IF YOU HAVE THE TIME.....WE HAVE THE MEMORIES:))

 THIS JOLLY FAMILY JUST NEEDS SOME SNOW

It was a cloudy and cold rainy November day with Christmas just a month away.  On a drive into Bayfield and back this morning Pheebs and I did notice some paving equipment ready to go at the new Bayfield Bridge.  A dentist appointment for Kelly this afternoon in Exeter Ontario while Pheebs and I stayed home and held down the fort.  Other than all of the above excitement it was a quiet day.  Sometimes I almost just like it that way.

 NO SUNBATHERS ON BAYFIELD'S BEACH TODAY

 I THINK I MIGHT SEE A SWATCH OF PAVEMENT OVER THERE

A GOOD DAY FOR THE ROOFERS TO HAVE TIME OFF 

Over our RVing years, we have spent a number of American Thanksgivings in the United States so I took myself for a trip down memory lane today to have a look at them.  2007: South Rim Of The Grand Canyon Arizona.  2008:  Dog Canyon Hike and the White Sands National Monument New Mexico  2009: Making Faces at the Chickens...Bisbee Arizona and the following day we had A Fine Thanksgiving With A Fine Bunch Of Local Folks in McNeal Arizona.  2010: Cold Outside So We Stayed Inside...(don't let the lazy title fool you) 2011: Desert Sunrise on Darby Well Road near Ajo Arizona. 2012: Hamburgers, Lemon Tarts, And A Surprise Ceramic Rooster at our winter home in Congress Arizona.  2013: In Search Of The Great Stone Eagle Near Warner Springs California...Borrego Springs California.  2014: Kelly Improves Through The Day at our Congress Arizona abode. (keep in mind while reading any of these posts or any of my posts you can always go ahead or back simply by clicking the words 'Older Post' or 'Newer Post' at the bottom of the post) 2015: Blogger's Block And Flying Bird Photos in Congress Arizona.  2016: Nice Day For A Desert Walk With Pheebs Congress Arizona.  2017: Awwww Nuts!! 2016 was our last Thanksgiving in America.  But, if anyone has bothered to read even some of the above posts you can see why we love the great American Southwest so much.  It will always be remembered by Kelly and I as our second home away from home.  If only, if only.................

 I FIGURE THIS FARMER NORTHEAST OF BAYFIELD IS RAISING A FLOCK OF ROADRUNNERS AND THAT IS WHY HE HAS SO MANY SPEED LIMIT SIGNS IN THE BARNYARD

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An Irishman is walking along the beach one day, and he sees a bottle laying in the sand. He picks it up and starts to brush it off, and out pops a genie.  The genie says, "Since you have freed me from the bottle, I will grant you three wishes."  The Irishman thinks for a moment and says, "I'm feeling a might thirsty, I think I'll be wishing for a pint of stout."  POOF! There is a pint of stout in his hand. He drinks it down, and starts to throw the bottle, when the genie says, "I'd look at that bottle again before I threw it if I were you." So he looks at the bottle, and it is magicaly filling back up with stout. The genie told him, "That is a magic bottle, and it will always fill back up after you finish it." The genie then asked, "What other two wishes can I grant for you?"  The Irishman looks at the bottle in his hand and says, "I'll be taking two more of these."

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YA, WELL GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ONE AL

Thank you to the many readers who responded with all the kind and caring wishes regarding the passing of Kelly's mom.  Very much appreciated not only by Kelly and I but her mom's friends and family as well.

 WINTER BIRDS HAVE BEEN BUSY AT OUR FEEDERS AND I SEE WE HAVE THREE PAIRS OF CARDINALS ALREADY

THIS MALE CARDINALCHASES AWAY A DARK-EYED JUNCO

It's a while since Pheebs and I had been over to the Hullett Marsh so on this nice looking 45F semi-sunny morning, we wandered ourselves over that-a-way.  A skiff of snow on the ground in the Clinton area and a thin layer of ice on the mud puddles heading into the Marsh.

 HEADING FOR THE HULLETT MARSH

 THIS ROAD INTO THE MARSH WAS RUTTED WITH BIG UGLY POTHOLES

 ANIMAL TRACKS AROUND AN ICY MUD PUDDLE

 GUESS I HAD BETTER NOT DRIVE ANY FURTHER

ANIMAL TRACKS

JEEP TRACKS

I FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT THOSE NUBBY THINGS ARE ABOVE THE 'ON-OFF' WORDS...IT'S BRAIL TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR BLIND PEOPLE TO FIND AND OPERATE THE CRUISE CONTROL:))

With the ground dried out enough and still slightly frozen from overnight below freezing temperatures I saw a few farmers out on the land taking advantage of a short break in the recently wet weather.  More rain coming overnight and Thursday.

 A SCHOOL BUS SHELTER AT THE END OF A VERY LONG FARM LANE

LOOKS LIKE THIS FARMER HAS BEEN DOING SOME PLOWING

 AND THIS FARMER HAD BETTER SET HIS MORNING ALARM CLOCK EARLIER SO HE CAN GET OUT HERE AND HARVEST HIS CORN BEFORE THE SNOW GETS TOO DEEP

 INSTEAD OF STORING BALES OF HAY AND STRAW IN A BARN NOWADAYS, SOME FARMERS ARE USING THIS METHOD OF STORAGE

 THERE IS NO SNOW IN THE BAYFIELD AREA YET BUT THAT MAY CHANGE IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS

GOOD THING SOMEBODY INVENTED THE WHEEL MANY CENTURIES AGO

Finished another book a couple days ago called The Long Road Home by Adrian Vincent.  This is a 'true' account of a young newly recruited British Soldier being taken prisoner by the German army only five days after he landed in France during the second world war.  There is futility, hope, cruelty, compassion, and humor in this book with unsuspected turns along the way.  Friendships between friend and foe are uplifting while hunger and defeat reduce men on both sides to depravity.  And yet at times, they help each other regardless of the uniform they are wearing.  With every book I read I learn something new.  Now, if I could only remember and retain what I have learned it might even do me some good somehow someday.

IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THEY ARE GETTING READY TO DO SOME ROAD TOP PAVING FOR THE NEW BRIDGE SOON (LOOKING NORTH)

(LOOKING SOUTH)

Oh, and by the way, here is a little something current fellow UFO folks might be interested in....Pentagon Forms a Group to Examine Unexplained Aerial Sightings.  And there was also this in the New York Post on Tuesday....New UFO Task Force Announced By Defense Officials Yes, yes, I know I said I wouldn't be posting anything about UFO's and Extraterrestrials last week but I'm walking that one back.  I'm changing my decision because I think it's important and it's something that needs to be talked about and made aware of.  I will continue to post about the subject but maybe try to keep a tighter lid on my opinions.  Ya, well good luck with that one Al.   

A 2018 FILE PHOTO IFROM THE GODERICH HARBOR

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An American businessman goes to Japan on a business trip, but he hates Japanese food, so he asks the concierge at his hotel if there's any place around where he can get American food. The concierge tells him he's in luck, there's a pizza place that just opened, and they deliver. The concierge gives the businessman the phone number, and he goes back to his room and orders a pizza.  Thirty minutes later, the delivery guy shows up to the door with the pizza. The businessman takes the pizza, and starts sneezing uncontrollably. He asks the delivery man, "What the Heck did you put on this pizza?" The delivery man bows deeply and says, "We put on the pizza what you ordered, pepper only."

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KELLY'S MOTHER HAS PASSED AWAY

 KELLY AND HER MOM

Our phone rang Monday night at 9:04 and it was Kelly's brother calling with sad news.  Kelly's mom had passed away at 8:40 p.m.  With their Dad's passing ten years ago it is the end of an era for Kelly, her brother Peter and sisters Kathy and Becky.  Their days of 'going home' are now over.  Kelly said she is so glad she was able to spend nearly 3 months with her mom when she did.  Cremation will take place and the family plans to have a memorial in the Spring.

Kelly's mom and dad were RV'ers back in the day starting out with a station wagon and moving up over the years to a Class A Motorhome.  It's easy to see where Kelly got the RV traveling bug.  I remember them coming to see us in that motorhome when we lived at the old farmhouse near Fullarton Ontario.  Kelly's mom was a gentle soul and I will forever remember her that way.  It was always a warm welcome whenever we went to Spencerport New York.    

Scooter is back from the Bayfield Garage after having the leaking Temperature Sensor on the right engine head replaced with a new sensor.  Price of the new sensor was $400.00 and labor to diagnose and replace the sensor $132.00.  Coolant added $24.00 and then tack on the taxes at $69.94 and it all soon adds up.  Wanting to make sure everything was working properly, Pheebs and I took the little 26' Winnebago Class C for a spin up to Goderich and back.  Needed to add some gas anyway plus I had a few things to pick up at the Food Basics grocery store.  A drive down around the harbor was in order and we headed for home.  Scooter ran like a finely tuned Swiss watch so everything was A-OK.  The last remaining problem we have though is when I hook up the Jeep to the Winnebago it blows the blinker fuse every time.  We had the cord checked and the cord is okay so I don't know if the problem is with the Class C or the Jeep.  I guess it's no big deal because we're not going anywhere this winter but I wish I had tried out that power cord hook-up much earlier.  It's just nice to have everything in good working order.......just in case.

SCOOTER AT THE LAKE ON A COLD NOVEMBER DAY

 WORK ON THE SHORE STABLEAXIATON CONTINUES

 BOARDWALKERS BUNDLED UP AGAINST THE COLD WEST WIND

 THE ALGOMA COMPASS AT THE SALT DOCK

 THE BULK CARRIER FEDERAL EMS AT THE GRAIN ELEVATORS

 THE FEDERAL EMS ESCAPE POD

AA

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked the young programmer, "And what starting salary were you looking for?"  The programmer said, "In the neighborhood of $75,000 a year, depending on the benefit's package."  The HR Person said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company Corvette leased every 2 years?"  The programmer sat up straight and said, "Wow!!! Are you kidding?"  The HR Person replied, "Certainly, ...but you started it."

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AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL FOR TODAY

WELL, I SHOULDN'T COMPLAIN....AT LEAST I CAN  STILL GET OUT EVERY MORNING FOR A RIDE THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE

Of course. you know we always go for a Jeep ride every morning regardless of the weather.  I haven't reached that stage yet where I get up and then just sit around.  I guess that morning drive whether it be half an hour or three hours is my way of satisfying that travel itch which I always seem to have following me around.  I must have been born with that and I suspect somewhere in my ancestry there was probably a band of wandering gypsies and inquisitive explorers.  And that's about all I have to say for today........

 IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR GLOVES, MITTS, AND COLD EARLY MORNING STEERING WHEELS

BAYFIELD'S LADY POLAR BEAR POLEWALKERS BRAVING THIS MORNING'S ICY COLD WINDS

 BIG WINDS OVERNIGHT MADE FOR BIG WAVES THIS MORNING

 WISELY, THE LOCAL FISHERMAN STAYED OFF THE PIER

MAYBE THE BOYS ARE WAITING FOR THE LOCAL COFFEE SHOP TO OPEN

I LIKED THE NICE WARM LOOKING LIGHT INSIDE THE HOUSE ON THIS COLD NOVEMBER MORNING

 GUESS I FORGOT TO PUT THE LID ON THE CORN BUCKET

GROANER'S CORNER:((   A man was on trial for murder and if convicted, would get life imprisonment. His brother found out that an Irish man was on the jury and figured he would be the one to bribe. He told the Irish man that he would be paid $10,000 if he could convince the rest of the jury to reduce the charge to manslaughter.  The jury was out an entire week and returned with a verdict of manslaughter.  After the trial, the brother went to the Irish man's house, told him what a great job he had done, and paid him the $10,000.  The Irish man replied, "It wasn't easy to convince the rest of the jury to change the charge to manslaughter. They all wanted to let him off."

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