ONE STEP AT A TIME

No sunshine beaming through our living room window this morning to gently tease me out of my recliner,  Nope, cloudy and gray so I had to huff and puff and haul my old sack of bones out of the recliner all by myself.  Looking outside, I was pleased to see the snow and ice still melting with 40F temperatures on the thermometer.  But, it was also raining which was okay with me because I knew that rain would help melt the snow faster.  Pheebs and I piled into the Subaru and headed east down Bayfield River Road, swinging north on Tipperary Line to Cut Line Road.  Turned west to Whys Line then south back to Bayfield River Road and home.  Still a cold rain falling so it was a good day to stay inside and work on some stuff and luckily I had the energy and interest to do that.

 IT RAINED ALL DAY AND NEVER LET UP

FROZEN ROAD SIDE PONDS ARE THAWING OUT

We have a spare bedroom with a lot of stuff in it including a bed.  Some of the stuff is mine, some of it Kelly's, and some of it ours.  I made a dent in things as I slowly began re-organizing and moving things around.  There are a lot of plastic bins with all sorts of things in them but I still haven't come across our income tax stuff.  I'll be moving more stuff out to the carport as I go along.  I haven't done too much in Kelly's room because I am waiting for her daughter Sabra to come over and go through her Mom's stuff.

 A WEE SPLASH OF COLOR ALONG THE WAY

Overall, I am feeling much better than the past couple of days and I basically feel back to my old self again.  Kind of in charge and eager to get back to the business of getting things organized and done.  Today's few hours spent in our spare room gave me a sense of accomplishment and boosted my morale.  One step at a time.......

 THESE HORSES HAVE THEIR RAINCOATS ON

Al's Music Box:)) Lonely People is a song written by the husband-and-wife team of Dan Peek and Catherine Peek and recorded by America.  "Lonely People" was not automatically earmarked for the Holiday album: Dan Peek unsuccessfully submitted a demo of the song for John Sebastian (Lovin Spoonful) to consider recording.  "Lonely People" was written as an optimistic response to the Beatles song "Eleanor Rigby". Dan Peek considered "Eleanor Rigby" an "overwhelming" "picture...of the masses of lost humanity, drowning in grey oblivion" and would recall being "lacerated" on first hearing the lyrics of its chorus which run "All the lonely people: where do they all come from?...where do they all belong?". "Lonely People" was written within a few weeks of Dan Peek's 1973 marriage to Catherine Maberry-Peek: "I always felt like a melancholy, lonely person. And now [upon getting married] I felt like I’d won." The lyrics of "Lonely People" advise "all the lonely people": "Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup", a metaphor which Dan Peek thus explains: "It's possible to drink from another's well of experience...and be refreshed."  Record World described it as being "about solitude and salvation."

GROANER'S CORNER:(( It seems a farm boy accidentally overturned his wagon load of corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise. "Hey Wilmer!" the farmer yelled. "Forget your troubles. Come in and have a bite with us. Then I'll help you get the wagon up."  "That's mighty nice of you," Wilmer answered. "But I don't think Pa would like me to."  "Aw, come on." the farmer insisted.  "Well okay," the boy finally agreed, and added, "But Pa won't like it."  After a hearty dinner, Wilmer thanked his host. "I feel a lot better now, but I know Pa is going to be real upset."  "Don't be foolish!" the neighbor said with a smile. "By the way, where is your Pa?"  Wilmer replied, "Under the wagon."

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- What does a plumber say in a library?

"Pipe Down!"

- What vegetable do plumbers hate?
Leeks.

- Why was the plumber tired after a day's work?  Because the work had been too draining!

- When the plumber had a near-death experience, he almost saw his entire life flush before his eyes! 

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This young man was elated when he turned eighteen in a state where curfew is 11:00 p.m. for any one under seventeen years of age. He told his Dad how happy he was that now he could stay out until 3:00 a.m. if he wanted.  “Yes you can stay out as late as you want, but the car is under seventeen and it has to be in the garage by eleven,” his father said.

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Al's Doggy World

Meanings::

Kelly's Corner

 QUARTZSITE ARIZONA

 HICKIWAN TRAILS IN WHY ARIZONA...WE LOVED BIKING IN THE DESERT

Al's Art Gallery