THAT APPOINTMENT SURE TORE THE HECK OUT OF A THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLAR BILL

 'HARK, FROM YONDER DISTANCE A PLOWER OF SNOW DOTH COME ON THIS SNOWY JANUARY MORN'

Another snowfall during the night.  Checking the temperature first thing this morning and seeing it was up to 19F I thought to myself, 'OMG' it's a heat wave!!

 STARTING OUT FOR ZURICH WITH A FEW BRIEF THOUGHTS ABOUT GOING AT ALL

 THE TRICK ABOUT DRIVING IN CONDITIONS LIKE THIS IS IN KNOWING WHERE THE ROAD IS IN FRONT OF YOU

WHEN I SAW THIS SNOWPLOW COMING FAST I CHECKED MY REAR VIEW MIRROR THEN SLOWED RIGHT DOWN TO A CRAWL TO LET HIM GO BY BECAUSE i KNEW HE HAD A BLINDING WALL OF SNOW COMING BEHIND HIM

 WHEN HE WOOSHED BY I WAS COMPLETELY ENVELOPED IN A WALL OF SNOW FOR ABOUT FIVE SECONDS....SEE ALL THE FUN YOU SOUTHERNERS ARE MISSING

 KNOWING SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO THE VET, PHEEBS TOOK IT ALL IN STRIDE

Pheebs appointment with the Vet in Zurich this morning was at 9:50 and I decided to leave early because the weather was not good.  I hadn't gone far when I contemplated turning back.  It was snowing and the visibility was not the best, and the roads were iffy with all the new fallen slow.  Had I not been driving a rock solid and steady all-wheel drive Subaru I might not have continued but I had all the confidence in Subie's ability.  The weather was much better in the Zurich area.  The Vet checked Pheebs watery eye and a growth on her upper eyelid.  The lady said the growth is luckily growing outward and not inward.  They did some geriatric tests of which the results will be in tomorrow.  Those tests will determine if it would be feasible for Pheebs to have that small growth removed if so decided.  That appointment sure tore the heck out of a three hundred and fifty dollar bill:((

AT THE SOUTH HURON VET CLINIC IN ZURICH ONTARIO

 SPACIOUS LOBBY

WAITING FOR PHEEBS

From the Vets, we slipped up the street to Jerry Raders and stocked up on some more supplies plus a turkey salad sandwich to share on the way home.  The closer we got to home the worse the weather deteriorated but we made it.  And, Frank had blown out our driveway again:))  I think Frank must have some Polar Bear ancestry.  I am so grateful he has done this for me.

LEAVING JERRY RADERS, PHEEBS KEEPS AN UNWAVERING EYE ON THE TURKEY SALAD SANDWICH SITTING ON MY LAP

 OKAY, I GOT MY HALF

 SHE WON'T GRAB IT UNLESS I TELL HER TO

 OKAY BABES IT'S YOURS

 THE CLOSER WE GOT TO HOME THE SNOWIER IT BECAME

I didn't get much of anything accomplished this afternoon except to slip outside and give my paths a shovel.  At the rate it's snowing they will be filled in again by nightfall.  I don't think I have ever seen as much snow here as what we have right now.  'Snow snow go away so that I may come out to sing and play'.  But here's something happy I noticed late this afternoon.  It was 5:30 and it was still light out:)))))

 THANKS FOR PLOWING THE DRIVEWAY FRANK

 YUP WE WERE ON SOME SNOWY ROADS THIS MORNING ALRIGHT

Al's Music Box:)) Sing is a 1971 song written by Joe Raposo for the children's television show Sesame Street as its signature song In 1973, it gained popularity when performed by the Carpenters, a number 3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.  Raposo was a staff songwriter for Sesame Street, and the song became one of the most popular on the program.  In its initial appearance, it was sung by the show's adult human cast members and the Muppets, including Big Bird. Although Barbra Streisand had an easy-listening hit in 1972 with "Sing," Karen and Richard Carpenter heard the song for the first time as guests on the ABC television special Robert Young with the Young in 1973. They loved the song and felt that it could be a hit.  It appeared as the debut single on the group's 1973 album Now & Then. It became the group's seventh gold single. It also became Carpenters' eighth top-ten single in the Billboard Hot 100. The Carpenters' recording was produced and arranged by Richard Carpenter and engineered by Ray Gerhardt. Karen Carpenter sang lead vocals, with backing vocals by herself, Richard and the Jimmy Joyce Children's Choir. Keyboards were played by Richard, bass by Joe Osborn, drums by Karen and recorders by Tom Scott.  In 1974 while touring Japan, the Carpenters recorded their first live album in Osaka. It contained a new version of the song with the children's chorus sung by the Kyoto Children's Choir. It is featured on the album Live in Japan, recorded in June 1974 and released in Japan only on March 7, 1975. The album has since been released on CD.  A new recording and remix of Carpenters' version was created in 1994 by sound engineer Roger Young.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man was seen fleeing down the hall of the hospital just before his operation.  "What's the matter?" he was asked.  He said, "I heard the nurse say, 'It's a very simple operation, don't worry, I'm sure it will be all right.'"  "She was just trying to comfort you, what's so frightening about that?"  "She wasn't talking to me. She was talking to the doctor."

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- What do you call a belt made out of hundred dollar bills?  A waist of money.

- "I believe in dragons, good men and other fantasy creatures."

- Two tons of human hair was stolen from a wig factory.  The police said they were combing the area.

- A hunchback comes home from work to see a wok on the table. He says to his wife, "Did you cook Chinese food tonight?" She says, "No, I just finished ironing your shirts."

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A man was driving to work when a truck ran a stop sign, hit his car broadside, and knocked him out cold. A Passersby pulled him from the wreckage and revived him.
He began a terrific struggle and had to be tranquilized by the medics. Later, when he had calmed down, they asked him why he had struggled so.  He said, a bit sheepishly, "I remember the impact, then nothing. I woke up on a concrete slab in front of this huge, flashing sign. Turns out somebody was standing in front of the 'S' on the 'Shell' sign."
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The newlywed went to the store to ask how to operate the new coffeemaker received as a wedding gift. The salesman carefully explained how everything worked; how to plug it in, set the timer, go to bed, and upon rising, the coffee is ready.  A few weeks later the newly wed was back in the store and the salesman asked her how she liked the coffee maker.  "Wonderful!" she replied, "But... it's just awfully inconvenient to have to go to bed every time I want to make a pot of coffee."

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 ON A DESERT TRAIL SOMEWHERE

 HEADING OUT FOR A MORNING WALK WITH PHEEBS AND CORA

 AT THE CITY OF ROCKS STATE PARK IN NEW MEXICO

Al's Art Gallery