SO EASY TO BACKSLIDE INTO A FEW BAD OLD HABITS

That big magic bright ball of elixired sunshine was back in our morning skies today so there was no hesitation on heading out the door despite the 27F temps wind chilled down to 19F.  It again was a drive into Bayfield with a walk around the roads in Bayfield's sheltered cemetery for the furry kid and I.  Glad to see the Bayfield Bridge crew back on the job after the holidays.

 THE BAYFIELD RIVER IS IN THE EARLIEST STAGES OF FREEZING OVER

&#!!@%* I gained 4 pounds over the Christmas holiday season.  Too many unnecessary slip-ups on my part.  I have instituted drastic measures once again to get my weight back down to where it was at 182 pounds.  So easy to backslide into a few bad old habits if one is not constantly vigilant.  And I had been doing so well this past year too!!

 SHORELINE ICE IS ACCUMULATING AND DEPENDING ON HOW SEVERE THE TEMPERATURES GET THE
LAKE CAN EASILY FREEZE AS FAR OUT AS THE EYE CAN SEE

 BAYFIELD'S SOUTH PIER IS ALSO BEGINNING TO TAKE ON ITS ANNUAL COAT OF ICE

THERE ARE MANY OLD TOMBSTONES HERE

And did you know the late Betty White had roots in Wingham, Ontario?  Well, it's true.  Betty White

 HOW UPLIFTING IT IS TO SEE SUNSHINE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR

GROANER'S CORNER:(( John's working at the lumberyard, pushing a tree through the buzz saw, and accidentally shears off all ten of his fingers. He goes to the emergency room.  The doctor says, "Yuck! Well, give me the fingers, and I'll see what I can do."  John says, "I haven't got the fingers."  The doctor says, "What do you mean, you haven't got the fingers? It's 2022. We've got microsurgery and all kinds of incredible techniques. I could have put them back on and made you like new. Why didn't you bring the fingers?"  John says, "Well, geeeez, Doc, how did you expect me to pick 'em up."

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OH WELL, BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD I GO AGAIN

'Brrrrr' it felt cold out there this morning at 18F with a wind chill factor of 11F.  Must be January.  I toyed with the idea of not going outside but 'you know who' was rarin to go so it was out the door and a-rarin we did went.  But, we didn't rare too far again and were soon home where it was toasty warm inside.  I like toasty warm.  I like it a lot.

A solid overcast sky cast a dreary look across the landscape and I was hard-pressed to get myself into photo mode.  Luckily, we wandered past a couple tractors and a few cows.  Oh, and some apples on a tree branch.  It snowed most all afternoon but at the time of posting this tonight our skies have cleared and we ended the day in frosty sunshine.

Although 'not' a New Year's resolution, I am currently making a determined effort to bring about a few changes within myself.  The books I have been reading lately have been inspiring me to think about things differently.  No, they are not those so-called 'self-help' books.  Despite the inevitable setbacks along the way, I do feel I am making progress and I am aware of a growing sense of mild excitement.  The books that are helping me are by the late Dolores Cannon.  I have read three of her books so far and I plan to tackle the rest of them in the near future.  I purposely used the word 'tackle' because they are not what one might call light and fluffy easy reading.  At least not for me.  Her books are like textbooks packed with a type of knowledge I have to work very hard at trying to understand, knowing full well that much of what I read is way beyond my grasp.  However, I strongly feel I am at last headed in the right direction.   

 SNUZZLES

With this recent snap of cold weather our front yard bird feeders have been working overtime.  I may have to get a part-time job just to buy more bird feed.  I had made another front yard bird feeder video this afternoon but when I went to upload the 6-minute vid Picassa said it was too big.  Oh well, back to the drawing board I go again. 

GROANER'S CORNER:((     A man and woman were having marriage problems and decided to end their union after a very short time together. After a most brief attempt to reconcile, the couple went to court to finalize their break-up.  The judge asked the husband, “What has brought you to this point, where you are not able to keep this marriage together?”  The husband said, “In the six weeks we've been together, we haven't been able to agree on one thing.”  The wife said, “Seven weeks.”

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My wife said she'd like to have another baby...I agreed. The one we have is starting to annoy me.

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Tom had never been on a fishing boat before, and he was now thinking it was the stupidest thing he'd ever done in his life. Who would ever have believed that seasickness could be this awful? With every pitch and roll, Tom wondered how he was going to survive the remaining two hours of the trip.  One of the deckhands came up to him and said, "Don't worry, young fella. Nobody ever died of seasickness."    "You've just taken away my last hope for relief," Tom said.

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THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME TALK GOING AROUND.....'HO-HUM' & 'DIDDELY-DO'

 THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY NICE HOMES IN BAYFIELD

As expected, we woke up to a white landscape again this morning in this ever-changing climate we are experiencing this season.  We had maybe an inch of snow on the ground if that. Snow can sure make things look pretty and especially around this holiday season when many outside Christmas decorations are still up.

Snowy roads as Pheebs and I headed into Bayfield for a wee drive around the village.  Despite the 19F temps and wind chill factor of 9, I was surprised at the number of people out and about walking.  Even some protesters on one corner of Clan Gregor Square.

 I THINK THERE IS SNOW IN THEM THERE DARK CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON

LOOKS LIKE ANCIENT CAVE DRAWINGS RIGHT HERE IN BAYFIELD

NOPE, IT'S JUST AN OLD CONCRETE BRIDGE ABUTMENT ACROSS THE BAYFIELD RIVER

 IN FRONT OF BAYFIELD'S LIBRARY ON MAIN STREET

 PERHAPS A COUPLE MANNEQUINS ON A COLD WINTER'S DAY....NOPE, THOSE ARE TWO REAL LIVE CANADIAN GALS JUST HANGING AROUND OUTSIDE ENJOYING THE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES

 LOOKS LIKE THIS GROUP OF HARDY CANUCKS ARE GETTING READY FOR A WALK OR SOMETHING

 'OOOPS' I JUST GOT BUSTED

 I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PSY-OP MEANS

Taking some photos in Bayfield's Pioneer Park overlooking Lake Huron I almost froze my hands off because I didn't bother to put a pair of warm mitts on before stepping out of the Jeep. 

 PHEEBS CHECKS OUT THE TERRITORY

There seems to be some talk going around the Park (Ho-Hum) at the moment saying our Park has been sold with new owners taking over February 1rst.   If I had a dollar for every time I have heard the Park has been sold in the past 3 years I could probably buy myself a whole case of yummy peanut butter.  We'll see...........

Kelly's mother's house in Spencerport New York has been tentatively sold.  It'll mark the first time in over 65 years that Kelly will not have her childhood home to return to for visits.  The end of an era for her.

 HEADING HOME TO BREW MYSELF UP A COFFEE

GROANER'S CORNER:((   A cowboy, who just moved to Wyoming from Texas, walks into a bar and orders three mugs of beer. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.  The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, "You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time."  The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in Arizona, the other is in Colorado.  When we all left our home in Texas, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together. So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself."  The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.  The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.  One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs. All the regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss."  The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs.  "Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains, "It's just that my wife made me join the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking."  "Hasn't affected my brothers though."

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