BY THE WAY, SHE WILL BE TURNING 99 NEXT JULY

 ON THIS GRAY, DRAB DAY, I FOUND SOME COLOR ALONG  GODERICH'S SHORELINE

With another couple inches of snow overnight, I was again on the end of my snow shovel first thing this morning for an hour and a half.  That's the driveway, two decks, the pathways to my bird feeders, and around the back of the house, with paths shoveled to both sheds and the back deck.  It felt good to get the exercise.  Slipped into Bayfield and filled Subie's gas tank at the Bayfield Garage, and then headed down to the beach area to check on the progress of the ice forming along the shoreline.  I was surprised to see ice fishermen already on the recently frozen Bayfield River.

 ICE FORMATIONS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE OUT INTO LAKE HURON AT BAYFIELD'S BEACH

FISHEERMEN ON THE BAYFIELD RIVER THIS MORNING

 BAYFIELD'S BEACH IN THE FOREGROUND IS UNDER THAT ICE AND SNOW

Friday, I slipped up to Goderich in the morning to drop a prescription off at the Walmart Pharmacy.  I had intended to pick up a few things, but with the crowd of people in there, I turned around and walked out.  I have no patience for crowds of people, regardless of what they are doing or where they are going.  I did manage to slip down around the harbor and take a few photos out at Rotary Cove before heading home.  And hey, I didn't even stop at A&W for a Buddy Burger...... Phoned Aunt Jean Friday night, and she was doing okay except for some painful swelling in her neck when she puts her head down.  Monday afternoon, she is heading into the hospital for bloodwork and a scan of her neck.  No, she's not driving there herself; she has a personal chauffeur.  Aunt Jean was a registered Nurse for years in Sarasota, Florida, (she headed up an IV team there) and after that, worked quite a while for a Doctor Wiseman in his office.  Doctor Wiseman has been Aunt Jean's doctor ever since, and they have remained good friends.  Doctor Wiseman is retired now, and although recovering from a serious heart attack about three months ago, it is he who insisted on driving Aunt Jean to her medical appointment early Monday afternoon.  Incidentally, Aunt Jean thinks it was Dr. Wiseman who, despite a long waiting list, 'fast-tracked' her acceptance to the Sunnyside Village assisted living facility a couple of years ago.  He was Sunnyside Village's resident Doctor at that time.  When I call Aunt Jean next Friday night, she may have the results of those hospital tests.  By the way, she will be turning 99 next July.

 LAKE HURON'S WATRLINELINE IS NORMALLY AT THE FOOT OF THOSE FOREGROUND ROCKS AT GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE

 WITH THESE COLD TEMPERATURES UPON US NOW, ICE KEEPS FORMING OUT INTO THE LAKE

Al's Music Box:: Warmth Of The Sun by The Beach Boys.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A Few Pearls of Wisdom::

- In the old west, Cowboys hung lanterns from their saddles at night. It's the first example of Saddle Light Navigation...

- Prison may be just one word to you. But to others, it’s a whole sentence

- Why did the kids think a blanket was the perfect Father's Day gift?  They thought Dad was the coolest.

- What did one toilet say to the other?  You look flushed.

- Why do seagulls fly over the ocean?  If they flew over the bay, they’d be bagels.

- What has four wheels and flies?  A garbage truck.

- Why did the Oreo go to the dentist?  It lost its filling.

- What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back?  A stick.

- Did I tell you I ordered both a chicken and an egg from Amazon?  I'll let you know.

- You know why you should avoid the new Lego store when it opens tomorrow? People will be lined up for blocks.

- There's something about those trees I just don't trust.  They seem kind of shady.

- I used to play piano by ear, but now I use my hands.

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