SO OFF I WENT BY MYSELF

 NICE TO SEE SOME COLOR FINALLY APPEARING IN THE FORESTS

Cloudy and feeling cold at 39F with a wind chill factor of 28F.  Not nice, and I'm sure very disappointing for many working folks who were hoping for a nice sunny and warm late April weekend in Bayfield.  Pheebs wasn't interested in a car ride this morning so off I went by myself for an hour around one of our favorite routes along Bannockburn Road, Pavilion Road, the Bronson Line, and back through Bayfield home.

 FARMERS ARE ONCE AGAIN BUSY WITH SPRING PLANTING

Lorraine (Woodsy) and I slipped up to Goderich this afternoon. First stop was McDonalds for two coffees to go, Food Basics, Walmart, where I had a prescription to drop off, the 360 Bikes 'n' Boards bicycle shop in downtown Goderich to drop off a bicycle rim to have a new tire put on, Giant Tiger, and both sides of the Goderich harbor, north and south.  We were home again close to 5 o'clock.  

 THE FEDERAL KATSURA AT GODERICH'S GRAIN TERMINAL

CLOSING A HEAVY HATCH COVER

 CREW MEMBERS HAULING IN A BOW LINE 

THE OCEAN A. SIMARD (WITH A NEW ENGINE) TIED UP IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE GODERICH HARBOR

IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE HARBOR IS THE TIM S. DOOL

Al's Music Box:)) My Sweet Lord is a song by the English musician George Harrison, released in November 1970 on his triple album All Things Must Pass. It was also released as a single, Harrison's first as a solo artist, and topped charts worldwide; it was the biggest-selling single of 1971 in the UK. In America and Britain, the song was the first number-one single by an ex-Beatle. Harrison originally gave the song to his fellow Apple Records artist Billy Preston to record; this version, which Harrison co-produced, appeared on Preston's Encouraging Words album in September 1970.  Harrison wrote "My Sweet Lord" in praise of the Hindu god Krishma, while intending the lyrics as a call to abandon religious sectarianism through his blending of the Hebrew word hallelujah with chants of "Hare Krishna and Vedic prayer. The recording features producer Phil spector's wall of Sound treatment and heralded the arrival of Harrison's slide guitar technique, which one biographer described as "musically as distinctive a signature as the mark of Zorro".  Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Gary Brooker, Bobby Whitlock and members of the group Badfinger are among the other musicians on the recording.

 A MALE CARDINAL IN OUR FRONT YARD ORNAMENTAL CHERRY TREE

Groaner's Corner:((A young man called his mother and announced excitedly that he had just met the woman of his dreams. Now what should he do?  His mother had an idea: "Why don't you send her flowers, and on the card invite her to your apartment for a home-cooked meal?"  He thought this was a great strategy, and a week later, the woman came to dinner. His mother called the next day to see how things had gone.  "I was totally humiliated," he moaned. "She insisted on washing the dishes."  "What's wrong with that?" asked his mother.  "We hadn't started eating yet."

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“What is the difference between a soup and a chowder?  The soup is quieter while the chowder makes a clamor.”

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I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time.  It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out. For years, he refused … told me I was crazy.
But last week, he finally went, and sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was 1/4 inch shorter than his right.  A quick bit of orthopedic surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans.  “So,” I said, “You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your leg.”  He just looked at me and said, … “I stand corrected.”

Al's Doggy World

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Kelly's Corner

 CRUISING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER IN 2018

Al's Art Gallery