TO LONDON ONTARIO AND BACK ON A FABULOUS GOOD OLD SPRING TONIC DAY

 ALONG GODERICH'S SHORELINE THIS MORNING

Seeing most farm fields totally free of snow this morning I was still surprised at how much snow has melted in the last 24 hours.  I was also surprised when I checked Wednesday night's temperature at 11 p.m. and it was sitting at 61F.  Many all-time high-temperature records for this date were broken yesterday.  

 ON OUR WAY TO GODERICH THIS MORNING WE SPOTTED THIS GATHERING OF TUNDRA SWANS IN A CORNFIELD

 THESE SWANS WERE LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF KITCHIGAMY ROAD BETWEEN PORTER'S HILL LINE AND ORCHARD LINE

With 6 stops in Goderich this morning (gas, car-wash, McDonalds, the harbor, Rexall, and Walmart) Pheebs and I kept ourselves on the move.  Nice to see the lake ice continuing to break up and melt.

 SO GREAT TO SEE ALL THE SNOW GONE FROM FARMER'S FIELDS

 THIS FIELD OF WINTER WHEAT IS ALREADY GREEN

 WON'T BE LONG AND THAT BROWN GRASS ALONG GODERICH'S SHORELINE WILL TURN GREEN

 I'M GUESSING WORKERS WILL SOON BE BACK TO RESUME WORK ON THE LONG BOARDWALK AGAIN

 ICE CONTINUES TO BREAK UP AND MELT  ON THE COOL GREEN AQUA COLORED WATERS OF LAKE HURON......AND THE BROWN IN THE ICE AND SNOW OUT THERE IS SAND

All three of us were in the Jeep headed to London Ontario by 1:30 this afternoon.  Kelly had an appointment with a dental surgeon to see if they can determine the cause of a jawbone problem.  Roads were bare and dry and today's forecasted rain never materialized.  We arrived at the Interface Centre For Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery at 2:40 with time to spare.  Pheebs and I waited in the parking with a short walk thrown in.  Luckily I had remembered to take my Kindle reader along.  Kelly was back out at 4:15 having been diagnosed with Degenerative Arthritis of the TMJ Joint in her jawbone. (Bone on bone) Her next appointment will be with her Exeter Ontario dentist to have a special guard made to insert in her mouth while sleeping.  Hopefully, this will help because she doesn't want to go the 'cortisone shot' route.

 HEADING TO LONDON ON A FINE SPRING LIKE DAY

 CHECK OUT THOSE TWO BUMS CARRYING ON THERE

 KELLY TAKES PHEEBS FOR A SPIN AROUND THE PARKING LOT BEFORE CHECKING IN

From the Interface Centre parking lot, we launched ourselves right into London's afternoon rush.  Been a long time since I've been in a big city traffic crush so it was kind of fun mixing it up with the locals.  Quick stop at McDonalds and we were on our way home.  Undoubtedly the nicest day of the year so far and how nice it was to be out and about doing something and going somewhere.  And how nice to see countryside fields finally free of snow.  Even the sky with its big summery-looking clouds was a joy to see.  All in all, it was just one of those great feeling good old Spring Tonic days..................:))

 A QUICK STOP AT McDONALDS 

 THE SKY WAS LOOKING A LITTLE 'IFFY AS WE HEADED NORTH OUT OF LONDON AND SHORTLY AFTER TAKING THIS PHOTO WE GOT ELEVEN AND A HALF DROPS OF RAIN ON THE WINDSHIELD

 WITH THE BIG SNOW MELT GOING ON THIS WEEK WE SAW SIGNS OF FLOODING ALONG THE WAY

 PHEEBS HAS A SNOOZER ON THE WAY HOME

 AND I DON'T THINK PHEEBS WAS THE ONLY ONE CATCHING A FEW WINKS

 AND HOW NICE IT WAS TODAY NOT BEING ENCOMBERED BY A HEAVY WINTER COAT

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A group of bats, hanging at the ceiling of a cave, discovers a single bat standing upright underneath on the floor of the cave.  Surprised by this unusual behavior, they ask this fellow: "What the heck are you doing down there?"  And the fellow shouts back: "Yoga!"

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One morning the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. in Jeff's house. He picked up the phone and a woman asked, "Is this 555-1111?"  "No, this is 555-1112." Jeff replied.  "Oh, I'm so sorry for disturbing you." The woman said.
"That's alright," Jeff said. "I had to get up to answer the phone anyway."

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