Sunday, April 05, 2026

MAYBE, WITH SOME WARM SUMMER DAYS

Another cold, damp, and rainy day, so my outside activities were once again greatly curtailed.  With so little to write about these days, my writing inspiration is slipping.  Maybe, with some warm sunny days................
 OUT FOR A DRIVE THIS MORNING I SAW A BLACK MOVING BLACK BLOB IN THE DISTANCE, AND A QUICK LONG TELEPHOTO SHOT TOLD ME IT WAS WILD TURKEYS
  SAUNTERING ALONG ON A SUNDAY MORNING STROLL
 JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A FARM LANE GATE
In Friday night's post, I had forgotten to post a photo of our Friday evening ice cream cones at Rosie's Ice Cream Shoppe in Bayfield.  I know it's not a big deal, but it did take me a bit to get those cones standing up on the counter without falling over.  Well, okay, so mine did fall over once, but I'm not telling anybody about it. 

KEY LIME ON THE LEFT AND PRALINES & CREAM ON THE RIGHT  iPhone
Al's Music Box:: Elusive Butterfly by Bob Lind.

WHEN THE TURKEYS SAW ME, THEY SCATTERED INTO THE FOREST, AND THIS FELLOW STOOD VERY STILL THINKING I COULDN'T SEE HIM.....BUT, I COULD

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A child asked his father, "How were people born?" So his father said, "Adam and Eve made babies, then their babies became adults and made babies, and so on." The child then went to his mother, asked her the same question and she told him, "We were monkeys, then we evolved to become like we are now." The child ran back to his father and said, "You lied to me!" His father replied, "No, your mom was talking about her side of the family."

Q: Is Google male or female? A: Female, because it doesn't let you finish a sentence before making a suggestion.

Q: What did the duck say when he bought lipstick? A: "Put it on my bill."

My mom is very religious, and she said, Whatever you think about all the time, that's what you worship. If that's the case, I'd like everyone to pop open their Diet Coke cans and turn to page 37 of their People magazines.


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Friday, April 03, 2026

ROSIE'S ICE CREAM SHOPPE OPENED TODAY AND WE BOTH THOROUGHLY ENJOYED OUR CONES

Rosie's Ice Cream Shoppe opened for the season today, and we made it out for ice cream at 6:25 this evening.  A Key Lime cone for Lorraine and a Pralines and Cream for me.  We both thoroughly enjoyed our cones:))

 IT WAS A GREAT WEATHER DAY TO BE OUTSIDE CLEANING WINDOWS
Al's Music Box:: Sandman by the group, America.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( One afternoon a man came home from work to find total mayhem in his house. His three children were outside, still in their P.J.'s, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers thrown all about the front yard. The door to his wife’s car was open, as was the front door to the house. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and a throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, Breakfast food was spilled on the counter, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand lay piled up by the back door. He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and other piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried that she might be ill, or worse!! He found her lounging into the bedroom, still in her pajamas, reading a novel. She smiled, looked up at him, and asked how his day went. He looked at her, bewildered, and asked, "What happened here today?" She again smiled and answered, "you know, every day when you come home from work and ask me what in the world I did today?" "Yes", he replied reluctantly. She answered, "We'll, today I didn't do it!!"

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- We all know where the Big Apple is but does anyone know where the ...
Minneapolis?

Q: What did the baby seal say when it was late?
A: "I would have been here sooner, but my iceberg hit a ship."

- So this kid comes home from school in panic and says Dad, they are all picking on me…are we pyromaniacs? The dad looks down sadly and says. We arson.

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A boy was having a lot of difficulty in French class. To encourage him, his teacher said, "You'll know you're really beginning to get it when you start dreaming in French."
The boy ran into class all excited one day, saying, "Teacher, teacher! I had a dream last night and everyone was talking in French!" "Great!" said the teacher; "what were they saying?" "I don't know," the boy replied; "I couldn't understand them."

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Thursday, April 02, 2026

IN THIS WORLD OF MADNESS

Not a good weather day.  Cold and wet.  A short drive into Bayfield and back showed me that the lake is finally free of ice.  Home again, I cleaned the inside living room windows, snoozed, and finished my book, Anne of Green Gables.   I will now slide effortlessly into the second book of the series, Ann of Avonlea.  As I've said in a previous post, I've read this series of books by author Lucy Maude Montgomery a few years ago and liked them so much that I am now reading them all over again.  In this world of madness that we are all caught up in right now, I find these books not only a wonderful escape but also a necessary one.  

 BAYFIELD'S SHORELINE IS FINALLY FREE OF ICE

 A FEW CHUNKS OF ICE ON BAYFIELD'S BEACH AS WELL AS MOUNDS OF ICE ON BOTH ENDS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH PIERS
Al's Music Box:: Lost Highway by Hank Williams.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( 

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