I DID SOMETHING THIS MORNING I HAD NOT DONE FOR NEARLY 29 YEARS

 LOOKS LIKE THIS CANADA GOOSE ON OUR PARK'S POND IS DOING A BIT OF SPRING PREENING

Kelly and I met in the summer of 1993 in a little coffee shop near Doon (Kitchener) Ontario.  From that time until this morning I have not had to go to a barbershop for a haircut.  Kelly's been cutting my hair for all these years right up to this winter.  With my hair growing longer I was of course once again beginning to look very much like my usual scraggly self.  When I mentioned it might be time for a haircut, Kelly suggested maybe it was time for me to get a real haircut for a change.  That caught me by surprise because, in my mind, I thought I was getting real haircuts all these years.  My hair always looked just fine to me.  Of course, not one to argue, I took her suggestion and this morning at 9 a.m. I found myself firmly planted in a barber's chair at First Choice Haircutters in Goderich, Ontario.  Everything went as I had remembered except of course the price of the haircut.  I walked out the door with my wallet feeling much lighter by $25.  My hair might be down to my knees and dragging on the ground before I need another one of them there darn commercial haircuts!!

 I SAW 'OLD LONESOME' ON MY WAY TO GODERICH THIS MORNING

 NO SNOW LEFT IN FARMER'S FIELDS

   IT'S MAPLE SYRUP TIME HERE IN ONTARIO

NEARLY THREE DECADES SINCE I WAS LAST IN A BARBER SHOP

 MY 'BEFORE' HAIRCUT PHOTO

 TRYING TO GET AN 'AFTER' HAIRCUT PICTURE ON THE WAY HOME MY WHOLE DARN FACE GOT IN THE WAY

We had another gorgeous pre-Spring day with sunshine and 63F temperatures.  Needless to say, I had myself outside on the end of my wheelbarrow again.  Grackles, Cardinals, a Downie Woodpecker, Juncos, Chipmunks, and Squirrels were all in the yard.  How great it was to see a couple Grackles drinking and splashing around in the birdbath I had just cleaned up Wednesday.

 TOO MUDDY TO GO ANY FARTHER ON OUR AFTERNOON WALK

 ON OUR PARK'S POND A PAIR OF CANADA GEESE PATIENTLY WAIT FOR THE ICE TO MELT

 A GRACKLE HAVING A BATH IN OUR BIRDBATH THIS AFTERNOON

 WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU CAN REMEMBER HAVING THIS MUCH ENTHUSIASM AND FUN IN THE  TUB EH

 WITH MY ICE CHOPPER I WAS BUSY THIS AFTERNOON HELPING MOTHER NATURE GET RID OF THE ICE IN OUR DRIVEWAY

As tired and as sore as my muscles are tonight from my outside Spring clean-up, I welcome the discomfort once again as I do every year at this time.  It is just so great to be outside and doing something.  Spring is my second favorite time of the year with Autumn being the first.  I have never been or will I ever be a Winter person and thankfully, I do not have to even be concerned about Winter again for at least the next seven months.  Rock on Dudes:))))))  

GROANER'S CORNER:((   Morton was reading the paper after breakfast when he came across an article about a beautiful actress who was about to marry a football player known primarily for his lack of IQ and common sense.  He turned to his wife with a questioning look on his face and said: "I'll never understand why the biggest j*rks get the most attractive wives."  His wife smiled and replied: "Why thank you, dear!"

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Nutritionist: You should eat 1200 calories a day.
Me: OK, and how many at night?

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A man visits his doctor and says, "Doctor, I keep seeing green Martians before my eyes."
The doctor asks, "Have you seen a psychiatrist?"
The patient says, "No, only green Martians!"

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