WITH TODAY'S HAUL, THE BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE THIS WINTER

Sunshine:))  Need I say more?  Well, I guess I better.  Pheebs and I headed out straight away to our country road walking spot but it was more than just for a walk.  I knew there to be more broken corn cobs along the outer row of the east side recently harvested cornfield.  Despite the icy cold north wind, I was able to find half a dozen complete cobs and another dozen or so broken cobs.  Then, to add a bonus to my corn collection I found a corn spill just up the road which, with the cobs already in my pail, nearly filled it up.  Then, even a little further up the road, I found a real 'bonanza' of corn spilled beside the road in the grass.  However, my big frog-catching white pail was pretty much full so I had no room to scoop it up.  The first thing I did when we got back home was to check Sunday's weather and with it calling for snow I figured I had better get back out there and scoop up that corn while it was still dry and not buried under forty feet of snow.  So, that is what I did.  With today's haul, the birds and squirrels should be in good shape this winter, and maybe some bunnies too.  I will keep my bucket and shovel in the Jeep for a while in case we come across any more corn spills.  Always better to have too much than not enough.

 THE COBS OF CORN I FOUND THIS MORNING WERE ALONG THIS OUTER ROW NEXT TO THE GRASS AND THE ROAD

 BY GOLLY AND THERE BE THE CORN COBS IN THE FROG CATCHING PAIL NOW

 THIS IS THE FIRST SMALL CORN SPILL WE CAME ACROSS

As far as the rest of the day, it just sorta got up and went.  Well, I did get a few things done.  With the leaf blower, I blew all the leaves and tire dirt out of the carport.  Blew off the front porch and deck as well.  Raked up a few more driveway leaves and then headed in to get warm.  Got myself a load of laundry done too. Our temps today topped out at 34F with a windchill of 25F.

 WE STILL HAVE A FEW TOUCHES OF COLOR IN OUR FRONT YARD

Talking to my Aunt Jean Friday night, she is still liking Sarasota's Sunnyside Village where she's at now since moving there nearly half a year ago.  However, she is not in the same room that she originally moved into.  With ongoing renovations taking place and a nearby nursing station being expanded, Jean had to move out of her room nearly a month ago into another one.  Her first room was small but the room she is in now is even smaller.  In Jean's words, "I can walk in, but I have to back out".  Well not quite that small but you get the idea.  Her former room is already being renovated and incorporated into the new nursing station.  But, here's the good news....part of those renovations will include the building of a brand new room nearby and Jean has first dibs on that room when it is completed........ And, she just had all new tires put on her car this past week just in case she takes a hankerin to drive up to Canada next summer:))  Well at 96, maybe not, but those tires will get her around Sarasota for the next half dozen years without worries any of a flat.......................        

 THE WATER IN BOTH OUR BIRD BATHS IS FROZE.....I FORGOT TO CLEAN ALL THE SUNBURST LOCUST TREE LEAVES OUT BUT I WILL DO THAT AS SOON AS THE ICE THAWS

Al's Music Box:)) The Streets Of Laredo by Marty Robbins from his 1959 album, 'Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs'.  "Streets of Laredo" also known as "The Dying Cowboy", is a famous American cowboy ballad in which a dying ranger tells his story to another cowboy. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.....(I mistakenly added 2 Music Box songs tonight so rather than eliminate one of them I kept them both so you will find a John Denver song further down)   

 AND THIS IS THE 'BONANZA' CORN SPILL

Ellen's Groove:))  I can't remember if I posted this video or not but it is called My TOP 10 Favorite Bass Lines Volume 3.  Watch Ellen's fast fingerwork on the Geddy Lee song YYZ.  And, it's always nice to see and hear Ellen happily reacting with her Dad.

SO FAR, THIS IS MY WINTER CORN SUPPLY

Al's Music Box:)) Back Home Again "Back Home Again" is a popular song written and performed by the American singer-songwriter John Denver. "Back Home Again" was released as a single from his album of the same name in 1974.   The song won a CMA Award for Denver in 1975 in the category "Song of the Year", he was also named "Entertainer of the Year" at the same ceremony, prompting country pop singer Charlie Rich to light the envelope on fire after reading that Denver had won—in an apparent insult to Denver's musical style and image.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Joe from northern Montana, heard a rumor that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all walked on water on their 21st birthdays.  So, on his 21st birthday, Joe and his good friend Brian headed out to the lake. "If they did it, I can too!" he insisted.  When Joe and Brian arrived at the lake, they rented a boat and began paddling. When they got to the middle of the lake, Joe stepped off of the side of the boat... and damn near drowned.  Furious and somewhat shamed, he and Brian headed for home.  When Joe arrived back at the family farm, he asked his grandmother for an explanation. "Grandma, why can I not walk on water like my father, and his father, and his father before him?"  The feeble old grandmother took Joe by the hands, looked into his eyes, and explained, "That's because your father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were born in January... you were born in July, dear."

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Two psychiatrists were walking down a hall.
One turned to the other and said, "Hello."
The other one thought, "I wonder what he meant by that."

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Why were the rock couple breaking up?
Because they took each other for granite.

Why did the rock decide to hit the gym?
Because he wanted to be bigger and boulder.

What did the stone want to be when it grew up?  A rock star.

Which rock group is made up of four men who can’t sing?  Mount Rushmore.

Which magazine do rocks subscribe to?
The Rolling Stone.

Why is a moon rock tastier than an earth rock?  Because it’s a little meteor.

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