AND 'BANG-ZOOM' PHEEBS AND I WERE OUT THE DOOR

 GOLDFINCHES ARE TRANSITIONING FROM THEIR BROWN WINTER COLORS TO THEIR GOLDEN SUMMER COLORS

With a heavy overcast, it was a very dull-looking day and I knew I would have difficulty finding any photos.  But, Pheebs and I in the Jeep headed off to the south end of our Park anyway.  At least we could get a quiet walk in and the exercise was important for both our legs.  Four for Pheebs and two for me.

 THE FIBER OPTICS GUYS ARE AT IT EVERY DAY NOW

 HERE'S A COUPLE PARK  RESIDENTS OUT EARLY AWAITING APRIL'S SHOWERS

My motivational meter seems to have gotten stuck on a lowly two for the earlier part of the day and I couldn't seem to bump or drag it up any higher.  Cold cloudy days have a habit of doing that to me and today was a good example of that.  Well, until skies brightened about mid-afternoon that is and 'bang-zoom' Pheebs and I were out the door.  With my cane and point-and-shoot Sony camera in hand, we headed over to the Park's pond.  We didn't go around the pond, just to the east end of it and back home again.  Maybe tomorrow or Friday I'll see if I can at least make it half the way around.

PHEEBS WALKED A LITTLE FARTHER THAN I DID TODAY

ALTHOUGH HARD OF HEARING NOW SHE ALWAYS COMES WHEN I WAVE MY ARM

I noticed late this afternoon when the Sun finally broke through that our front yard was alive with birds.  I counted 6 Grackles, probably a dozen Goldfinches, Woodpeckers, Juncos, Mourning Doves, a few Nuthatches and Chickadees.  And how nice to hear the excited tweetering and twittering in the overhead pine trees of Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Crows.  Well, I guess Crows don't actually tweet or twitter, but they do make big Crows sounds.  'Cawww-Cawww'

ONE OF A HALF DOZEN GRACKLES IN OUR YARD THIS AFTERNOON

It is with difficulty that Kelly is still holding her own against the advancing liver disease which continues to impede her daily life.  It's not easy for her with each day being a challenge trying to decide which maze and combination of pills to take in an effort to slow down the relentless itching.  A good night's sleep is rare and 'feeling good' days are few and far between.  Her next medical appointment at London's University Hospital will be on March 20th.

 NO,  I DON'T HAVE THE UTILITY TRAILER HOOKED UP TO THE JEEP BUT MAYBE IN A FEW WEEKS

Al's Music Box:)) The Boys Of Summer is a song by the American musician Don Henley. The lyrics were written by Henley and the music was composed by Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.  It was released on October 26, 1984, as the lead single from Henley's album Building the Perfect Beast.  In an interview with New Musical Express in 1985, Henley explained the "Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac" lyric as an example of his generation selling out,  I was driving down the San Diego Freeway and got passed by a $21,000 Cadillac Seville, the status symbol of the right-wing upper-middle-class American bourgeoisie – all the guys with the blue blazers with the crests and the grey pants – and there was this Grateful Dead "Deadhead" bumper sticker on it!  In 1986, Henley won the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for the song.  

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A retired sailor purchased a computer and began to learn all about computing. Being a sailor, he was used to addressing his ships as "She" or "Her". But was unsure what was proper for computers.  To solve his dilemma, he set up two groups of computer experts: one group was male, and the other group was female.

The group of women reported that computers should be referred to as "HE" because:
1. In order to get their attention you have to turn them on. 2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless. 3. They are supposed to help you solve problems but half the time they are the problem. 4. As soon as you commit to one, you realise that if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a newer and better model.

The group of men reported that computers should be referred to as "SHE" because:
1. No one but the creator understands their logic. 2. The native language they use to talk to other computers is incomprehensible to anyone else. 3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for later retrieval. 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

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- What's worse than biting an apple and then discovering a worm?  Biting the apple, then discovering half a worm.

- Welcome back to Plastic Surgery Anonymous.  It's nice to see new faces here today!

- I was shocked when I found out my toaster was not waterproof.

- If you think I am joking about Alzheimer's,
forget it.

- You're not useless.  You can always be used as a bad example.

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