CHRISTMAS DAY 2025

AN ICE AND SNOW BUILDUP ALONG LAKE HURON'S SHORELINE AT BAYFIELD'S BEACH AREA

Wednesday, Christmas Eve Morning:: With sunshine aplenty and overhead blue skies hosting an above-freezing day, my camera and I were out the door, into the Subaru, and off into the countryside.  Even though it will be short-lived, it was so nice to see farmers' fields polking through the slowly melting snow.

LORRAINE AND I MADE IT TO LAKE HURON'S HORELINE JUST IN TIME FOR THE SUNSET TUESDAY NIGHT

 HOW NICE TO SEE CLEAR BLUE SKIES ON MY COUNTRY ROAD DRIVE WEDNESDAY MORNING

 YEARS AGO, FARM KIDS WITH THEIR ICE SKATES MIGHT HAVE GATHERED HERE

 DEFINITELY A GREAT PLACE FOR ICE SKATING AT THIS FARM

I WILL BE SO GLAD TO SEE GREEN FOLIAGE ON THESE POPLAR  TREES AT THE SOUTH END OF OUR PARK

 TEASLES ALONGSIDE THE ROAD

 I MISS MY WARM STARRY NIGHTS PARKED ATOP THIS HILL ON TOWER LINE ROAD

 OH, HOW I LOVE TO SEE THE COLOR GREEN EMERGING FROM THIS MELTING BLANKET OF SNOW

Thursday: Christmas Morning:: A nice, quiet Christmas morning, just the way Lorraine and I like it.  Woodsy had hoped for a nice Christmasy snowfall, but I was quite happy to see sunny skies and hear the drip-drip sounds of melting snow. We two do have our differences we two do.  Talking this morning, we figured out that the last Christmas we had spent together was way back in 1987.  I think Christmas gifts that year consisted mainly of ski gear.  We were both into downhill and cross-country skiing at that time.  This afternoon, Lorraine had fixed up a turkey dinner for our good neighbor, Monica, so we walked it across the road and had a visit with Monica.  Monica is 93, and she still flies around the area in her Subaru Outback just like my 98-year-old Aunt Jean still flies around Sarasota, Florida, in her Toyota Camry.  There's no keeping these older Gals down.

 I DIDN'T HAVE A CHRISTMAS TREE BUT I WAS ABLE TO THROW THIS TOGETHER WITH A FEW CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS I FOUND AND A COUPLE OF BIG WHITE PLASTIC BAGS

Al's Music Box:: Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying by Gerry and The Pacemakers. (one of my all-time favorite songs)

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A new hair salon opened up for business right across the street from the old established hair cutters' place. They put up a big bold sign which read: "WE GIVE SEVEN DOLLAR HAIR CUTS!"  Not to be outdone, the old Master Barber put up his own sign: "WE FIX SEVEN DOLLAR HAIR CUTS!"

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A Few Bacon Jokes::

- What is a pig’s favorite song?
"Don’t Go Bacon My Heart."

- What’s a bacon lover’s favorite musical?

"Grease."
- What’s a bacon lover’s favorite horror movie?  "Frankenswine."
- What do you call a dinosaur wrapped in bacon?  Jurrasic Pork.
- Why did the bacon strip laugh?  Because the fried egg cracked a yolk!
- What kind of ice cream do pigs like best?
Hoggin Daz.
- Who was the smartest bacon lover that ever lived?  Albert Ein-swine.
- What’s a bacon enthusiast’s favorite play?
"Hamlet."

- What do you call a fir tree covered in bacon?  A porky-pine!
-What’s the best way to eat turkey bacon?
Gobble it up!
- How do you know if the bacon you bought is real?  The package is marked ‘gen-u-swine.’
- What do you get when you cross a pig and a centipede?  Bacon and legs.

- What would happen if pigs could fly?

The price of bacon would skyrocket!
- With what crime was the bacon thief charged?  Hamburglary.
- Why was the meat packer fired?
He was bringing home the bacon.
- Why did the bacon delivery driver get a traffic ticket?  He was being a road hog.
- What’s the best vehicle for delivering bacon?  A pigup truck.
- What do you call a pig who gets the test answer wrong?  Mistaken bacon.
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 A RARE PHOTO OF WILLIE NELSON AND KEITH RICHARDS HELPING TO BUILD THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS

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