ONE OF US IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT THERE IN OUR JAMMIES

 SAW THIS LITTLE SONGBIRD IN OUR PARK THIS MORNING

Although off to a cloudy start, our day quickly turned itself around and turned out to be the best Spring-like day of the year so far with temps hitting 65F and our thermometer in the shade outside our sunroom hit 70F.  'Wowzers' and double 'Wowzers' I say.  And yes, temperature records for today were shattered.

 ALWAYS SO GREAT TO SEE BLUE SKIES

Although my right leg was bothering me this morning I didn't let that get in the way of a Jeep ride around our Park's roads for Pheebs and I.  A local company called 'Tuckersmith Communications began installing fiber optic cables into our Park this morning so for sure we had to get around and check on all that.  This fibre optic installation will give residents a choice of whether to switch to the new fiber optic company for TV and Internet or stay with the current cable company called Eastlink.  Anyway, with machines and personnel now moving around on the Park's roads, it will be a welcome form of entertainment for some of we older folks after winter's dullness.  Hearing the machines early this morning we didn't know what was happening so I said to Kelly, "well you know that one of us is going to have to go out there in our jammies to see what's going on eh".  Kelly didn't exactly volunteer to go.  Hey, we're Seniors and that is what we Seniors do.  

 TUCKERSMITH COMMUNICATIONS ON THE JOB IN OUR PARK TODAY

 A HURON COUNTRY ROAD CREW CLEANING UP WINTER'S DEBRIS ALONGSIDE THE ROAD OUTSIDE OUR PARK

 OUT FOR A DRIVE AROUND OUR PARK'S ROADS

 SPRINGLIKE GREENERY AROUND OUR PARK'S POND

 FRONT YARD CRITTERS ARE BEGINNING TO APPEAR

 IT LOOKS LIKE SOME LITTLE CRITTER'S COZY WINTER HOME

 I LIKE IT WHEN YUCCA PLANTS SURVIVE THE COLD WEATHER

With a few errands and things to pick up in Goderich this morning, Kelly headed off about ten o'clock.  Even if I had wanted to stay inside the house today I could not have made myself do it.  I sat out on our front deck with coffee in hand soaking up the morning's warm rays for a bit.  But, only for a bit because there were things to do so with my cane in my left hand and the leaf blower in my right hand I blew off our front porch and deck,  Not stopping there, I next blew all the birdseed husks away from the bottom of the birdfeeders.  Also blew more accumulated yard waste off our driveway.  Relocated a couple of outside birdseed garbage cans as well.  Got a load of laundry done along the way as well.  It just felt so great to be outside feeling the warmth in the air and having my hair tousled by an early Spring breeze.  I whispered many quiet thank-yous as I puttered about.  And of course, Pheebs was right by my side all along keeping a close eye on what the heck Dad was doing and why he was walking around looking all funny and stuff.  I took my little Sony RX90 point-and-shoot for a walk around the yard to find a few pics.

 A BIRDSEYE VIEW OF IT'S FINAL APPROACH BEFORE LANDING ON THE BIRD STATION

 OUR FRONT YARD ALWAYS LOOKS ITS WORST AT THIS TIME OF YEAR

 I'LL SOON HAVE A BIG FRONT YARD FROG POND CLEAN UP TO DO

 HAPPY TO SEE OUR FRONT YARD AZALEA BUSH LOOKING SO HEALTHY

As readers know, I call my Aunt Jean in Florida every Friday night.  A reader noted that I hadn't mentioned Aunt Jean for a while.  Well, I can tell you she is doing just fine and taking full advantage of Sarasota Florida's early Spring weather.  With her walker, she has been doing a lot of outside walking around the Sunnyside Village where she now lives.  On her walk, she likes to stop occasionally by a pond/lake within the complex to watch a number of older fellas sailing their remote-controlled boats on the pond.  She is also enjoying sitting outside in the sun surrounded by her new home's beautiful landscaping.  She had been promised a brand new room last Fall and that room along with other facility renovations are now underway and she is looking forward to maybe being in her new room in another month or so.  Her health continues to be good.  Oh, and I almost forgot....last week some of her old golfing buddies convinced her to come along and ride around the course with them while they played.  I don't remember which hole it was but all four of her buddies missed their T-shot.  One of them came over to the golf cart and handed Jean her putter with the words, "okay Jean, you do it".  And, she did.  She sank the putt with one stroke.  Yup, that's my 96-year-old Aunt Jean alright already:))))

 I WENT LOOKING FOR CROCUS FLOWERS IN OUR FLOWERBED AND SURE ENOUGH THERE THEY WERE JUST SPROUTING UP THROUGH THE GROUND COVER

Kelly returned from Goderich around 1:30.  She washed the Subaru while there and said people were walking around in short-sleeve shirts and T-shirts.  I'll bet a number of motorcycles were out as well.           

 IT'S QUITE A COLLECTIN OF ROCKS WE HAVE

Ellen's 'Groove:)) A short practice session for Ellen.... 'Doodles'

 DRANK MY MORNING COFFEE HERE

Al's Music Box:)) Sunny Afternoon is a song by the Kinks, written by frontman Ray Davies.  The track later featured on the Face to Face album as well as being the title track for their 1967 compilation album.  "Sunny Afternoon" was written in Ray Davies' house when he was ill. He recalled:  I'd bought a white upright piano.  I hadn't written for a time, I'd been ill. I was living in a very 1960s-decorated house. It had orange walls and green furniture. My one-year-old daughter was crawling on the floor and I wrote the opening riff. I remember it vividly. I was wearing a polo-neck sweater.  "Sunny Afternoon" was made very quickly, in the morning, it was one of our most atmospheric sessions. I still like to keep tapes of the few minutes before the final take, things that happen before the session. Maybe it's superstitious, but I believe if I had done things differently—if I had walked around the studio or gone out—it wouldn't have turned out that way. The bass player went off and started playing funny little classical things on the bass, more like a lead guitar: and Nicky Hopkins, who was playing piano on that session, was playing "Liza"—we always used to play that song—little things like that helped us get into the feeling of the song. At the time I wrote "Sunny Afternoon" I couldn't listen to anything.  I was only playing the greatest hits of Frank Sinatra and Dylan's "Maggie's Farm"—I just liked its whole presence, I was playing the Bringing It All Back Home LP along with my Frank Sinatra and Glenn Miller band and Bach—it was a strange time.  In a 1995 interview, Ray Davies recalled being surprised at the song's broad appeal, stating, "'Sunny Afternoon', I remember the record coming out and I walked into a British Legion or a pub. I thought I was in a British Legion. All these people and old soldiers singing it. I was 23 years old. I said, 'Wow, all these old people really like it.' And this old guy came up and said, 'You young guys... this is the sort of music we can relate to!' I thought, Wow, this is it, it's the end (laughs)."

 NEW STREET NAMES ON TOP AND OLD NAMES ON BOTTOM

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Unable to attend the funeral after his Uncle Charlie died, a man who lived far away called his not too bright brother and told him, 'Do something nice for Uncle Charlie and send me the bill.'  Later, he got a bill for $200.00, which he paid. The next month, he got another bill for $200.00, which he also paid, figuring it was some incidental expense.  But when the $200.00 bills kept arriving every month, he finally called his brother again to find out what was going on.  'Well,' said the brother, 'you said to do something nice for Uncle Charlie.  So I rented him a tuxedo.'

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I can't believe I forgot to go to the gym yesterday.  That's 8 years in a row now.

I hate it when my wife gets mad at me for being lazy.  It’s not like I did anything!

I have a contact lens problem.
I have no contact lens solution.

My wife rang me at the pub and said, “If you’re not home in 10 minutes, I’m giving the dinner I cooked you to the dog.”  I was home in 5 minutes.  I’d hate for anything to happen to the dog.

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