WE NEED TO ADD A LITTLE QUIETLY SOOTHING DESERT DUST TO THE COGS

 NICE TO SEE THIS MALE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK BACK IN OUR FRONT YARD AGAIN

A nice mixture of Sun and cloud today but our temperatures are still wallowing around in the low 40F range and I am still wearing my winter gear.  If it were mid-January with this temperature we'd all be outside flopping around like a bunch of trained Seals because we would be so happy it was so mild.  Just don't figure do it:((

 THIS IS THE FEMALE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK

 NO THIS IS NOT A ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK

Just another Jeep ride around the countryside for Pheebs and I and I guess there isn't much else I can say about that.  Have to consider myself fortunate to be able to get out and about.  There are countless millions of people out there who can't.

 FIELD SPRAYING

 YES WE ARE IN THE HEART OF DAIRY FARMING HERE IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO

 THIS HEAVY ROLLER DEVICE FLATTENS OUT THE DIRT CLUMPS MAKING FOR A SMOOTH FIELD

 THESE LLAMAS HAVE BEEN SHEARED OF THEIR WARM COATS

 SKINNY MINNIE AND HER LITTLE PAL BLACKY THE BIRD

 THE LLAMAS SHARE THIS BARN WITH A BUNCH OF WOOLY SHEEP

Spent some time in our metal shed this afternoon with a broom, dustpan, and shop vacuum cleaner sucking up all the dust and dirt off the concrete floor.  Hey, I'm getting better at using the concrete word as opposed to cement:))

 A NEAT OLD CAR IN OUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD SUNDAY

 OUR FERNS CONTINUE TO UNFURL

 EVENING SHADOWS ON OUR FROG POND

Kelly sent a couple Mother's Day photos from Spencerport Sunday.  First photo Kelly is with her Mom and sister Cathy.  Second photo with her Mom and brother Peter.

If it was warmer I would probably be outside putting a coat of wax and polish on our Class C.  It works best if the metal and fiberglass are slightly on the warm side.  If I knew of a spot around here where Pheebs and I could boondock for a night or two I think we would seriously consider doing that.  They don't have boondocking areas (BLM land) anywhere around here like they do in America's great Southwest.  I sure hope we can get back to our beloved southwest deserts someday.  It was our second home for a bunch of winter seasons and I miss it so much.  Travel there is still doable for us but our aging body clocks are not only ticking faster now but much louder too.  We need to add a little quietly soothing desert dust to the cogs...........

I like these few lines from a book I am currently reading...."Sadly, we humans continue to be controlled by our fears--the boogeyman, demons, goblins, and the devil.  If we don't open our minds and release our ancestral dogmas, how will we ever grow and advance beyond control, greed, hatred, anger, and jealousy?  The only way humans learn is from study, research, analysis.  It's time to release our superstitious beliefs that we hold onto so tenaciously.  If humans had never ventured beyond territorial walls believing the Earth was flat or ship eating monsters resided in the oceans, where would we be today?"

I thought this song and video were particularly well done....Angel Flight

GROANER'S CORNER:((   A plane was taking off from Kennedy Airport. After it reached a comfortable cruising altitude, the captain made an announcement over the intercom, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking.  Welcome to Flight Number 293, non-stop from New York to Los Angeles. The weather ahead is good and, therefore, we should have a smooth and uneventful flight. Now sit back and relax - OH, MY GOD!" Silence followed, and after a few minutes the captain came back on the intercom and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so sorry if I scared you earlier; but, while I was talking, the flight attendant brought me a cup of coffee and spilled the hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!"  A passenger in Coach shouted out, "That's nothing. He should see the back of mine!!"

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After a young couple brought their new baby home, the wife suggested that her husband should try his hand at changing diapers.  "I'm busy," he said, "I'll do the next one."  The next time came around and she asked again. The husband looked puzzled, "Oh! I didn't mean the next diaper. I meant the next baby...!"

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