PHEEBS TOOK ME FOR A WALK AROUND THE PARK'S POND

As hoped for, the pain in my lower back was gone when I woke up this morning.  Some days are just luckier than others I guess.  At 43F I was into my winter duds again before Pheebs and I headed out to slip around a few sunny country roads with Pheebs window down and the heater on.

 SPRING IS A BUSY TIME FOR FARMERS

 I'M NOT SURE WHAT EYE-POPPING CROP  THIS IS BUT CANOLA COMES TO MIND

 WE WANDERED AROUND SOME NICE SPRING TIME COUNTRY ROADS THIS MORNING

 APPLE BLOSSOMS

 A YOUNG MAPLE TREE MAKING IT'S WAY SKYWARD FROM A FOREST FLOOR

It was alongside Kerr's Campground at the southernmost end of the Bannockburn Line where the road leads into a dead-end service road for Kerr's Campground.  The road goes past the campground and peters out in a swampy forest and that's where Pheebs and I parked the Jeep and headed south along a dirt farm lane between a forest and open fields.  It's a nice walking spot and we haven't been there since last year.  It's not a good walking spot in the summer because of mosquitoes.  Pheebs was fine on her walk because she had a whole host of new smells to check out.  Like me, I think she gets bored sometimes at our usual country road morning spot when all we do is walk up the road and back again.  I get bored with that too sometimes because I'm not one much for walking just for the sake of walking.  Like Pheebs, I like to mosey along stopping to look at this and that, hear the sounds of nature around me, and get off the beaten path to see what's around the next clump of trees or cluster of boulders.  I joined a hiking club one time back in the late eighties, went on one 'speedball hike,' and never went back.  The problem was, I kept wanting to stop and look at stuff.  I later joined The Stratford Field Naturalist Club and fit right in with those folks and their much slower and very informative nature walks.  I actually led one of those walks at the Bannockburn Conservation Area in 1989 I think it was.

I LIKE THIS PEACEFUL DEAD-END ROAD WITH NO TRAFFIC OR PEOPLE NOISE

 A BERGUNDY COLORED TRILLIUM

 A  BUSY BUMBLE BEE

 A DANDELION TRIO WITH A FLY

 PHEEBS DID GREAT ON HER WALK THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON

A WATER PUDDLE ARROW POINTS AT THE PHEEBS

Home again, it was puttering I was restricted to.  I'm beginning to suspect I may have a problem with my right knee and like my hip, it probably has to do with arthritis.  After about forty minutes outside today I had to come in and rest that leg.  I've had trouble on and off with that knee before and I think X-rays about six years ago showed that I had some minor arthritis in it at the time.  Discouraging.

Luckily, after staying off my feet for a few hours, Pheebs took me for a walk around the Park's pond and my leg was okay although I did stop for a rest at a newly placed bench on the west side of the pond.  We saw five Painted Turtles, one Muskrat, Two Canada Geese, and a Crow.

 A FEW MORE PHOTOS FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT THIS MORNING

Al's Music Box:)) When Will I Be Loved is a popular song written by Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, who had a US top-ten hit with it in 1960.  The track had been recorded while the duo were contracted to Cadence Records; they moved to Warner Brothers and rerecorded it in a more mainstream pop/rock style. The belated release by Cadence of "When Will I Be Loved" provided the Everly Brothers with a final rockabilly-style hit.  The session, produced by Archie Bleyer, took place on February 18, 1960, at the RCA Studio in Nashville. Those present at the session included:

• Don Everly – guitar, vocals
• Phil Everly – guitar, vocals
• Chet Atkins, guitar
• Hank Garland, guitar
• Luther Brandon, guitar
• Lightnin Chance, bass
• Buddy Harman, drums
• Floyd Cramer, piano

 TRILLIUM FLOWER

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Golf Meditations::

- If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.
- Since bad shots come in groups of three, a fourth bad shot is actually the beginning of the next group of three.
- No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.

- When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.

- A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponent's luck.
- Every time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make two triple bogeys to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe.
- You can put “draw” on the ball, you can put “fade” on the ball, but no golfer can put “straight” on the ball.
- Don't buy a putter until you've had a chance to throw it.

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Q: Why did the chicken cross the playground?

A: To get to the other slide.

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Catholic Definitions::
- Choir: A group of people whose singing allows the rest of the congregation to lip-sync.
- Holy Water: A liquid whose chemical formula is H2OLY.
- Hymn: A song of praise, usually sung in a key three octaves higher than that of the congregation’s range.
- Incense: Holy Smoke!
- Jesuits: An order of priests known for their ability to found colleges with good basketball teams.
- Jonah: The original “Jaws” story.
- Justice: When your children have kids of their own.
- Kyrie Eleison: The only Greek words that most Catholics an recognize besides gyros and baklava.
- Magi: The most famous trio to attend a baby shower.
- Manger:
1- Where Mary gave birth to Jesus because Joseph wasn’t covered by an HMO.
2- The Bible’s way of showing us that holiday travel has always been rough.
- Pew: A medieval torture device still found in Catholic Churches.
- Procession: The ceremonial formation at the beginning of Mass, consisting of altar servers, the celebrant, and late parishioners looking for seats.
- Recessional: The ceremonial procession at the conclusion of Mass—lead by parishioners trying to beat the crowd to the parking lot.
- Relics: People who have been going to Mass for so long that they actually know when to sit, kneel, and stand.
- Ten Commandments: The most important Top Ten list not produced by David Letterman.
- Ushers: The only people in the parish who don’t know the seating capacity of a pew.

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