WHY CAN'T I HAVE MY OWN ICE CREAM CONE DAD??

 SATURDAY NIGHT SUNSET FROM BAYFIELD'S PIONEER PARK

With this morning's brisk but warm northwest wind blowing the fields of winter wheat around I was reminded of those gusting Arizona desert winds I remember so well from not so long ago.  It was a beautiful country Sunday morning watching the undulating fields of wheat waving in long patterns across the ever-greening landscape.

 SO NICE STANDING HERE ON A QUIET SUNDAY MORNING  WATCHING THE WIND WAVING THROUGH THIS FIELD OF WINTER WHEAT

 EVEN PHEEBS WENT OUT THERE TO PLAY IN THE WINDY WAVES

 NEWLY PLANTED FIELDS ARE GREENING UP QUICKLY

 WILD PHLOX GROWING ALONGSIDE THE ROAD

 PHEEBS ENJOYING ANOTHER MORNING JEEP RIDE

Tired after a restless night, our gravel road tour this morning was not one of our longer forays of years past.  With gas prices yet again on the rise I am ever conscious of our little gas-guzzling Jeep Liberty.

 FIRST TWO SAILBOATS I HAVE SEEN DOCKED FOR THE UPCOMING SUMMER SEASON

 PHEEBS CHECKS OUT TIM HORTONS COFFEE SHOP LANDSCAPING AS WE SLIP THROUGH THE DRIVE-THRU THIS MORNING ON OUR WAY OUT INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE

A lazy afternoon took me for a walk around our yard with my camera.  We are quickly closing in on the prettiest time of the season here at home with flowers, flowering bushes, and blossoming trees lending an aroma to the warm Spring air giving one a sense of well-being.

 THIS PHOTO AND THE THREE BELOW SHOW RHODODENDRON BLOSSOMS OPENING

 THIS RHODODEN PLANT GROWS OUTSIDE IN FRONT OF OUR DESKTOP COMPUTER IN THE SUNROOM ONLY ABOUT FIVE FEET RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME

 OUR ORANGE AZALEA PLANT IS ALSO IN BLOOM

It's not very often anyone drops around but when I saw a big red Ford pick-up pull into our driveway I knew it was my old hometown buddy Gary Burton.  It was two winters ago on a cold blustery day I last talked to Gary when we met on a trail.  Gary lived in our park at the time but now lives north of Goderich in Saltford.  Well, it was quite a chat we had and it took us the best part of 2 hours to get caught up on things.  Gary and I grew up on the same street in Tavistock, Ontario.  His dad was the Veterinary in town.  When I came back to Ontario from British Columbia in January of 1975 it was Gary who got me a job at the same place he worked.

 IT'S ALWAYS NICE SEEING FROGS IN OUR FROG POND

Luckily for me, temperatures have dropped and the dreaded humidity saddled up and got itself out of town.  Nice to see some sunshine filtering down through our tall pine trees this afternoon.

 OUR BACKYARD LILACS TREES ARE IN BLOOM

 OH HOW NICE THE SWEET AROMA WALKING BY THESE LILAC TREES

Sunday night about 8:30 Pheebs and I took a drive into Bayfield.  I had promised her an ice cream cone so that was our destination.  Before arriving at Copenhagens, one of two ice cream places on Bayfield's main street we took a swing down around the beach/harbor area as well as Pioneer Park.  

 BAYFIELD'S SATURDAY NIGHT SUNSET

 DID YOU NOTICE THE PERSON IN THE WATER JUST OFF THE END OF THE PIER?

'OKAY NOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DIVIDE UP THIS ICE CREAM CONE'

 'WHY CAN'T I HAVE MY OWN ICE CREAM CONE DAD'?

 'WELL PHEEBS, IT'S LIKE THIS.'............

 'YA YA DAD, I'VE HEARD THAT OLD STORY BEFORE'

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 I RESOLVED THE PROBLEM BY GIVING PHEEBS HER FAIR SHARE OF ICE CREAM IN HER WATER DISH AND SHE GOT THE LAST OF THE CONE

 VACUUMING UP THE CRUMBS

Being the big summer kick-off long weekend, there were lots of people around and little room to park anywhere for a few sunset shots.  So again, I had to take the photos from the driver's seat of the Jeep.

GROANER'S CORNER:((    70-year-old Ralph went for his annual physical. All of his tests came back with normal results.  Dr. Smith said, "Ralph, everything looks great physically. How are you doing mentally and emotionally? Are you at peace with yourself, and do you have a good relationship with your God?"  Ralph replied, "God and me are very close. He knows I have poor eyesight, so he's fixed it so that when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom (poof!) the light goes on when I pee, and then (poof!) the light goes off when I'm done."  "Wow," commented Dr. Smith, "that's incredible!"  A little later in the day Dr. Smith called Ralph's wife. "Thelma," he said, "Ralph is just fine. Physically he's great, but I had to call because I'm in awe of his relationship with God. Is it true that he gets up during the night and (poof!) the light goes on in the bathroom, and then (poof!) the light goes off?"  Thelma exclaimed, "That old fool! He's peeing in the refrigerator again!"

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