THIS WHOLE IDEA COULD BE A BIG BUST

 IT'S THAT MARSH MERRIGOLD TIME OF YEAR AGAIN

An overcast gloomy looking morning but at least temperatures came up to 73F. under sunny skies later.  By late afternoon it was thunder, lightning, and rain.  Groovy.  

 I THINK BY THE TIME THESE FELLERS IN FRONT OF SHOPBIKE COFFEE ROASTERS WRAP IT UP THEY WILL NO DOUBT HAVE ALL OF THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS SOLVED

Pheebs and I headed to Gold Coast Landscaping south of Bayfield earlier today to have a look at some mulch for the flower beds.  On the way, Richard went by the other way and pulled over.  I did a U-turn and we slipped down a side street for a morning Pow-Wow.  From there I continued on to Goldcoast and ended up bringing 7 bags of mulch home.  Because we grow more moss than grass in much of our front yard due to all the shade I was also looking for something different to put down in the mossy areas.  I have decided on something called 'stone dust'.  A truck will drop off 3 square meters (one ton) of this fine gravel on Tuesday and I will then set to work wheelbarrowing it to and around the front yard to where the mossy areas are.  This whole idea could be a big bust but how will I ever know if I don't give it a try eh.  If it is a bust, we'll just sell the house and move to Portugal and live in a Villa with lots of pretty flowers year-round and no snow.  

 IT IS A BROWN MULCH I DECIDED ON

From Gold Coast, Pheebs and I headed to Bayfield's cemetery for a walk around the roads.  If I didn't know I had a hip replacement ten weeks ago, I wouldn't even know I had a hip replacement.  From the cemetery, we headed home because I had work to do

 SEEN AT THE CEMETERY THIS MORNING

I spent a few hours in the front yard spreading around three of the seven bags of mulch, leveling the bird bath, re-running some outdoor electrical cords, and half a dozen other little things.  I finally had to come in when my legs told me it was time to sit down and give them a rest.  Also, due to the day's humidity, I had to throw myself into the shower as soon as I came in to rid myself of the uncomfortable stickiness on my skin caused by the humidity.  That will be a common occurrence this summer I'm sure.    

Al's Music Box:)) No Time is a song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who, composed by guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings.  There are two versions of the song. The original recording was done for The Guess Who's album 'Canned Wheat'. But it is the re-recording (as featured on the 'American Woman' album) that was released as a single in 1969 and is the better-known. It is slightly faster in tempo and has the two verses transposed, but the extended Bachman guitar solo was cut. The single peaked at No. 5 in the U.S. and was the third in a string of million-selling singles that all hit No. 1 in Canada for The Guess Who.  The song is basically a reverse Dear John letter stating, "No time left for you." Of the song, Randy Bachman said, “That was our country-rock song... Me and Burton trying to be like Neil Young and Stephen Stills."

 BAYFIELD'S BEACH

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets all travelling at maximum velocity. The idea was to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.  American engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the American engineers.  When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's backrest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin like an arrow shot from a bow..  The horrified engineers sent Rolls Royce the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield, and begged the British scientists for suggestions.  Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo:  Defrost the chicken..

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Teacher: Why don't you brush your teeth? I can see what you had for breakfast this morning. Student: What did I have? Teacher: Egg! Student: You're wrong! That was yesterday!

- Years ago someone in California hollered “Gold,” and people drove from all directions. That’s the way they still drive in California.

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Billy and John were given a toboggan for their birthday. After they had been out playing in the snow, Billy was in tears.  “Now, John,” said his father, “I told you to let Billy use the toboggan half the time.” “And I did,” said Billy; “I had it going down, and he had it going up.”

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