SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH YOU WILL NOT HEAR ANY COMPLAINTS OUT OF ME:))

ICE IS QUICKLY MELTING IN GODERICH'S HARBOR AND IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST UNDERGROUND SALT MINE OWNED BY COMPASS MINERALS

Not a cloud in this morning's big bright blue sky and with temps somewhere in the low forties Fahrenheit it was totally acceptable for this time of year.  Needed to get a prescription filled so Pheebs and I headed off to Goderich.  The usual coffee and harbor tour and then over to Walmart.  Needed a few things for my morning veggie shakes so I was not long in rounding them up.  We were soon on our way again.  Only one problem, I was about halfway home when I thought of something.  My main purpose for going to Walmart was to pick up a prescription at the Pharmacy there and here I was heading home with half a dozen grocery items.......and no prescription!!!!  I had totally forgotten what I had gone there for:((  There was a time when that would have been an 'awe-shucks, I forgot something, I'll just turn around and go back'.  Well, those 'awe shucks' days are long gone, and that 'shucks' has been replaced with a glaring !!#^%!!!  Even if this was an occasional thing it wouldn't be so bad but it is fast becoming a daily thing.  Awe shucks, I must be getting old!!  Well there I go again:((

COMING DOWN THE HILL TO GODERICH'S HARBOR AND BEACH AREAS

THE ENTRANCE FROM LAKE HURON (THIRD LARGEST FRESH WATER LAKE IN THE WORLD) INTO GODERICH'S HARBOR

 I COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF AN ENGINE RUNNING FROM THIS LARGE LAKE FREIGHTER SO I EXPECT IT IS GETTING READY TO SAIL AFTER BEING DOCKED THERE FOR A MONTH OR SO

Pheebs hadn't seen Bubba for a few weeks so on our way home we swung around Bubba's house and popped in.  Richard, Gayle, and Bubba were home so Richard and I had ourselves a chin wag while Pheebs and Bubba had themselves a tail wag.

THESE LARGE SHORELINE ICE DRIFTS ARE GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO MELT

LAKE ICE CONTINUES TO BREAK UP

 HERE'S A COUPLE OLDER FELLERS STEPPING  OUT ALONG THE BOARDWALK ON AN EARLY SPRING'S CRISP MORN

 YES INDEED, SPRING IS BUSTING OUT ALL OVER

Finally home around 12:30 I was soon outside again busy in the front yard.  I cleaned up all the extension cords we had running here and there from Christmas lights, re-rigged some new lighting, and raked and wheelbarrowed a few more loads of pine needles.  I am so sore I can hardly sneeze straight.

 LOTS OF GULL ACTIVITY IN THE HARBOR

 CANADA GEESE AMONGST THE ICE FLOES

Oh ya, today was the first-day face masks were not required by many businesses' so I approached Walmart's front door carefully with my mask in my pocket just in case.  I observed people going in and coming out the door with some wearing masks and some not.  I decided to take a chance and go maskless......and everything was good.  I didn't even see any people arguing or wrestling in the aisles over the wearing or not wearing of a mask.  I think it was an even split for masks on or off.  I'll just say this, it sure felt good to be walking around without a stuffy mask on.

 THE ALGOMA SAULT IS BACKED INTO THE SALT MINE AND TAKING ON A LOAD OF ROCK SAULT

 GERTRUDE AND HEATHCLIFF WERE KEEPING AN EYE ON EACH OTHER THIS MORNING

 THIS WAS OUR SNOWY FRONT YARD EARLY THIS EVENING AND THAT BLUE YOU SEE IS PART OF OUR NIGHT LIGHTING

Our afternoon turned into cloudy skies and rain with snow falling in the early evening.  But, surprisingly enough, you will not hear any complaints out of me.  Winter's over and Spring is here and that's all that matters:))))))))

GROANER'S CORNER:((     YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN ARIZONA WHEN:
- You notice your car overheating before you drive it.

- You no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.

- You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River.

- You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.

- You can say 115 degrees without fainting.

- You can be in the snow, then drive for less than an hour and it will be over 100 degrees.

- You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves.

- You discover, in July, that it only takes two fingers to drive your car.

- You run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.

- You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.

- You realize that Valley Fever isn't a disco dance.

- Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.

- You can pronounce the words: "Saguaro", "Tempe", "Gila Bend", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", "Cholla", and Tlaquepaque".

- It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is moving on the streets.

- You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

- Sunscreen is sold year-round and kept at the front of the checkout counter.

- Some fool can market mini-misters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them.

- Hot air balloons can't go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air inside.

- No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car.

- You can understand the reason for a town named "Why."

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