SPRING OFFICIALLY ARRIVES TONIGHT AT 11:06 P.M.

 A GRACKLE FLARING IT'S WINGS

Try as I did I could not convince myself to even set foot outside the door on this cold and gray snowy day, except to top up the bird feeders.  With a chance of blowing snow this morning, Kelly yesterday phoned and canceled my Physio appointment in Exeter.  She didn't want to be out there driving in bad weather conditions and I don't blame her.  In fact, I was relieved not to have to go.  My next two appointments have been rescheduled to after March 27th when I can once again legally drive myself there.  I have one week to go before this 6-week medical driver's license suspension is lifted.

BACK FROM HER MORNING WALK WITH PHEEBS, KELLY HAULS IN OUR GARBAGE BIN

I think we must have had a thousand Grackles in our front yard today.  Okay, at least thirty or more.  Never have I seen so many Grackles all in one place at the same time.  They sure can empty our birdfeeders in one real big darn hurry:((

 OUT OF A LARGE GATHERING OF GRACKLES, THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THEM

 OUR BIRD STATION WAS A BUSY PLACE TODAY AS A RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD FLIES IN FROM THE LEFT

 A DOUBLE GRACKLE PERHAPS

 'I'M HERE FIRST ' 'NO YOU'RE NOT I'M HERE FIRST'!!

 THERE WAS A LOT OF FLARING GOING ON TODAY

 'HEY ZEKE, THAT'S A CRAZY LANDING YOU GOT GOING ON THERE'

 'HEADS UP BOYS HERE COMES WRONG WAY WILLY'

 'HEY MORT DID YA LEAVE YER HEAD AT HOME'

 WHO'S EYE IS WHOSE HERE

 'YA SO WHAT'!!

 OOOPS, JUST ABOUT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY

I finished another great book today.  As much as I enjoyed my previous book, The Lost Bookshop by author Evie Woods, I enjoyed my next book even more due to the historical dark realities of Germany's occupation of France in the early 1940s.  The story bounces between 1940 and the year 2022.  Coincidentally, this work of historical fiction also concerns a bookshop and as in the previous book, this author also had me on the edge of my chair all the way through as she weaved everything together to bring the many twists and turns to a surprising conclusion.  It was hard to put this book down and it definitely helped me through another couple long and boring cold days.  The book is, The Forgotten Bookshop In Paris by author Daisy Wood.

 'HEY TUBBY GET OUT OF THE WAY'

Kelly has a medical appointment at London's University Hospital Wednesday morning.  Blood tests, ultrasound, and a meeting with Doctor Kahn her liver doctor.  Her daughter Sabra is going to meet her there around noon.  We have our fingers crossed that tomorrow's weather will be okay.      

A Blast From Our Past::  Thirteen years ago yesterday found us east of Las Vegas, Nevada.  No, we didn't go into Las Vegas.  Kelly and I had already been there 17 years before.  This time it wasn't glitz we were looking for, it was another one of Mother Nature's wonders:))   Yaaay, There Was Fire In The Valley This Morning 

Al's Music Box:))  Roll Over Beethoven was a favorite of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison even before they chose "The Beatles" as their name, and they continued to perform it right into their American tours of 1964. Their version of "Roll Over Beethoven" was recorded on July 30, 1963, for their second British LP, 'With the Beatles', and features Harrison on vocals and guitar.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A large, well established, Canadian lumber camp advertised that they were looking for a good Lumberjack.  The very next day, a skinny little man showed up at the camp with his axe, and knocked on the head lumberjacks' door. The head lumberjack took one look at the little man and told him to leave. "Just give me a chance to show you what I can do," said the skinny man.  "Okay, see that giant redwood over there?" said the lumberjack. "Take your axe and go cut it down."  The skinny man headed for the tree, and in five minutes he was back knocking on the lumberjack's door.  "I cut the tree down," said the man.  The lumberjack couldn't believe his eyes and said, "Where did you get the skill to chop down trees like that?"  "In the Sahara Forest," replied the puny man.  "You mean the Sahara Desert," said the lumberjack.  The little man laughed and answered back, "Sure, that's what they call it NOW!"

- I heard the Government is putting chips inside people.  I hope I get Doritos.

- When my wife told me that the Prime Minister of Canada got re-elected, I thought she was lying.  It’s Trudeau.

- Once you hit 65 you gotta sit on the edge of the bed and warm up like an old Buick before you get up

As a sergeant in a parachute regiment, I took part in several nighttime exercises. Once, I was seated next to a Lieutenant fresh from Jump School.  He was quite sad and looked a bit pale so I struck up a conversation.  "Scared, Lieutenant?", I asked.  He replied, "No, just a bit apprehensive."  I asked, "What's the difference?"  He replied, "That means I'm scared with a university education."

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Don't let someone dim your light simply because it is shining in their eyes.........