WHEN COLD WINDS BLEW IN AND TICKLED HER CHIN

It was a frigid winter's day by the time Pheebs and I were on our way.  The Jeep was cold but we were bold so ventured forth on this Winter's morn.  With heater on and her window down we traveled ourselves through Bayfield town.  Having a coffee to go with some blowing snow it was off to the countryside we did go.  Puttered along at our turtle's pace with scarf around my frosty face.  Pheebs paws were warm and my nose was froze when cold winds blew in and tickled her chin.  Soon it was another day done and we were on our way home after having some fun and writing this poem.  Tomorrow we'll go for another ride and I hope to come home with more words inside.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The composition teacher asked the class to write about an unusual event that happened during the past week. Little Johnny got up and read his essay. It began, "Daddy fell into the well last week..."  "My goodness!" the teacher exclaimed. "Is he all right?"  "He must be," said the boy. "He stopped yelling for help yesterday."

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Wouldn't exercise be more fun if calories screamed while you burned them?

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THEY WERE OUT OF CARROT MUFFINS

My turn to drive on this big sky blue bright sunny morning.  Picked Richard up at 9 and on our way through Clinton Ontario we grabbed ourselves a couple Horton coffees with accompanying blueberry muffins.  (they were out of Carrot muffins)  Our wanderings took us up northwest of Clinton through Amish/Mennonite country.  Didn't see any of the folks out and about with their horse and buggies but I did snag a few animal pics along the way.  Other than that it was simply another rather average routine day.  With icy winds and temps below freezing Pheebs and I didn't get far on our afternoon walk.  Warmer air predicted for early next week.

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A woman phones up her husband at work for a chat.

HIM "I'm sorry dear but I'm up to my neck in work today."
HER "But I've got some good news and some bad news for you dear."
HIM "OK darling, but as I've got no time now, just give me the good news."
HER "Well, the airbag works."

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Nine year old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned at Sunday school.  "Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.  "When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely.  "Then he used his walkie-talkie to radio headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved."  "Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?" his mother asked.  "Well, no. But if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!"

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HOW A KNUCKLE SANDWICH YEARS AGO PLAYED A PART IN ME GETTING NEW TEETH

 LAKE HURON'S MOONSCAPE COMPLETE WITH A CRATER

How nice to not only see but to hear as well the dripping and melting of ice and snow today.  Above freezing temps and sunshine joined forces to tackle Winter's menace.  Having driven our two vehicles through the snow all winter our whole driveway is now a hard-packed patch of treacherous uneven ice.  I think if we're still stuck here next winter we'll have to look into getting someone with a  snowblower to keep our driveway clear.  Back in the winter of 04/05 I bought a brand new snowblower but hated the damn thing.  Only used it maybe 3 times and sold it.  Been hand-bombing the snow ever since.

Anxious to see what was underneath the lump of mud I have been driving around in lately I stopped at a Goderich car wash earlier today and was glad to find out I was still driving our Jeep Liberty.

 WHEN TEMPS DROP BELOW FREEZING THIS ALL TURNS TO SLIPPERY ICE

 A LONG ICICLE STRETCHED FROM THE ROOF TO THE GROUND 

In response to my Tuesday post, a commenter in the Shout-Box wondered how I had lost my original teeth.  I was one of those people who never had good teeth, even as a kid.  I was plagued with toothaches for years and after a blind-sided knuckle sandwich removed one of my front teeth outside a bar one night, I decided a few years later it was about time to do something about my problematic teeth.  Had them all extracted in the Stratford Ontario hospital back in 1981 and went the full denture route.  It's a decision I have never regretted.  Haven't had a toothache or been strapped into a torturous dentist chair for forty years.  And that alone is worth a big 'Yahouie Louie':))

I remember last week a commenter asking about where all the salt goes from the Goderich Salt Mine.  {The rock salt produced at the mine is used to keep citizens in North America safe as they travel through winter snow and ice.  The salt is shipped to hundreds of communities around the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence seaway.  It is also used in deicing products, water care, and animal nutrition.  Also used as culinary salt}

 OUR RHODODENDRON IS ALL GREENED UP AND READY FOR SPRING

 SOMEWHERE UNDER THAT PILE OF SNOW IS OUR FRONT YARD FROG POND

 A LOT OF ICE AND SNOW HAS ALREADY MELTED OFF OUR SUNROOM ROOF

Having just washed the Jeep I didn't want to take it on the muddy new bush roads here in the Park so Pheebs and I tried tramping through the snow around the Park's pond.  I was hoping the snowpack had gone down enough to make it doable.  And it had.  Having access to our Park's forest via our old tried and true 18-year pond route once more makes our afternoon walks doable again.  Well, unless we get another big dump of snow that is.

 I JUST FOLLOW THE DOGGY TRACKS

 PHEEBS AND I SURE ENDED UP WITH SOME MUDDY PAWS AND BOOTS THIS AFTERNOON

 HAVEN'T SEEN THE SHADOW COWBOY FOR AWHILE

 THE PARK'S POND STILL HAS A SMOOTH SHEET OF ICE ON IT

And 6 years ago today I just kind of puttered around outside our Congress Arizona house.  

GROANER'S CORNER:(( "How was your golf game, dear?" asked Jack's wife.  "Well I was hitting pretty well, but my eyesight has got so bad I couldn't see where the ball went."  "Well you're 75 years old now, Jack, why don't you take my brother Scott along?" suggested his wife.  "But he's 85 and doesn't even play golf anymore," protested Jack.  "But he's got perfect eyesight. He could watch your ball," his wife pointed out.  The next day Jack teed off with Scott looking on. Jack swung, and the ball disappeared down the middle of the fairway.  "Do you see it?" asked Jack.  "Yup," Scott answered.  "Well, where is it?" yelled Jack, peering off into the distance.  "I forgot."

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'LITTLE RED' IS BACK....LET THE SQUIRREL WARS BEGIN!!

 LITTLE RED HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET ON OUR HANGING BIRD FEEDER:((

It was just me in the Jeep this morning heading for a 9:30 Denturist appointment in Clinton Ontario.  Clear blue skies overhead and an icy wind coming up from the south.  No melting today.

 SUNNY DAYS AND BLUE SKIES ARE JUST THE BEST AT THIS TIME OF YEAR

Sure is a big difference in having dentures made in Canada as opposed to Mexico.  I had two sets of dentures made in the past 15 years with one set made in Palomas Mexico and the other one in Algodones Mexico.  Today was my third appointment at the Albert St. Denture Clinic and the assistant denture lady really took her time with more measurements and fittings making adjustments to the upper and lower impressions.  I don't remember all that exact nose to chin, side to side, and minute adjustment stuff, etc. at the Mexican dentist places.  They might have but I don't remember anything like that.  Maybe that is why my upper denture always had such a downhill angle on it that a skier could have identified with the degree of downward slope.  Maybe too that is why I never smiled much.  I should mention something here that may be of interest to many fellow Ontario Seniors.  There is a dental plan available from the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program that enables Seniors free or low-cost dental work.  And it covers dentures.  My overall denture cost is $2,700 but with this program, I only to pay $108.00.  Kelly signed us up for this program about 3 years ago and this is the first time I have used it.  Kelly has used it 3 times and next week sees a Dental Surgeon in London Ontario.  I will be back to the Denturist next week for a final fitting before I get my choppers.

 PHEEBS AND I ON MORNING JEEP PATROL CHECKING OUT THE RURAL SNOW MELT

Home again I quickly loaded up the Pheebs and we were off for a Jeep ride.  Beautiful looking morning but winds were icy cold.  Stocked up the bird feeders, burned some trash, and that was about it for me venturing outside.  With warmer temps on the way, I am so much looking forward to more active times in the not too distant future. 

GROANER'S CORNER:(( 10 Words That Do Not Exist...But Should::

1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes.
2. CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.
3. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow `remove' all the germs.
4. ELBONICS (el bon' iks) n. The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater.
5. FRUST (frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust-pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.
6. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n. Manhandling the 'open here' spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the `illegal' side.
7. PEPPIER (pehp ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper.
8. PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
9. PUPKUS (pup' kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.
10. TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n. The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you're only six inches away.

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