WITHOUT EXAGGERATION, AND ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER PEOPLE

 A LARGE SNOWDRIFT ON THE WAY HOME ALONG PORTER'S HILL LINE

Heartened by an orange sunrise, I was soon disheartened when that orange sunrise abruptly disappeared behind a solid cloud bank.  Dire cold warnings are out for the coming weekend, beginning Friday.  Without exaggeration, and according to the weather people, I can tell you that the cold front, soon to be upon us, will be the coldest weather ever recorded here.  Weather forecasters are saying that this coming cold spell will make us the coldest place on the Planet.  Hard to believe that they said we will be colder than Russia's Siberia.  I just might have to get out my extra set of long underwear after all.

A BRIEF TOUCH OF SUNLIGHT IN OUR FRONT YARD THIS AFTERNOON

 SITTING CLOSE TO A JADE PLANT, OUR SUNROOM ORCHID IS DOING WELL

Another new mobile home rolled into our Park this morning, so I took a drive down to have a look at it.  The two halves were still sitting on the road in front of the site where it was going.  I took a drive into Bayfield, and by the time I headed home less than an hour later, I saw that both halves had been moved on site and were in the process of being lined up on their concrete pad.

 BOTH HALVES OF THE LATEST NEW HOME WAIT TO BE MOVED ONTO A CONCRETE PAD

AN HOUR LATER, WITH BOTH HALVES ON SITE, PARK OWNER ADAM IN THE YELLOW TRACTOR CAREFULLY MANEUVERS THE SECOND HALF CLOSER TO THE FIRST HALF

A GENERAL COACH WORKER WITH A LEVEL IN HAND GUIDES ADAM WITH HAND MOVEMENTS AS THEY INCH THE TWO HALVES IN PLACE

 ADAM, ON THE RIGHT, CHECKS THE PROGRESS

 OTHER GENERAL COACH WORKERS WERE ALSO IN THE PARK THIS MORNING, WORKING ON ANOTHER UNIT

Driving into Bayfield this morning, I headed straight away to the beach area to see how things were progressing on the beach restoration and renovation.  Two large machines at work, with one moving piles of rocks, while the other one appeared to be digging along the beach line at the base of the gently sloping bank.  From the beach area, I headed up into Bayfield for a drive along Main Street before heading home.

 TWO MACHINES WORKING, WITH THIS ONE SCOOPING UP A BUCKET OF ROCKS

 WITH BUCKET LOADED, HE HEADS DOWN TO THE BEACH

 DUMPING THE ROCKS

 A SECOND MACHINE DIGS AWAY AT THE BANK

 I THINK THESE CHUNKY ROCKS ARE FORMING THE BASE OF EACH BREAKWATER WALL

 THE LARGE BOULDERS ON THE RIGHT I THINK ARE FOR THE TOP OF THE BREAKWATER

With a break in the stormy weather,  Woodsy and I headed off to Goderich, bucking a few small snow drifts along Highway 21, where high winds blowing across the highway buffeted the car.  After two stops for groceries, we headed home via Porter's Hill Line, a couple of miles inland, where the winds were not nearly as bad.

 SNOW DRIFTS IN HEAVILY AT THIS SPOT ON PORTER'S HILL LINE, AND IT IS ONE OF THE LAST AREAS TO BE FREE OF SNOW IN THE SPRING

Al's Music Bo:: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by The Platters.

 STORMY LOOKING SKIES OUT OVER LAKE HURON THIS MORNING

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Some friars needed to raise more money for books for the school, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good brothers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him.So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that "Only Hugh can prevent florist friars."

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Pilot: Have you ever flown in a small plane before?

Passenger: No, I have not.

Pilot: Well, here is some chewing gum. It will help to keep your ears from popping.

Pilot (after the plane landed): Did the gum help?

Passenger: Yep. It worked fine. The only trouble is I can't get the gum out of my ears.

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A tourist asks a man in uniform, "Are you a policeman?" "No, I am an undercover detective." "So why are you in uniform?"
"Today is my day off."

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