AND HOPEFULLY SOMETHING DIFFERENT

 SNOW SNOW GO AWAY AND NEVER EVER COME BACK THIS WAY

For our first stop this morning, Pheebs and I popped into the Bayfield Carwash and hosed off as much road salt from Subie as I could.  A stop next door for a coffee to go at Tim Hortons and it was off out into the countryside southeast of Bayfield making sure to stay on paved roads.  No point in muddying up the car right after a car wash.  Of course, I've been known to do that on occasion......Home again it was another afternoon of puttering and not getting much of anything done.  Sometimes I wonder if it's even worth getting up in the morning.  But, up I must get and fix that little Pheeber doggy some brekkies before we head out somewhere.  Maybe if and when the weather gets warmer and all this snow melts, Pheebs and I can hit some forest trails to find us some different photos for a change.  And hopefully, something different to write about.

Kelly dropped by last evening and here's how I know she did.  I had placed two Government cheques that came in today's mail on our kitchen counter earlier today.  They were not near the edge of the counter, they were in the center.  Around 9 p.m. sitting in my living room recliner working on today's post I heard a flutter of paper 3 feet to my right.  So much so that I got up to see what it was.  Both cheques were on the floor.  There were no open windows for a breeze to come in and move them.  There were no air vents in that immediate area blowing warm air.  I felt right away it was Kelly again letting me know she is fine and everything is alright.  It's not something I know for sure, it is just something I feel inside.........     

 NOT THE BEST SHOTS THROUGH THE WINDOW THIS AFTERNOON

Al's Music Box:)) Do It Again is a 1972 song composed and performed by American rock group Steely Dan, who released it as a single from their debut album Can't Buy a Thrill as its opening track. The single version differed from the album version, shortening the intro and outro and omitting the organ solo.  Released in 1972, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 18, 1972, and reached number 6 on the US charts in 1973, making it Steely Dan's second highest-charting single.  "Do It Again" features an electric sitar solo by Denny Dias. The "plastic organ" solo by Donald Fagen was performed on a Yamaha YC-30 with a sliding pitch-bending control.  David Palmer fronted the band during their live show, and sang "Do It Again" when the group played The Midnight Special in February 1973. Donald Fagen sang the vocal on the album version.  Cash Box described it as a "fine commercial effort with plenty of potential as a hit record", going on to say that it "is highlighted by some fine vocal harmony and superb arrangement." Record World called it a "gentle rocker" that "has a bit of the Latin rock sound" and "solid production by Gary Katz."

GROANER'S CORNER:(( When his auto mechanic came in for an operation, Dr. Grimley couldn't help but take the opportunity to turn the tables on him.  "Well Frank," said the doctor, "It's going to take at least five days for the parts to come in. As for the cost, there's no way to tell until we get in there and see exactly what the problem is."

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Joe: When I would wear my hand-me-downs to school, all the boys would make fun of me. 

Moe: What did you do?

Joe: I hit them over the head with my purse.

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A lady answers the doorbell. A man at the door says, "I'm the piano tuner." "I didn't call for a piano tuner," says the lady. "No," says the man, "but your neighbors did."

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Q: Did you blow your horn or anything?
A: After the accident?
Q: Before the accident.
A: Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it.
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One morning the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. in Jeff's house. He picked up the phone and a woman asked, "Is this 555-1111?"  "No, this is 555-1112." Jeff replied.  "Oh, I'm so sorry for disturbing you." The woman said.
"That's alright," Jeff said. "I had to get up to answer the phone anyway."

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A collector of rare books ran into an acquaintance who told him he had just thrown away an old Bible that he found in a dusty, old box. He happened to mention that Guten-somebody-or-other had printed it.  "Not Gutenberg?" Gasped the collector.
"Yes, that was it!""You idiot! You've thrown away one of the first books ever printed. A copy recently sold at an auction for half a million dollars!"  "Oh, I don't think this book would have been worth anything close to that much," replied the man. "It was scribbled all over in the margins by some guy named Martin Luther."
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Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can't think of anything I need, $o if you like you can $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you.  Love, Your $on.

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Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even a hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh.  Love, Dad.

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Al's Doggy World

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Kelly's Corner

 IN NEVADA'S VALLE7 OF FIRE

WALKING IN THE ALABAMA HILLS IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT WHITNEY. LONE PINE CALIFORNIA

Al's Art Gallery