WE'LL BE HEADING BACK TO LONDON'S VICTORIA HOSPITAL

When Kelly started the Plasmapheresis treatments a month ago they told her there was a 50/50 chance the treatments would work, and if they did work it would probably be temporary.  Kelly had two weeks 'itch' free until last night when the itching returned and interfered with her sleep.  This morning she called her Plasmapheresis Doctor and tomorrow we head back to London's Victoria Hospital where Kelly will begin another round of treatments twice a week for the next two weeks.  After that, it may be once a week for an indefinite period of time. To say she is discouraged would be putting it mildly.  Our calendar is quickly filling up again and we will be on the road for four out of the next five days. 

 MANY SHADES OF GREEN

 MARSH MARIGOLDS

A gravel road walk for Pheebs and I this morning before branching out a little farther on a few country roads we hadn't been on much lately...So nice in the countryside with the forests greening up more and more each day.  We are so fortunate that we do not live in a big congested area or a city.

 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE DITCH FLOWERS ARE SO I WILL CALL THEM 'DITCH FLOWERS

 MARSH MARIGOLDS AND DOGWOODS

 FARMERS ON THE LAND

 HOW NICE TO SEE A BARN RESTORED INSTEAD OF BEING TORN DOWN

 MARIGOLD VALLEY

Home again, I parked the Jeep in the driveway with the intention of cleaning and vacuuming the interior but after hooking up the utility trailer and loading up some yard waste for the Park's recycle area I unexpectantly ran out of energy.  I dumped the load, cleaned and re-watered our two bird baths, filled up the feeders, and that was it.  I love watching the little birdie guys splashing around in the birdbath.

 SPLISH SPLASH I WAS TAKING A BATH

BLUE JAY

It was a disappointing afternoon walk when Pheebs and I checked on the Canada Goose nest at the Park's pond.  I knew something was amiss as soon as I saw both Mama and Papa Goose on the pond.  Walking over to the nest I could see it was empty with broken eggs shells scattered about.  So disappointing for the Canada Geese pair and I felt disappointed as well.  I figure it's a Raccoon getting at the eggs all the time.       

 A QUIET AFTERNOON AROUND THE POND

 I FELT SAD FOR MAMA AND PAPA GOOSE TODAY

 BY THE LOOKS OF THOSE FEATHERS OUT OF PLACE I WOULD SAY THIS GOOSE WAS IN A CONFRONTATION WITH A NEST RAIDER PROBABLY LAST NIGHT

 SPOTTED THIS LITTLE FELLOW BY THE WATER'S EDGE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS

 NOTICE THE SMALL AIR BUBBLE FROM THIS SURFACING PAINTED TURTLE

 THE IS THE FIRST FROG I'VE SEEN ON THE PARK'S POND THIS YEAR

Ellens Groove:))  Ellen, her Dad, and a couple other remote location musician friends do a tune called My Angel.  Actually, what they are doing here is checking out a new concept in microphones.  Ellen and her dad talk here about Audigo - The Magic Microphone. 

 SPOTTED THIS BALL OF FUR ACROSS THE POND

 I WAITED FOR THIS LITTLE CRITTER TO TURN AROUND

 BY THE LOOKS OF THIS TAIL IT'S A MUSKRAT AND NOT A BEAVER

 IT'S FEEDING

 LOTS OF FRESH GRASS IN IT'S CHEEK POUCHES

Al's Music Box:)) "It's Too Late" by Carole King from the album 'Tapestry'.  1971

GROANER'S CORNER:((  In the men's room at work, the boss placed a sign directly above the sink. It had a single word on it: "Think!"  The next day, when he went to the men's room, he looked at the sign, and right below it, immediately above the soap dispenser, someone had carefully lettered another sign which read, "Thoap!"

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 A Geography teacher asked if I could name a country with no R in it.  I said, "No way."

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My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of Oreo cookies while waiting in the lobby. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of the afternoon's appointments.

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HOW CAN A SHED GET ITSELF IN SUCH A MESS

PRIMROSE

Another fine Spring morning.  A walk in the Bayfield Cemetery and that is about as far as Pheebs and I got.  Kelly headed off to Goderich and I spent several hours Spring cleaning our metal shed.  I don't know how a shed can get itself in such a mess over Wintertime but it can and does each year.  Even when we went south for the Winter both sheds would still mess themselves up somehow.  Strangest thing........

 TULIP GARDEN AT A HOUSE IN BAYFIELD THIS MORNING

NEW SIDEWALKS GOING IN ON THE WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET BAYFIELD

I grass-seeded, raked, and rolled a few bare patches in our front yard.  Also moved three old and heavy rotten logs off the west end of our pond.  I had put them there a few winter's ago when I decided to cover up the pond with tarps for the winter.

 UP CLOSE WITH A DAFFODIL

AZALEA BLOOM

 OUR RESIDENT FROG IS STILL WITH US

 AZALEA

It was a pleasant afternoon for a walk so Pheebs and I headed off over around the Park's pond to see what we could see.  Mama Goose was still on her nest so all was good there.  Musky the Muskrat made a brief appearance and the Painted Turtles were again out in full force enjoying the warmth of the Sun.   

 A NICE AFTERNOON FOR A WALK IN OUR PARK'S FOREST

 WITH MAMA GOOSE ON THE NEST ACROSS THE POND, PAPA GOOSE HERE IS KEEPING A WARY EYE ON PHEEBS AND I

 YEP, PAPA GOOSE IS KEEPING A MIGHTY CLOSE EYE ON US

 MY FIRST BUTTERFLY PHOTO OF 2023

 AND THERE GOES MUSKY THE MUSKRAT

Al's Music Box:)) Everybody's Talkin' by Harry Nilsson from the album 'Aerial Ballet'.  1968

 WHAT A LITTLE SWEETY PIE SHE IS

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Ever since I needed a wheelchair, my wife has been so rude to me  She's been pushing me around and talking behind my back.

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On a job interview, the manager handed me his laptop and said, "Sell this to me."  So, I took it, left the office, and headed back to my place.  Eventually, he phoned me and demanded, "Return my laptop immediately!"  I said, "$300, and it's yours!"

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