OKAY SO LET'S GET THIS WINTER THING BEHIND US SHALL WE

With the Bayfield Tim Horton site now being fully operational, it leaves me with one less on-going building site to draw my interest.  Only thing left is the new Bayfield bridge construction which isn't too photographable yet until they begin erecting the steel.  Haven't heard of any other interesting building projects coming up in or around Bayfield so my local 'sidewalk superintendent' interests may be on hold for awhile.

Cloudy morning, no wind, and not snowing. With temps hovering around the freezing mark  Pheebs and I ventured off over towards the Hullett Marsh.  The landscape looked drab but I did manage to find a few photos along the way.

 SOMEONE OUT FOR A WINTER'S MORNING WALK WAY  UP THERE AHEAD

 A SNOWY ROAD LEADS INTO THE HULLETT MARSH

 NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING NOT EVEN A MOUSE

 I HOPE THOSE BUZZY BEES STAY WARM OVER THERE FOR THE WINTER

 THIS IS OUR MOST VISITED SPOT IN THE MARSH

With only a light dusting of snow overnight, I didn't have any snow to shovel after we arrived home so I got out the leaf blower and blew some leaves off the carport's cement floor. Also blew some accumulated debris off our front porch.  Stocked up the bird feeders for the umpteenth time and headed into the house.  And that pretty much wrapped up the first Monday of 2021.

 EVEN 'LITTLE RED' WAS OUT TODAY

 NOT TOO OFTEN WE SEE THIS GREY SQUIRREL IN THE YARD

I am quite fine once again with the whole Christmas holiday thing behind us.  I do sometimes kind of like the short disruption it causes but I also look forward to things getting back to normal again.  And a semblance of good old normal began once more this morning.  Now, let's shove the pedal to the metal and get this winter behind us shall we:))

 WINTER'S MILKWEED PODS

GROANER'S CORNER:((  There were two old geezers living in the backwoods. Their names were Rufus and Clarence. They lived on opposite sides of the river, and they hated each other.  Every morning, just after sunrise, Rufus and Clarence would go down to their respective sides of the river and yell at each other. "RUFUS!!" Clarence would shout. "You better thank your lucky stars that I can't swim . . . or I'd swim this river and whup your butt!!"  "CLARENCE!!" Rufus would holler back, "You better thank YOUR lucky stars that I can't swim . . . or I'd swim this river and whup your skinny butt!!!"  This went on every morning. Every day. Twenty years.  One day the Army Corps of Engineers came and built a bridge. Still, every morning every day for another five years the shouting and feuding across the river continued. Finally, Rufus wife has had enough.  "Rufus!" she yells, one day. "I can't take no more!! Every day for 25 years, you've been threatenin' to whup Clarence. Well, there's the bridge...have at it!"  Rufus thought for a moment. Chewed his bottom lip for another moment. "Woman!" he declared, snapping his suspenders into place. "I'm gonna whup Clarence's butt!!!"  He walked out the door, down to the river, along the riverbank, came to the bridge, stepped up onto the bridge, walked about halfway, looked up....TURNED TAIL AND RAN SCREAMING BACK TO THE HOUSE, SLAMMED THE DOOR, BOLTED THE WINDOWS, GRABBED THE SHOTGUN AND DIVED, PANTING AND GASPING, UNDER THE BED!!!!!  "Rufus!" cried the misses. "I thought you was gonna whup Clarence's butt!!!"  "I was, woman, I was!!" he whispered.  "Rufus!" cried the misses. "What in tarnation is the matter?"  "Well," muttered the terror-stricken Rufus, "I went to the bridge...I stepped up on the bridge...walked halfway over the bridge...looked up..."  "And?" she asked, breathless with suspense.  "And," continued Rufus, "I saw a sign that said, "Clearance, 13 feet, 6 inches" He ain't never looked THAT big from the other side of the river!!!!!"

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If someone has a mid-life crisis while playing hide & seek...  Do they automatically lose because they can't find themselves?

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