SUNSHINE.....NEED I SAY MORE:)))))

From my recliner first thing this morning I could see the makings of a pink sunrise through our pine trees and it wasn't long before we had long fingery shafts of sunlight playing warmly across our living room floor into the kitchen.  A mighty fine way to start the day.

 MORNING'S SUNRISE CAST SHADOWS THROUGH OUR PINE TREES

 TURNING EAST OUT OF OUR PARK WE HEAD FOR THE SUN

 THOSE SNOWMOBILE TRACKS WILL SOON BE GONE

 HOW GREAT TO SEE FIELDS RE-APPEARING THROUGH THE MELTING SNOW AND HEY, DID YA SEE THAT BIG BLUE SKY:))

 SOAKING UP SOME MORNING SUNSHINE

An hour later, Pheebs and I headed east into the sunrise keeping an eye out for temporary Springlike conditions.  And we did find them.  Earth beginning to show through farmer's fields again as the snow continues to melt.  Rivers and streams are bulking up and breaking through their ice and snow boundaries.  It was sounds and gurgles of running water I could hear and I also thought I heard the chattering of a Northern Flicker Woodpecker in a nearby forest.  Even came across a number of trees already tapped with buckets awaiting sap to begin making maple syrup.  Seems a bit early to me but there are a number of signs suggesting an early Spring.  Thought I saw a Robin in our front yard later but it may have been a male Cardinal.  It was a shadowy fleeting glimpse.

 AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE FLOWING AND GURGLING ALONG THEIR WAY AGAIN 

 PAILS COLLECTING SAP FROM THE MAPLE TREES

 THE MAPLE SYRUP SHACK IS BACK THERE IN THOSE TREES

Stopped at the Porters Hill Wild Bird Seed Co in Bayfield's Southend on our way home to pick up some more bird seed and I said to Steve the owner, "I'm going to either have to put the birds on a diet or I am going to have to get a job to pay for all the birdseed".  However, I have noticed these past few days and especially today there have been fewer birds at the feeders and that  I think is a direct result of the current milder temperatures.  Thursday is predicted to be 50F with lots of rain.  Adios snow:))

 AT THE BANNOCKBURN CONSERVATION AREA

 IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF OUR LOCAL SENIOR CITIZENS MAY HAVE LOST HIS BATMAN CAP 

 NO, THIS IS NOT A RAILROAD TRACK. IT'S AN ICE-COATED BOARDWALK SO PHEEBS AND I DIDN'T GO ANY FURTHER.....TOO TREACHEROUS

Facebook threw me another memory from our RVing days and this time it took me back 13 years ago at this time while we were boondocked at the foot of the Kofa Mountains in southern Arizona.  Castle Dome Mine Museum And Western Ghost Town  

 A VERY GENUINE CANADIAN CROP CIRCLE

 I THINK THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT BY NEXT WEEK AT THIS TIME MOST IF NOT ALL OF THAT ICE AND SNOW WILL BE GONE

With my UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena) hat back on I just finished a book about Lieutenant Colonel Philip J Corso an American Army officer.  The book by author Paola Harris entitled, Conversations With Colonel Corso if credible, blows more doors off all the usual UFO cover-up and denial stuff.     

QUITE A BUNDLE OF BRANCHES

GROANER'S CORNER:((  It was the first time they had flown together, and it was obvious by their silence that they didn't get along. After 30 minutes, the Captain finally spoke.  He said, "I don't like Chinese."  The First Officer replied, "Ooooh, no like Chinese? Why that?"  The Captain said, "You bombed Pearl Harbor. That's why I don't like Chinese."  The First Officer said, "Nooooo, noooo ... Chinese not bomb Pearl Harbour. That JAPANESE, not Chinese."  And the Captain answered, "Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese ... it doesn't matter. They're all alike."  Another 30 minutes of silence. Finally the First Officer said, "No like Jew."  The Captain replied, "Why not? Why don't you like Jews?"  "Jews sink Titanic."  The Captain tried to correct him, "No, no. The Jews didn't sink the Titanic, it was an iceberg."  "Iceberg, Goldberg, Rosenberg, Spielberg ... no mattah ... all same."

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