TRAVEL WITH THE BAYFIELD BUNCH:)): I THINK OLD MAN WINTER IS HERE TO STAY

A few posts ago I mentioned about gaining 4 pounds over Christmas and the drastic cutbacks I have made since then. 'Drastic' is maybe a little over the top but I did have to make cutbacks. I think I mentioned something about eliminating bananas from my morning shakes and that is still in effect. I've cut my orange juice intake by over two-thirds and I have eliminated honey completely from my numerous gobs of little peanut butter snacks throughout the day. I had bought myself some 'weight watchers' bread but then fell into the habit of a slice of toast smeared with honey in the morning. I have stopped my morning toast habit. I have one brown sugar cube in my main coffee each morning but had got into the habit of putting brown sugar cubes into my mid-morning and after supper decaffeinated coffees as well. I have eliminated those sugar cubes in both decaffeinated coffees. A bag of salt and vinegar potatoes chips had been left on a kitchen cupboard and I found myself snaggling them every time I walked by. And I stumbled and fell over a chocolate cupcake with about a three-foot-tall head of vanilla icing on it. I have also stopped sneaking a coconut cookie after supper!! And of course, with this colder weather, I have not been getting the same walking exercise I had been doing a couple weeks ago. My diabetic person suggested walking on the indoor track at Goderich's Fitness Complex but the thought of walking around a big oval with a bunch of other people does not appeal to me at all. And having to do it with a mask on appeals to me even less. I'm not against wearing a mask but I do have my limits. Several times I've seen people alone in their vehicles driving along with a mask on. What the heck is that all about!! Oops, I'm off topic again.

LOOKING OUT OUR LIVING ROOM WINDOW THIS MORNING I THOUGHT TO MYSELF IT LOOKS LIKE OLD MAN WINTER IS HERE TO STAY

A COUPLE PICTURES IN OUR PARK THIS MORNING

BY GOLLY THAT'S OUR PLACE

On the Sirius Satellite radio in the Jeep I have several favorite music channels I listen to and one of them is 'Chill' on channel 053. I like the heavy bass instrumentals they play. Unfortunately, they have a lot of really sappy vocals on here as well and I always have to tune them out. I don't want to go as far as saying 'music isn't what it used to be' but.......It seems trendy nowadays for singers to annoyingly repeat over and over and over a single word or a line. There is one song played on Chill that keeps repeating a line that I couldn't understand (nothing new there) so when I got home this morning I looked up the lyrics. Here is the lyrics. And they call this music!!!! &##!!*% The unintelligible line 'Wrong this time' is repeated 38 times. Even I could write a better song than this. The name of this piece of @%*! is 'Because You Move Me' by Tinlicker and Helsloot. I do like the heavy beat instrumental part though. Because You Move Me

Move me

Baby, don't you prove me

Wrong this time

Because you move me

Baby, don't you prove me

Wrong this time

Because you move me

Baby, don't you prove me

Wrong this time

Because you move me

Baby, don't you prove me

Wrong this time

Because you move me

Baby, don't you prove me

Wrong this time

Because you

Baby, don't you prove me

Wrong this time

Because you move me

Baby, don't you prove me

Wrong this time

(Because you move me)

(Move me)

(Baby don't you)

I rest my case!!!!!!

SNOWPLOWS AND BLOWERS WERE OUT THIS MORNING

LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE THOUGHT OH TO HECK WITH IT, HUNG THEIR COAT ON A TREE ,AND JUST WALKED OFF INTO THE FOREST

It snowed more in the night so this morning we woke up with about 3 inches of the white stuff on the ground. Pheebs and I slipped into and around Bayfield looking for some photos. Winds were whipping the snow around so I had no interest in even getting out of the Jeep. We never got above the freezing mark all day.

ICE IS BEGINNING TO BUILD UP AND COAT BAYFIELD'S PIERS

ICE IS ALSO THICKENING UP EACH DAY IN THE BAYFIELD RIVER

MOVING SNOW AROUND ON BAYFIELD'S MAIN STREET

Spent some time on the end of my shovel late this morning clearing out the pathways I have all over the place. The snow was light and fluffy and not deep so it hardly even constituted a work-out. Might be a different story Friday morning because when I last looked out it was still snowing tonight.

WE SLIPPED OUT FOR A SHORT COUNTRY ROAD DRIVE NEAR BAYFIELD

FINALLY, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS IGOT LUCKY ENOUGH THIS MORNING TO GET A FEW PHOTOS OF THESE ELUSIVE AND FLIGHTY SNOW BUNTINGS

Both Kelly and Pheebs fell on our icy Park road this morning while out for a walk. Pheebs fell again getting into the Jeep and yet again when she jumped out of the Jeep. I've noticed lately that she has been slowing down and having difficulty getting in and out of the Jeep. I am going to start using our steel fold-out mobile RV step to help her in and out of the Jeep. She's not totally deaf but her hearing is going and I can see her aging. She sleeps a lot now and that may have to do with her poor hearing and not hearing things around her. In human years she is about 85. It makes me so sad to see her changing now in her senior years and especially lately.

DRIVING SLOWLY ALONG THIS MORNING A BIG BARKING FARM DOG CAME RACING OUT THE LANE RIGHT UP TO PHEEBS OPEN WINDOW CAUSING PHEEBS TO QUICKLY JUMP INTO THE BACK SEAT

AN OLD STUMP WAVES TO US GOING BY

BEECH TREE LEAVES

Of course, much of my afternoon was spent reading again, and every once and awhile I will look up and think how fortunate I really am despite all my cold weather complaining and bemoaning the fact we had to stay home for another winter. I should be so lucky that I am in such a nice warm place with pleasant surroundings and no worries of having to be at work someplace. Or having to be somewhere for some kind of medical appointment somewhere. I must learn to appreciate these days more while they are here and while they last because someday they will be gone and I will look back at this era of my life as 'the good old days'. My own saying of, 'The Only Thing Better Than Right Now Will Someday Be The Memories Of Right Now' will have come full circle.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A clergyman walking down a country lane and sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off. "You look hot, my son," said the cleric. "why don't you rest a moment, and I'll give you a hand." "No thanks," said the young man. "My father wouldn't like it." "Don't be silly," the minister said. "Everyone is entitled to a break. Come and have a drink of water." Again the young man protested that his father would be upset. Losing his patience, the clergyman said, "Your father must be a real slave driver. Tell me where I can find him and I'll give him a piece of my mind!" "Well," replied the young farmer, "he's under the load of hay."

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13 comments:

The Furry GnomeThursday, January 06, 2022
I think the snow is finally here to stay up here too. Great pix of those Snow Buntings!
Jeff PierceThursday, January 06, 2022
may seem silly but I had to Google Snow Buntings, beautiful bird we do not have here in the Desert Southwest ....
RuthThursday, January 06, 2022
It really sucks watching our beloved dogs grow old. As many times as I've been through it, it never gets easier. I always wish I could turn back the clock for them. I know you've been through it several times too. Pheebs is an amazing dog.
gumoThursday, January 06, 2022
....that's why I stick to Spa and Escape on XM. Mostly traditional instrumentals.
Bill VolstadThursday, January 06, 2022
Not knowing how old your favorite fur ball is, I can say this after having to put down our favorite fur ball of almost 14 years. Same symptoms, lost hearing, hips going bad, etc. It was the most painful feeling of loss I've felt in a long time. My best wishes to you as you navigate that journey.
KevinThursday, January 06, 2022
I have found I cannot listed to most music since my dear wife passed a few months ago. Music lets my mind drift to dark thoughts. However, I can listen to Chill. My wife did not like that bassy dance music, so I guess that is why it works for now. I hope someday I can listen to the music we both liked. Cant now.

So sad about Pheebs, she has been a best friend.
Gone RogueFriday, January 07, 2022
We laugh at those masked drivers too. Our little Robbie is getting old too, he's just turned 84(ish) on Dec 1st. He doesn't move so well and his eyes are starting to cloud, we had to put down about 15 rugs so he can maneuver along the floors in the house... I'll sure be happy when carpet comes back in fashion.
buckdeer5Friday, January 07, 2022
No offense Al, but I hope Old Man Winter stays up there...and I totally agree with you: I will never understand why people "don't understand" that the task you where is for the protection of "other people", not you! So who are they protecting in their own car, by themselves? Ignorance of the uneducated I reckon...
buckdeer5Friday, January 07, 2022
read: mask, vice task...
Box Canyon Blog.comFriday, January 07, 2022
Chill is my go to station. Not perfect, but it keeps me awake on long drives...
Janna and MikeFriday, January 07, 2022
That's sad about Pheebs! Emmi is 12 years old, going on 13 and slowing down too--she sleeps more and can't seem to jump up on the couches as she used to. Tell Kelly to get some cleat like things to slip onto the soles of her shoes. Our Spokane friend Mary who with her husband Gene had to stop going south years and years ago due to Gene's health wears them on her shoes to walk. She is 84 years old and still going strong.
JOFriday, January 07, 2022
Yes it is so hard to watch our fur kids getting old, Fred is completely deaf and I noticed he has a problem with the steps, he has tripped a few times now. Its tough on the whole family to wait for him to come running when they come to visit and he doesn't even know they are here. every now and then he gets a burst of energy and runs around the house and then he is finished for the day.
ZippyPinHeadFriday, January 07, 2022
Sometimes I leave my mask on when driving. Usually when going to close stores. I do it a lot before a long flight to forget it is there in my mind. Kelly really needs to wear slip on cleats. Two of my Alaska friends fell on ice and broke bones.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BAYFIELD BUNCH:))

Thursday, January 06, 2022

I THINK OLD MAN WINTER IS HERE TO STAY

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