A LOOK BACK TO THE VALLEY OF FIRE

MALE CARDINAL

With strong winds gusting through our pine trees driving the 23F down to 7F it was not a good morning to even set foot out of the house.  But, out of the house, the foots and paws went.  With the Jeep in four-wheel drive due to icy roads under a skiff of snow we cranked up the heater and headed into Bayfield for a drive-around.  Along Bayfield's beach, the winds were driving the snow sideways while along the roadways it was picking it up and whipping it into swirling snow devils.  Sunday will be another bad weather day and then for the next 14-days straight all daytime temps will be above freezing anywhere from 34F to 43F+.  It's that time of year when we Northerners expectantly hang onto our long-range 14-day weather forecast.  (Amazingly enough, we ended today under partially sunny skies)

 THIS PHOTO SUMS UP OUR MORNING

 WATER RUNOFF FROM AREA FARM FIELDS HAS TURNED THE BAYFIELD RIVER BROWN

 LAKE HURON WAS NOT A HAPPY CAMPER TODAY

 BLUSTERY BLOWING SNOW ALONG BAYFIELD'S MAIN STREET

 A FEW HARDY WALKERS WERE OUT AND ABOUT 

Twelve years ago today we were northeast of Las Vegas Nevada in a valley known for its fire.  We of course were hiking around in the Valley Of Fire State Park for several days.  Here is my post for one of those days..... There Was Fire In The Valley

Al's Music Box:)) Smooth Operator by Sade (Shaw-day) from the album 'Diamond Life'.  1984  Sade is one of my all-time favorite female singers along with kd Lang.

 KELLY BAKED A COUPLE OF YUMMY OATMEAL MOULASSIS LOAVES OF BREAD TODAY

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Are your investments in order? Below are some of the latest rumors from Wall Street.  In the wake of the AOL/Time Warner deal, here are the latest mergers we can expect to see:

Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W.R. Grace Company merge to become Hale Mary Fuller Grace.

Polygram Records, Warner Brothers, and Keebler Crackers merge to become Polly-Warner-Cracker.

3M and Goodyear merge to become MMMGood.

John Deere and Abitibi-Price merge to become Deere Abi.

Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining merge to become Zip Audi Do Da.

Honeywell, Imasco, and Home Oil merge to become Honey I'm Home.

Denison Mines, Alliance, and Metal Mining merge to become Mine All Mine.

Federal Express and UPS merge to become FED UP.

Xerox and Wurlitzer will merge and begin manufacturing reproductive organs.

Fairchild Electronic3M, J.C. Penney and the Canadian Opera Company will merge and become 3 Penney Opera.

Knott's Berry Farm & National Organization of Women will merge and become Knott NOW!

Honeywell Computers will merge and become Fairwell Honeychild.

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