebrations.

EVEN CANADA GEESE WERE ENJOYING THE SPRING LIKE WEATHER TODAY

Our Jeep wanderings this morning took us to Goderich and down around the harbor.  Being it was Sunday I knew the bank restoration gang wouldn't be working.  Made it all the way out to the dog walking area at the far end of Rotary Cove and did not see one sign of where work had been going on.  Machines are all parked near the water treatment plant.  

I'M THINKING MAYBE THESE MACHINES ARE ON HOLD UNTIL HEAVY SHORELINE ICE BREAKS UP

THE ALGOMA INNOVATOR LEAVING THE PORT OF GODERICH WITH A LOAD OF SALT ABOARD

THIS MACHINE WAITS TO UNLOAD ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF LARGE BOULDERS

The whole shoreline is coated in rock hard ice and maybe they are waiting until all that ice thaws before continuing work on the eroded banks.  With an icy cold wind coming in off the lake I took a few pics and quickly hopped back into the warm Jeep.  The offshore ice field stretches out into Lake Huron maybe half a mile or more in some spots.

CRUISING ALONG ROTARY COVE DRIVE

DOGGY WALKING AREA AND YOU CAN STILL SEE THE ALGOMA INNOVATOR ON THE HORIZON

THERE IS A HEAVILY ERODED SHORELINE AREA DOWN THERE UNDER ALL THAT ICE

AT BOTTOM RIGHT CAN BE SEEN ANOTHER CHUNK OF SHORE SEPARATING

STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE HERE WHERE THE BOARDWALK ONCE STOOD

NOT WHAT I WOULD CALL A USUAL SUMMER'S DAY AT THE BEACH

THE STONEWORK IN FRONT OF THE BEACH STREET STATION LOOKS TO BE COMPLETE

THE ALGOMA INNOVATOR STILL VISIBLE ON THE HORIZON HAD LEFT THIS PIER ALONGSIDE THE GODERICH SALT MINE

Home again shortly after ten with temperatures rising it wasn't long before I found myself comfortably puttering around in the carport straightening things up.  Did the same thing in one of our sheds then cleaned the Jeeps interior windows.  Had it not been Sunday I would have vacuumed out the Jeep as well.  Maybe do that Monday.  Noticed patches of ground showing up along some of my snowy winter pathways and what a nice feeling just to be outside seeing and hearing a whole lot of melting going on.  'Spring Tonic' is not just a saying, it's real:))))

SO NICE TO SEE THE SNOW MELTING OFF MY BACKYARD PATHWAYS

OUR RV PARKING AREA IS STILL AWAITING AN RV

<<< HOW NICE TO BE WALKING ON A PATCH OF GREEN GRASS AGAIN
Our good neighbor Pat just up the street from us after reading my Saturday night post came to our door today with some varied types tea for me to try.  First one I gave a whirl was called Earl Grey and I'll be darned if I didn't mind it at all.  I drank it straight up without cream or sweetner of any kind.  Doesn't have the horsepower a good cup of coffee has but I think I will buy me a small box anyway and see how I make out.  And I do think the other 3 teas I had tried this past week were made by Black & Decker.

I'M THINKING THIS LITTLE FELLOW MIGHT BE A HAIRY WOODPECKER

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Waking Up Is Hard To Do by a group of singing Anesthesiologists from Minnesota.
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Air Force One crashed in the middle of rural America. Panic stricken the Secret Service mobilized and descended on the farm in force. When they got there, the wreckage was clear. The aircraft was totally destroyed with only a burned hulk left smoldering in a tree line that bordered a farm. Secret Service descended upon the smoking hulk but could find no remains of the crew or the President's staff. To their amazement, a lone farmer was plowing a field not too far away as if nothing at all happened. They hurried over to surround the man's tractor."Sir," the senior Secret Service agent asked, panting and out of breath.  "Did you see this terrible accident happen?"  "Yep sure did." The man muttered unconcernedly.  "Do you realize that is the President of the United States airplane?"  "Yep."  "Were there any survivors?" the agent gasped.  "Nope. They's all kilt straight out." The farmer sighed cutting off his tractor motor. "I done buried them all myself. Took most of the morning."  "The President of the United States is dead?" The agent gulped in disbelief.  "Well," the farmer sighed, obviously wanting to get back to his work. "He kept a-saying he wasn't ... but you know what a liar he is." 
(Now before anyone gets all busted up about this joke let me just point out the joke doesn't single out any one President so I'll let you be the judge.....Al:))
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