READING SOMETHING MORE CHALLENGING

Another bright sunny day and another cold windy morning with below freezing temps overnight.  A short Jeep ride for Pheebs and I and we were home again.  With the wind blocked from getting into our Park by the pine trees, I spent an hour or so raking up a couple wheelbarrow loads of small branches and pine needles in our backyard.  I also raked another couple of wheelbarrow loads of pine needles and leaves on the little path across the road leading through of copse of trees to the Park's pond.  

 SPRING IS TAKING ITS TIME THIS YEAR BUT IT'S COMING

 PERIWINKLE

 THIS MIGHT BE COLTSFOOT FLOWERS

 A SINGLE DANDILION

With temperatures finally warming up this afternoon, Pheebs and I took a longer walk down to the southern end of our park around a loop road.  It's the farthest I have walked since my hip replacement and my hip didn't give me any trouble.  I'm still wobbly on my feet though and I can tell I am not walking right, and I chalk that up to the weakness of my leg muscles.  I wished we had room here for a static bicycle thingy or some kind of leg exerciser, but we don't.

 AFTERNOON WALK

I didn't get too far in my latest free book, 'Forgotten Fairytales' before realizing there was probably a reason they were forgotten fairytales.  I read maybe six of them and bailed out thinking to myself, maybe it's time I again get my head back into something more mind-challenging.  So, I am currently reading, The True Meaning Of Life by author Judith Hindle.  And yes, it is certainly challenging my mind alright.  I like when that happens:))

HANGING OUT AT OUR FRONT YARD FROG POND

Al's Music Box:)) At Seventeen is a song by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian from her seventh studio album Between the Lines. Columbia released it in July 1975 as the album's second single. Ian wrote the lyrics on the basis of a New York Times article and used a samba instrumental, and Brooks Arthur produced the final version.  A pop and soft rock ballad, the song is about a social outcast in high school. Critics have regarded "At Seventeen" as a type of anthem. Critics praised "At Seventeen", which earned Ian the Gramy Award for the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Grammy nominations for Record and Song of the Year.   She was inspired to write the single after reading a New York Times article about a young woman who thought her life would improve after a debutante ball and her subsequent disappointment when it did not.  In the article, the girl was 18, but Ian changed it to 17 to fit with her samba guitar instrumental.

GROANER'S CORNER:((  An elderly couple were killed in an accident and found themselves being given a tour of heaven by Saint Peter. "Here is your oceanside condo, over there are the tennis courts, swimming pool, and two golf courses. If you need any refreshments, just stop by any of the many bars located throughout the area."  "Heck, Gloria," the old man hissed when Saint Peter walked off, "we could have been here ten years ago if you hadn't heard about all that stupid oat bran, wheat germ, and low-fat diets!"

----------------------------------------

The farmer met his nephew at the railroad station. “Uncle, I’m mighty glad to see you. “That crate of chickens you sent me bust open just as I was going to take ‘em out and they ran all over the place. I chase them through my neighbor’s yard and only got back eleven.” “You did okay,” said uncle. “I only sent you six.”

- What do you call a man who has suddenly lost 98 percent of his brain?  Divorced.

A Mexican was attempting to cross into America when the border guard stopped him and asked if he was an American.  The Mexican replied, "Si Senor."  The border guard told him, "If you're an American, then use these three words in a sentance:'green', 'pink',and'yellow'."  The Mexican thought about it for a while and replied,"The phone go green-green, I pink it up, and I say yellow?"

---------------------------------

==================================