YA, WELL GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ONE AL

Thank you to the many readers who responded with all the kind and caring wishes regarding the passing of Kelly's mom.  Very much appreciated not only by Kelly and I but her mom's friends and family as well.

 WINTER BIRDS HAVE BEEN BUSY AT OUR FEEDERS AND I SEE WE HAVE THREE PAIRS OF CARDINALS ALREADY

THIS MALE CARDINALCHASES AWAY A DARK-EYED JUNCO

It's a while since Pheebs and I had been over to the Hullett Marsh so on this nice looking 45F semi-sunny morning, we wandered ourselves over that-a-way.  A skiff of snow on the ground in the Clinton area and a thin layer of ice on the mud puddles heading into the Marsh.

 HEADING FOR THE HULLETT MARSH

 THIS ROAD INTO THE MARSH WAS RUTTED WITH BIG UGLY POTHOLES

 ANIMAL TRACKS AROUND AN ICY MUD PUDDLE

 GUESS I HAD BETTER NOT DRIVE ANY FURTHER

ANIMAL TRACKS

JEEP TRACKS

I FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT THOSE NUBBY THINGS ARE ABOVE THE 'ON-OFF' WORDS...IT'S BRAIL TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR BLIND PEOPLE TO FIND AND OPERATE THE CRUISE CONTROL:))

With the ground dried out enough and still slightly frozen from overnight below freezing temperatures I saw a few farmers out on the land taking advantage of a short break in the recently wet weather.  More rain coming overnight and Thursday.

 A SCHOOL BUS SHELTER AT THE END OF A VERY LONG FARM LANE

LOOKS LIKE THIS FARMER HAS BEEN DOING SOME PLOWING

 AND THIS FARMER HAD BETTER SET HIS MORNING ALARM CLOCK EARLIER SO HE CAN GET OUT HERE AND HARVEST HIS CORN BEFORE THE SNOW GETS TOO DEEP

 INSTEAD OF STORING BALES OF HAY AND STRAW IN A BARN NOWADAYS, SOME FARMERS ARE USING THIS METHOD OF STORAGE

 THERE IS NO SNOW IN THE BAYFIELD AREA YET BUT THAT MAY CHANGE IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS

GOOD THING SOMEBODY INVENTED THE WHEEL MANY CENTURIES AGO

Finished another book a couple days ago called The Long Road Home by Adrian Vincent.  This is a 'true' account of a young newly recruited British Soldier being taken prisoner by the German army only five days after he landed in France during the second world war.  There is futility, hope, cruelty, compassion, and humor in this book with unsuspected turns along the way.  Friendships between friend and foe are uplifting while hunger and defeat reduce men on both sides to depravity.  And yet at times, they help each other regardless of the uniform they are wearing.  With every book I read I learn something new.  Now, if I could only remember and retain what I have learned it might even do me some good somehow someday.

IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THEY ARE GETTING READY TO DO SOME ROAD TOP PAVING FOR THE NEW BRIDGE SOON (LOOKING NORTH)

(LOOKING SOUTH)

Oh, and by the way, here is a little something current fellow UFO folks might be interested in....Pentagon Forms a Group to Examine Unexplained Aerial Sightings.  And there was also this in the New York Post on Tuesday....New UFO Task Force Announced By Defense Officials Yes, yes, I know I said I wouldn't be posting anything about UFO's and Extraterrestrials last week but I'm walking that one back.  I'm changing my decision because I think it's important and it's something that needs to be talked about and made aware of.  I will continue to post about the subject but maybe try to keep a tighter lid on my opinions.  Ya, well good luck with that one Al.   

A 2018 FILE PHOTO IFROM THE GODERICH HARBOR

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An American businessman goes to Japan on a business trip, but he hates Japanese food, so he asks the concierge at his hotel if there's any place around where he can get American food. The concierge tells him he's in luck, there's a pizza place that just opened, and they deliver. The concierge gives the businessman the phone number, and he goes back to his room and orders a pizza.  Thirty minutes later, the delivery guy shows up to the door with the pizza. The businessman takes the pizza, and starts sneezing uncontrollably. He asks the delivery man, "What the Heck did you put on this pizza?" The delivery man bows deeply and says, "We put on the pizza what you ordered, pepper only."

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