A NASTY COLD WEDNESDAY AND REMEMBERING A FEW DAYS BOONDOCKING NEAR SEDONA ARIZONA

 ONE OF SEVERAL MALE CARDINALS IN OUR FRONT YARD THIS AFTERNOON 

With a cold East wind blowing our 32F temps around, Pheebs and I headed into Bayfield where I knew we could take a walk in the cemetery somewhat sheltered from the wind.  Needless to say, it was a brief walk and we were soon home again.  It is always so nice on cold and nasty weather days to step inside and instantly become wrapped in the warmth of a cozy house.  

 STILL A FEW COLORFUL TREES NEAR THE BAYFIELD MARINA

 A FEW DOCKS AND POSTS LEFT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BAYFIELD RIVER

 THIS IS WHERE THOSE BOAT DOCKS ARE STACKED AND STORED FOR THE WINTER

 THAT ORANGE MACHINE ON A BARGE IN THE RIVER IS PULLING THE DOCK POSTS OUT OF THE WATER WITH THE BAYFIELD BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND AND FISHERMEN ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE BRIDGE ALONGSIDE THE RIVER

 BAYFIELD WALKERS BUNDLED UP AGAINST THE MORNING'S COLD

 IT LOOKS LIKE THE CANOE IS STORED FOR THE WINTER

This afternoon was basically a repeat of my Tuesday afternoon inside day except that outside it got quite nasty today.  We had bouts of freezing rain at times with visible ice pellets on the deck and frozen raindrops hanging from our Sunburst Locust tree's branches.  I brought a couple of the bird feeders in to set upon our sunroom gas stove to dry out.  I sure like watching the birds through our sunroom windows.  It gives me a warm feeling inside to know that I am able to help the little fellers through nature's bad weather days.    

 WE STILL HAVE A SINGLE GRACKLE COMING TO THE FEEDER EVERY DAY AND THAT'S OKAY IF HE DOESN'T BRING 50 OF HIS BUDDIES ALONG

 THIS GOLDFINCH HAS A LEG UP ON THE FEEDER

 GOLDFINCH ON LEFT AND DARK EYED JUNCO ON RIGHT

 NOTICE THE FROZEN RAINDROPS ON THE GRACKLES BACK 

As previously stated, back in mid-summer, I was very disappointed when our 'Eastlink' Cable TV provider announced they were canceling about half a dozen channels with the History channel being one of them.  I'm not much of a TV watcher anymore, but there was one series on the History Channel that I always looked forward to in September these past four years.  I am talking about The Secret Of Skinwalker Ranch of course which to me is an interesting and fascinating slice of reality being presented by inquisitive realistic thinking people.  The first episode of Season 4 began on September 3rd and I of course missed all 9 episodes right up to last week.  And then, we stumbled upon something called Stack TV and Kelly figured out how to download it.  And with that, I have been able to watch all the Skinwalker episodes I had missed, plus last Sunday night's latest one.  It doesn't come through on our TV like before but comes in on my desktop computer which is quite alright by me.  An unexpected plus to this Stack TV was to discover that a second series called Beyond Skinwalker Ranch has also begun.  This extension of the Skinwalker cast and crew adds two additional members to the team to research and gather information from other sites with paranormal activities around the United States.  Of particular interest were two episodes that involved the Bradshaw Ranch a short distance northwest of Sedona Arizona.  That jogged my memory because Kelly, Pheebs, and I spent nearly a week boondocking south of the Bradshaw Ranch back in mid-February of 2014.  We weren't aware of the Bradshaw Ranch at the time.  Here is one of our boondocking days near Sedona and keep in mind that you can click on any photo to enlarge it.  A Hot Air Balloon Nearly Lands On Our Jeep  I know I just posted this day a couple months ago so I'll give you a few more of our Sedona days......Somewhere Near Sedona Arizona or Slipped Out Of Sedona While It Was Still Sleeping or A Rather Exciting Move or My Patience Runs Out At Montezuma's Well or Leaving The Sedona Area And Heading Home To Our Adobe Winter Digs In Congress Arizona.  Well, I guess I got a little sidetracked from my Skinwalker Ranch Stack TV info but that is not an unusual happening for me.  I don't normally go back and read my old posts very often but I made an exception today and read all of the above Sedona links from nearly ten years ago thoroughly enjoying and renewing many great old lost memories along the way.  And, reading these posts and knowing what I know and have experienced after 13 winters RVing in the great American Southwest, nobody will ever convince me that it is nicer to remain here in this freezing cold and damp unhealthy climate for the winter. 

 SPOTTED THIS BLUE GILLY-GALOO BIRD IN BAYFIELD'S PIONEER PARK

 PHEEBS FREE TREATS FROM PET VALUE CAME IN THIS BAG LAST WEEK

 DO YOU SUPPOSE THIS BATTERY-OPERATED GOLF CART IN OUR PARK IS UNDERGOING AN OIL CHANGE OR MAYBE IT NEEDS A NEW RADIATOR EH:))))

Al's Music Box:)) Let Em In by Paul McCartney and Wings from their 1976 album, 'Wings At The Speed Of Sound'.   The song starts with the sound of a vibraphone mimicking the Friedland Westminster Chime Doorbell before the rhythm begins. The lyric namechecks several famous people, between friends and relatives of McCartney who, without a justified reason, knock on the door or ring the bell of his house and he exclaims "Let 'Em In". They include McCartney's paternal aunt Gin, his brother Michael, and Linda McCartney's brother John. Phil and Don of the EverlyBrothers are named (the duo had a hit with "Keep A Knockin'"), along with Martin Luther, who famously hung his "95 Theses" on a church door. An Uncle Ernie is also named, being the character Ringo Starr sang in the London Symphony Orchestra's recording of the Who's rock opera, Tommy.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A teacher told her young class to ask their parents for a family story with a moral at the end of it, and to return the next day to tell their stories.  In the classroom the next day, Joe gave his example first, "My dad is a farmer and we have chickens. One day we were taking lots of eggs to market in a basket on the front seat of the truck when we hit a big bump in the road; the basket fell off the seat and all the eggs broke. The moral of the story is not to put all your eggs in one basket.."  "Very good," said the teacher".     Next, Mary said, "We are farmers too. We had twenty eggs waiting to hatch, but when they did we only got ten chicks. The moral of this story is not to count your chickens before they're hatched.."  "Very good," said the teacher again, very pleased with the response so far.  Next, it was Barney's turn to tell his story: "My dad told me this story about my Aunt Karen.... Aunt Karen was a flight engineer in the war and her plane got hit. She had to bail out over enemy territory and all she had was a bottle of whisky, a machine gun, and a machete."  "Go on," said the teacher, intrigued.  "Aunt Karen drank the whisky on the way down to prepare herself, then she landed right in the middle of a hundred enemy soldiers. She killed seventy of them with the machine gun until she ran out of bullets. Then she killed twenty more with the machete till the blade broke. And then she killed the last ten with her bare hands."  "Good heavens," said the horrified teacher, "What did your father say was the moral of that frightening story?"  Mary answered, "Stay away from Aunt Karen when she's been drinking!!!!"

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Q: What did the teddy bear say when it was offered some birthday cake?
A: No thanks, I'm stuffed.

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A man realized he needed to purchase a hearing aid, but didn't want to spend a lot of money. "How much do they cost?" he asked the salesman.  "Anything from $2 to $2,000."  "Can I see the $2 model?" said the customer.  The salesman put the device around the man's neck, and said: "You just stick this button in your ear and run this little string down into your pocket."  "How does it work?" asked the customer.  "For $2, it doesn't work," said the salesman. "But when people see it on you, they'll talk louder."

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