THE TWO LEGGED ELEPHANT IN OUR NEWLY PLANTED FLOWER BED TODAY

OUR FRONT FLOWER BED IS NOW FINISHED AND DID YOU SEE THE PHEEBS

After a rather windy gravel road walk this morning Pheebs and I headed back to Bayfield the long way stopping at Gold Coast Landscaping along the way to pick up a few good old bags of dirt.  It's always a good idea for a fella to have a few bags of healthy dirt around.  Kelly had bought a couple Majesty Palms for our front deck so for sure I needed dirt to repot them into bigger containers.  Took a swing down around Bayfield's harbor area on the way home as well.

DREDGING THE MOUTH OF THE BAYFIELD RIVER FROM THE SOUTH PIER

FURTHER UP  RIVER THIS BARGE MANEUVERS INTO POSITION TO ALSO BEGIN SOME DREDGING

THE DIGGER PUSHES THOSE LONG STEEL POSTS DOWN INTO THE RIVER BED TO STABILIZE THE BARGE

 DREDGING BEGINS 

THE RIVER SLUDGE IS DEPOSITED INTO THE STEEL BINS

I WOULD SAY A THIRD OF THE BAILY BRIDGE HAS BEEN DISMANTLED

 THE MANY BRIDGE SECTIONS ARE ALL BOLTED TOGETHER

 THESE STACKED BRIDGE SECTIONS ARE WAITING TO BE LOADED ONTO A FLATBED TRAILER

 THE BAYFIELD RIVER RUNS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT THEN ROUNDS A CURVE AND HEADS ITS LAST HALF MILE TO LAKE HURON

 HOME AGAIN I AM IN THE PROCESS OF RE-POTTING THE MAJESTY PALMS

By the time Pheebs and I got back, Kelly had already wheelbarrowed the flowers out to the front flower bed and had them all set in place.  She started planting at one end of the bed and I started at the other.  However, all did not go well and I soon got fired.  You have no doubt heard of a Bull in a china shop.  Well, today I was the proverbial Elephant in the flower garden.  I had planted three groups of flowers, then sat on a flat foot high stump to plant the fourth.  When I went to get up the stump tipped over causing me to lose my balance and I crumpled to the ground landing on two of the newly planted flowers I had just dug in.  I squashed one of them rather badly.  With my legs bent awkwardly under me I had a difficult time extracting myself from the flower bed without doing further damage.  I was quite a sight finally crawling my way out of the flowerbed on my hands and knees.  I could tell Kelly was not pleased with my antics so I quickly relegated myself to a less intrusive job and contented myself with 'carefully' watering the flowers only.  With the Elephant finally out of the flowerbed, Kelly was able to finish planting the flowers.

BY THE TIME PHEEBS AND I MADE IT HOME KELLY HAD MOST OF THE FLOWERS IN POSITION

 NO, SHE'S NOT REACHING FOR HER TROWEL SHE'S REACHING FOR HER COFFEE

NOT ALL YOU SEE IN THIS PHOTO IS REAL

With blustery afternoon winds bringing in warmer air I almost had myself into short sleeves.  I think we topped out around 65F today.  Oh boy, Spring might just be right round the corner eh:))

SHE EVEN MANAGED TO GET HERSELF A TIM HORTONS COFFEE IN THE PROCESS

 KELLY TAKES A MOMENT TO ADMIRE HER FINE HANDIWORK

With Sunday being Mother's Day, Kelly is heading over to her daughter's house in Cambridge where four of five of her children will gather for a get-together Saturday.  It has been quite a while since she has been together with most of her family.  They had all volunteered to come to Bayfield but Kelly said she would rather go over there.  Her daughter and husband have a much bigger house for that many people.

 SPOTTED THE SEASONS FIRST FROG IN OUR FRONT YARD FROG POND TODAY

Pheebs and I didn't get out for our afternoon walk because these darn legs of mine were still hurting too much.  I'm sure hoping they will soon come around and get used to me using them more now that the nicer weather is here.  I don't think it is arthritis because the pain feels like it is in the muscles and not in the joints.

 'TOO MUCH TIME SPENT PLANTING FLOWERS AND NOT ENOUGH TIME SPENT WITH ME TODAY DAD'

GROANER'S CORNER:))   At one point during a game, the coach said to one of his young players, "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?"  The little boy nodded in the affirmative.  "Do you understand that what matters is whether we win together as a team?"  The little boy nodded yes.  "So," the coach continued, "when a strike is called, or you're out at first, you don't argue or curse or attack the umpire. Do you understand all that?"  Again the little boy nodded.  "Good," said the coach.  "Now go over there and explain it to your mother."

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If electricity comes from electrons... does that mean that morality comes from morons?

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