TRAVEL WITH THE BAYFIELD BUNCH:))

Thursday, February 06, 2025

A GRAY DEPRESSING WINTER'S DAY

WITH THESE COLD TEMPERATURES I'M A LITTLE SUPRISED TO SEE OPEN WATER OUT THERE ON THE LAKE

It was a drive into Bayfield and back for Pheebs and I on this dull and gray depressing winter's day.

I'M GUESSING THIS IS SHORELINE RESTORATION WORK BELOW PIONEER PARK SOUTH OF BAYFIELD'S BEACH AREA...PHOTO TAKEN AT THE BEACH AREA

LARGE BLOCKS OF STONE ARE BEING MOVED AROUND

BOAT DOCK STAIRWAYS AND PICNIC TABLES AWAIT THE COMING SEASON

ICE FISHING ON THE BAYFIELD RIVER

THESE ICE MASSES ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND EACH DAY

Ellen's Groove:)) Ellen Alaverdyan continues to move forward in her amazing career and in this cover version of the Beatles song Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da, she plays all the instruments and does the singing. Her voice is greatly improved since the last time I heard her and I'm guessing she has a voice coach now. It's her dad Hovak who makes a cameo appearance mimicking with a toy flute. Ellen's dad Hovak, an accomplished guitarist, plays with the band Octavision.

SNOW PILED HIGH NEAR THE BAYFIELD GARAGE

A LONE JOGGER BRAVES THE MORNING'S COLD AND DAMP

Al's Music Box:)) Power Of Love is a 1985 single by Huey Lewis and the News, written for the soundtrack of the 1985 blockbuster film Back to the Future. The song became the band's first number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and their second number-one hit on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. The song is included alongside "Back in Time" on the film's soundtrack, and appears as a bonus track on international editions of the band's fourth studio album, Fore! Huey Lewis was approached to write a theme song for the film. He met with Bob Gale, Steven Spielbert, and Robert Zemeckis, from the film's production team, who intended that the band be Marty McFly's favorite band. Though flattered, Lewis did not want to participate because he did not know how to write film songs and did not want to write one called "Back to the Future." Zemeckis assured Lewis he could write any song he wanted. Lewis agreed to submit the next song he wrote, which was "The Power of Love." The lyrics do not make any mention of the film's storyline. The song appears early in Back to the Future as Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) skateboards to school. Later in the film, McFly and his band play a hard rock version of the song for a Battle of the Bands audition, at which a judge played by Huey Lewis tells Marty's group that they are "just too darn loud," and later when Marty returns to his neighborhood. In the sequel, Back to the Future Part II, the 2015 version of Marty attempts to play the song on his guitar just after being fired but ends up playing it very poorly due to his damaged hand from his 1985 collision with a Rolls-Royce. Finally, it can be briefly heard playing in the car where Needles his buddies are driving when Needles challenges Marty to the fate-determining car race near the end of Back to the Future Part III. The music video, filmed in June 1985, shows the band playing in a nightclub (Uncle Charlie's, a frequent stop for the band in their early career) with Emmett "Doc" Brown(Christopher Lloyd) showing up in his DeLorean "Time Machine", apparently after time-traveling, and a couple stealing it for a joy ride. Lewis said filming took the entire day and night to complete, with the band finishing up at 3:00 AM. The video is included as a bonus feature in several home video releases of Back to the Future. At the 13th Annual American Music Awards, the song was nominated for "Favorite Single" and "Favorite Video Single," winning in both categories. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 58th Academy Awards but lost to Lionel Richie's "Say You, Say Me." It was also a nominee at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards for Record of the year but lost against USA for Africa's "We Are the World," to which Lewis and his bandmates had contributed backing vocals.

THIS GREAT BLUE GILLIGALLOO BIRD WATCHES OVER BAYFIELD'S PIONEER PARK

GROANER'S CORNER:(( "How was your game, dear?" asked Jack's wife Tracy. "Well, I was hitting pretty well, but my eyesight's gotten so bad I couldn't see where the ball went," he answered. "But you're 75 years old, Jack!" admonished his wife, "Why don't you take my brother Scott along?" "But he's 85 and doesn't play golf anymore," protested Jack. "But he's got perfect eyesight. He would watch the ball for you," Tracy pointed out. The next day Jack teed off with Scott looking on. Jack swung and the ball disappeared down the middle of the fairway. "Do you see it?" asked Jack. "Yup," Scott answered. "Well, where is it?" yelled Jack, peering off into the distance to which Scott replied, "I forgot."

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- What is the difference between in-laws and outlaws? Outlaws are usually wanted.

- "I want to divorce my husband because he has a lousy memory!" "Why would you want to divorce him for that?" "Every time he gets around a young woman, he keeps forgetting that he's married!"

Q. Who takes care of the farm when the farmer is sick?
A. The pharmacist!

Knock Knock
Who's there?
O'Shea!
O'Shea who?
O'Shea that's a sad story!

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Al's Doggy World

Meanings::

Kelly's Corner
AT OUR CONGRESS ARIZONA HOUSE KELLY SITS IN A NEW IKEA PONG CHAIR THAT I JUST ASSEMBLED

A SNOOZY MORNING SNUGGLE

I THINK THIS WAS AT THE RANCH HOUSE RESTAURANT IN YARNELL, ARIZONA

Al's Art Gallery

Wednesday, February 05, 2025

AND HOPEFULLY SOMETHING DIFFERENT

SNOW SNOW GO AWAY AND NEVER EVER COME BACK THIS WAY

For our first stop this morning, Pheebs and I popped into the Bayfield Carwash and hosed off as much road salt from Subie as I could. A stop next door for a coffee to go at Tim Hortons and it was off out into the countryside southeast of Bayfield making sure to stay on paved roads. No point in muddying up the car right after a car wash. Of course, I've been known to do that on occasion......Home again it was another afternoon of puttering and not getting much of anything done. Sometimes I wonder if it's even worth getting up in the morning. But, up I must get and fix that little Pheeber doggy some brekkies before we head out somewhere. Maybe if and when the weather gets warmer and all this snow melts, Pheebs and I can hit some forest trails to find us some different photos for a change. And hopefully, something different to write about.

Kelly dropped by last evening and here's how I know she did. I had placed two Government cheques that came in today's mail on our kitchen counter earlier today. They were not near the edge of the counter, they were in the center. Around 9 p.m. sitting in my living room recliner working on today's post I heard a flutter of paper 3 feet to my right. So much so that I got up to see what it was. Both cheques were on the floor. There were no open windows for a breeze to come in and move them. There were no air vents in that immediate area blowing warm air. I felt right away it was Kelly again letting me know she is fine and everything is alright. It's not something I know for sure, it is just something I feel inside.........

NOT THE BEST SHOTS THROUGH THE WINDOW THIS AFTERNOON

Al's Music Box:)) Do It Again is a 1972 song composed and performed by American rock group Steely Dan, who released it as a single from their debut album Can't Buy a Thrill as its opening track. The single version differed from the album version, shortening the intro and outro and omitting the organ solo. Released in 1972, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 18, 1972, and reached number 6 on the US charts in 1973, making it Steely Dan's second highest-charting single. "Do It Again" features an electric sitar solo by Denny Dias. The "plastic organ" solo by Donald Fagen was performed on a Yamaha YC-30 with a sliding pitch-bending control. David Palmer fronted the band during their live show, and sang "Do It Again" when the group played The Midnight Special in February 1973. Donald Fagen sang the vocal on the album version. Cash Box described it as a "fine commercial effort with plenty of potential as a hit record", going on to say that it "is highlighted by some fine vocal harmony and superb arrangement." Record World called it a "gentle rocker" that "has a bit of the Latin rock sound" and "solid production by Gary Katz."

GROANER'S CORNER:(( When his auto mechanic came in for an operation, Dr. Grimley couldn't help but take the opportunity to turn the tables on him. "Well Frank," said the doctor, "It's going to take at least five days for the parts to come in. As for the cost, there's no way to tell until we get in there and see exactly what the problem is."

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Joe: When I would wear my hand-me-downs to school, all the boys would make fun of me.

Moe: What did you do?

Joe: I hit them over the head with my purse.

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A lady answers the doorbell. A man at the door says, "I'm the piano tuner." "I didn't call for a piano tuner," says the lady. "No," says the man, "but your neighbors did."

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Q: Did you blow your horn or anything?
A: After the accident?
Q: Before the accident.
A: Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it.
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One morning the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. in Jeff's house. He picked up the phone and a woman asked, "Is this 555-1111?" "No, this is 555-1112." Jeff replied. "Oh, I'm so sorry for disturbing you." The woman said.
"That's alright," Jeff said. "I had to get up to answer the phone anyway."

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A collector of rare books ran into an acquaintance who told him he had just thrown away an old Bible that he found in a dusty, old box. He happened to mention that Guten-somebody-or-other had printed it. "Not Gutenberg?" Gasped the collector.
"Yes, that was it!""You idiot! You've thrown away one of the first books ever printed. A copy recently sold at an auction for half a million dollars!" "Oh, I don't think this book would have been worth anything close to that much," replied the man. "It was scribbled all over in the margins by some guy named Martin Luther."
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Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can't think of anything I need, $o if you like you can $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on.

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Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even a hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Love, Dad.

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