GETTING MYSELF ALL MISINFORMED AND MIXED UP

 I'M SLOWLY GETTING THE FRONT YARD BACK IN SHAPE

Lorraine rolled in around 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and less than an hour and a half later, we had ourselves firmly ensconced at Bayfield's Woodland Drive-In for some eats and ice cream.  It was a busy place.  Woodsy had a regular Poutine and I had my favorite foot-long hot dog with the works, and some fries.  We chased that down with ice cream.  Woodsy had a double scoop of Raspberry Sorbet, and I had my usual small soft ice cream 'twist' cone.  A twist cone is half vanilla and half chocolate.  Not a healthy supper for us, of course, but we decided to be bad and take a break from all that supposedly healthy stuff we usually eat.  You know, all that yukky green veggy stuff she makes me eat all the time!! 

THE REFURBISHING OF OUR BACK YARD IS FINALLY SHOWING A TOUCH OF GREEN

 ONE OF MY OUTSIDE PATHS LEADING TO THE ROAD OUT FRONT

 CEDAR TREES ARE ONE OF MY FAVS AND WE HAVE 66 OF THEM ON AND BORDERING THE PROPERTY...HOW DO I KNOW THAT??  I WENT OUT AND COUNTED THEM THIS AFTERNOON...SOME ARE BIG AND FULLY GROWN WHILE MANY ARE MUCH SMALLER

 I CAN'T GET OVER HOW TAKING DOWN THE ARBOR/TRELLIS HAS OPENED UP AND  BRIGHTENED UP THIS AREA IN THE BACK YARD

Sunday morning dawned with a heavy 41F cloud cover, and the predicted five days of rain began around eight o'clock this morning.  Not so good for me, but perfect for all the little grass seeds I have planted.  But, maybe in hindsight, it was good for me to have a rainy day because it forced me to stay inside for a change to rest my tired and weary bones as well as my sore muscles.

 LOOKING FOR A FEW TOUCHS OF COLOR ON THIS GRAY AND DRAB SUNDAY MORNING, I TOOK MYSELF FOR A LITTLE DRIVE INTO BAYFIELD

 IT ALWAYS AMAZES ME HOW MEN WILL STAND OUT IN COLD POURING RAIN FISHING

AND, LOOK AT THIS POOR LONE SOLE OUT ON THE SOUTH PIER WITHOUT EVEN A RAINCOAT

 THE BIGGEST SPLASH OF COLOR WAS NEAR BAYFIELD'S BEACH, WHERE I THINK  A NEW GAS TANK AND PUMPS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED FOR FUELING BOATS ON THE BAYFIELD RIVER 

Last week, I think I got my W's mixed up. Over the past days I have been talking about a backyard project I had going on with a Wiegela plant that had overgrown an arbor/trellis I had built years ago, and was threatening to swallow up our metal shed if it kept going.  A reader pointed out that he/she doubted it could be a Weigela.  I think that knowledgeable reader was right.  And this is where I got my W's mixed up.  Instead of Weigela, I should have said Wisteria.  Now, that makes a lot more sense, and especially so when I looked up the description of a Wisteria Vine. Thanks to the observant reader who pointed out my discrepancy.  If it weren't for readers occasionally keeping me on the straight and narrow, I would very well likely fly off in half a dozen different directions, getting myself all misinformed and mixed up.

 ALL THE WELCOME SIGNS OF SPRING ARE SLOWLY BEGINNING TO SHOW UP EVERYWHERE

Al's Music Box:: When You Wish Upon A Star by Cliff Edwards.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Once upon a time there was a man who was peacefully driving down a windy road. Suddenly, a bunny skipped across the road and the man couldn't stop. He hit the bunny head on. The man quickly jumped out of his car to check the scene. There, lying lifeless in the middle of the road, was the Easter Bunny. The man cried out, "Oh no! I have committed a terrible crime! I have run over the Easter Bunny!" The man started sobbing quite hard and then he heard another car approaching. It was a woman in a red convertible. The woman stopped and asked what the problem was.The man explained, "I have done something horribly sad. I have run over the Easter Bunny. Now there will be no one to deliver eggs on Easter, and it's all my fault." The woman ran back to her car. A moment later, she came back carrying a spray bottle. She ran over to the motionless bunny and sprayed it. The bunny immediately sprang up, ran into the woods, stopped, and waved back at the man and woman. Then it ran another 10 feet, stopped, and waved. It then ran another 10 feet, stopped, and waved again. It did this over and over and over again until the man and the woman could no longer see the bunny. Once out of sight, the man exclaimed, "What is that stuff in that bottle?" The woman replied, "It's harespray. It revitalizes hare and adds a permanent wave."

- “People are choosing cremation over traditional burial. It shows that they are thinking outside of the box.”

- What is a Pessimist? The real world dictionary defines a 'pessimist' as an optimist with no experience.

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After a church service on Sunday morning, a young boy suddenly announced to his mother, “Mom, I’ve decided to become a priest when I grow up.”“That’s OK with us,” she said, “but what made you decide that?”“Well,” said the little boy, “I have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun to stand up to yell and holler than to sit down and listen.”

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There were some backwoods hillbillies living across the river from each other, who feuded constantly. John hated Clarence with a passion and never passed up a chance to throw rocks across the river at Clarence. This went on for years until one day the Corps of Engineers came to build a bridge across that river. John was elated; he told his wife that finally he was going to get the chance to cross over and whip Clarence.

He left the house and returned in a matter of minutes. His wife asked what was wrong, didn't he intend to go over the bridge and whip Clarence? He replied that he never had really seen Clarence up close and didn't realize his size until he started over the bridge and saw the sign: "CLEARANCE 8 FT 3 IN"

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Meanings:: In our current world of spirraling madness, the following painting and words give me a touch of hope that there may yet be a few shreds of decency, and respect left for us somewhere, someday soon. 

Lee and Grant meet again - April 10, 1865 Generals Lee and Grant held the second of their two meetings on this knoll at Appomattox Court House on the morning of April 10. Grant hoped to enlist Lee’s support in urging the surrender of other Confederate armies, and Lee was intent on working out the final details of surrender.  Lee refused Grant’s request to exert his influence with other armies. But the two officers did resolve details of the surrender. Grant agreed to provide the Confederates with individual parole passes to safeguard their journey home. He would also allow surrendered soldiers to pass free on all government transportation on their way home.  During their two meetings at Appomattox, not a harsh word passed between Lee and Grant. Wrote one Confederate: “General Grant and his men treated us nobly, more nobly than was ever a conquered army treated before of since.” The process of reconciliation had already begun.

*Information: Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.

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