HEADING TO SARNIA'S BLUEWATER HOSPITAL IN THE MORNING

Slipping the Jeep into four-wheel drive, Pheebs and I rolled out of the Park and headed East down to the end of Bayfield River Road and back.  With temps at 33F, the falling snow had a lot of moisture in it making roads a bit squoozy.

 A SNOWPLOW GOING BY OUR PARK HEADING WEST

 THAT SNOWPLOW IS PROBABLY CARRYING A HEAVY MIXTURE OF SAND AND ROAD SALT

AND SOON THE PLOW DISAPPEARED IN A SWIRL OF SNOW

It is that time of year now when I begin checking the long-range weather forecast daily for any early signs of a warming trend.  I look for dominant weather patterns bringing sunshine and steady above-freezing temperatures.  And, that is what I am seeing for the next couple of weeks which will get us halfway through February.  I hang on to every positive weather forecast I can find in these gray and dreary winter days.  If I were an 'inside' person I probably wouldn't give a hoot about what the weather is doing but being an outside person the weather is a big deal to me.  Hey, I'm Canadian eh:)) 

 HEADING EAST ON BAYFIELD RIVER ROAD

In the morning we will head to Sarnia Ontario's Bluewater Hospital for an 11 a.m. orientation appointment regarding my upcoming hip surgery in two weeks.  It looks like I will undergo bloodwork, a hip X-ray, and possibly an EKG, etc.  Well hey, at least we're going somewhere and doing something different when we get there.  I'm hoping this current drizzle doesn't turn into freezing rain overnight.

 IF SOME OF THESE PHOTOS LOOK A LITTLE FADED, WASHED OUT, MOTTLED, OR GRAINY, IT IS BECAUSE I AM LITERALLY SHOOTING THROUGH THOUSANDS OF SNOWFLAKES 

Back at our Park this morning, I drove around a bit taking a few more pics and after backing the Jeep into the carport I proceeded to move some wet snow around and top up the birdfeeders.  By this time it was kind of a fine drizzle coming down and that continued for the rest of the day.

Al's Music Box:)) For The Good Times is a studio album by country music artist Ray Price. It was released in 1970 by Columbia Records.  For the Good Times was Kris Kristofferson's first No. 1 hit as a songwriter. The album also included another Kristofferson song, "Help Me Make It Through The Night". 

GROANER'S CORNER:((  On a rural road a state trooper pulled this farmer over and said: "Sir, do you realize your wife fell out of the car several miles back?"To which the farmer replied: "Thank God, I thought I had gone deaf!"

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Why did Dorothy get lost in Oz?
She had three men giving her directions.
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Q: Did you hear about the Irishman who was tap dancing?
A: He broke his ankle when he fell into the sink.

Q: What's Irish and sits outside in the summertime?
A: Paddy O'Furniture!

Q: What are the best ten years of an Irishman's life?
A: Third grade.

Q: How do you sink an Irish submarine?
A: Knock on the hatch.

Q: How can you identify an Irish pirate?
A: He's the one with patches over both eyes.
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Doctor: What's wrong with your bother?
Boy: He thinks he is a chicken.
Doctor: really? How long has this been going on?
Boy: Five years.
Doctor: Five years!
Boy: We would have brought him in earlier, but we needed the eggs.

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