A MUCH BETTER DAY SO I TURNED ON THE OUTSIDE WATER AGAIN

Sunshine, blue skies, and rising temps, made for a much better day.  I think we hit 41F.  Almost tropical I'd say.  Pheebs and I headed out for a short spin and took a few pics.  Laying in the seat, she never sat up once to look out the window.  Sad.  Home again, and with Lorraine heading back to Stratford for a few days, I had my outside work cut out for me.  Recent winds over the past week had brought down more pine branches so I spent most of my time in the back yard picking up branches and raking up more pine needles.  Another three-wheelbarrow loads to the utility trailer.  Raking in the front yard netted another wheelbarrow load.  I re-installed the pond's water pump and in a brazenly positive and optimistic weather way, I crawled under our front deck and turned the outside water on again.  I'm sure that will of course probably trigger the worst and most lengthiest mid-April deep freeze in over a century.  

Al's Music Box:)) Top Of The World is a 1972 song written and composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis and first recorded by American pop duo the Carpenters. It was a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit for the duo for two consecutive weeks in 1973. It also became Carpenters' second number-one and tenth top-ten single in the Billboard Hot 100. The song was initially intended to just remain an album cut, however, when Lynn Anderson's version, released in mid-1973, was a success, the duo was upset that they hadn’t released their version as a single to begin with. The Carpenters’ version was later released as a single on September 17, 1973. Karen Carpenter re-recorded her lead vocal for the single release as she was not quite satisfied with the original. The new version appeared on the duo’s first compilation album, The Singles: 1969-1973.  Following its single release, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1973, becoming the duo's second of three No. 1 singles, following "( They Long to Be") ("Close to You") and preceding "Please Mr. Postman".  In Japan, it was used as the opening theme song for the 1995 Japanese drama Miseinen. In 2003, another drama, Beginner, had it as its ending theme song. It is heard in Shrek Forever After as Shrek enjoys being a "real ogre" and terrifying the villagers, as well as in a prominent scene of the 2012 film Dark Shadows, where a performance by the Carpenters is seen on a television screen. In his Oscars acceptance speech for Best Original Song, Naatu Naatu composer M.M. Keeravani mentioned the Carpenters and briefly interpolated his thanks to the tune of "Top Of The World." Cash Box praised Karen Carpenter's "strong lead vocal" and the pair's vocal harmonies.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Bernard, who is noted for his gracious manners, was awakened one morning at four forty-four AM by his ringing telephone...  "Your dog's barking, and it's keeping me awake," said his angry neighbor.  Bernard thanked the caller politely.  The next morning at precisely four forty four AM Bernard called his neighbor back..."Good morning, Mr. Williams... Just called to say that I don't have a dog."

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A gentleman entered a busy florist shop that displayed a large sign that read "Say It With Flowers." "Wrap up one rose," he told the florist.  "Only one?" the florist asked.  "Just one," the customer replied. "I'm a man of few words."

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Diet rule No1  If nobody sees you eating it, it doesn't contain any calories.

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A customer walked up to my bank window and asked me to cash a check.  “Of course,” I said. “But I’ll need to see ID.”  She dug through her purse and handed me a snapshot.  “That’s me in the middle,” she said.

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While making his rounds, a doctor points out an X-ray to a group of medical students.
As you can see, he says, the patient limps because his left fibula and tibia are radically arched.  The doctor turns to one of the students and asks, What would you do in a case like this?
Well, â ponders the student, I suppose I'd limp, too.
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Al's Doggy World

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Kelly's Corner

 IN DOWNTOWN BAYFIELD

 HEADING OFF TO GODERICH FOR FISH 'N' CHIPS

 AND HERE THEY COME NOW COMPLETE WITH A FURRY LITTLE ESCORT

 IN OUR LAST CLASS C MOTORHOME

Al's Art Gallery