TRAVEL WITH THE BAYFIELD BUNCH:))

Saturday, April 19, 2025

THEY DEFINITELY WOULD NOT BE VERY DUCKILICIOUS EITHER

DAFFODILS SEEN IN BAYFIELD THIS MORNING

Not even with yummy liver treats in my hand was I able to convince Pheebs to come out for a car ride this morning so it was off I went by myself. I didn't go too far on this cold and damp morning but I did make it into Bayfield and back, with a few photos along the way. Had it been warmer I might have gotten out of the vehicle for a change and taken a walk down around the harbor area where there are still lots of sailboats up on blocks awaiting their soon-to-be time in the sun, fun, and water. Temperatures dropped throughout the afternoon, and that put the kybosh on any more shed clean-up for me. I do not think or work well in 'cold and damp' conditions!!

DAFFODILS AT THE CORNER OF OUR HOUSE

Well, I think my little yellow ducky idea for our front yard frog pond is a bust. It appears my 10 little duckies can't float right. They did good for the first few days, but then one cold morning about three weeks ago, I came out and they were all lying on their sides. No amount of mouth to bill resusitation could revive them but I knew they weren't dead because their color was good. Bright yellow. I tried uprighting them, but they just flopped over on their sides. I took them out of the water for a few days, and when I put them back into the water, they just flopped over on their sides again. I picked up one hapless little duck and printed on it's underside were the words 'Made In China'. Say, you don't suppose it's not only their eyes that are slanted over there but maybe their water is slanted too, and that throws the little fellers equilibrium out of whack and gets all the little duckies confused here on the North American continent. And that makes the little guys tip over on their sides when I put them into the water. Yes, it is truly an unsolvable Duck Dilemma I have going on here at the moment. And no, I am not trying to duck the problem. And no, I can't eat them because with their plastic skin and no feathers, they definitely would not be very duckalicious either. ('Duk Duk Duk':)

MAYBE IN CHINA THESE DUCKS ARE KNOWN AS 'SIDE-FLOATERS'

Al's Music Box:)) It's Up To You is a song written by Jerry Fuller and performed by Rick Nelson. The song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 4 on the easy listening chart, No. 24 on the R&B chart, and No. 22 in the UK Singles Chart in 1963. The single's B-side, "I Need You", reached No. 83 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is featured on his 1962 album, It's Up to You.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Answering Machine Messages::

- Hi. John's answering machine is broken. This is the refrigerator. Please speak very slowly, and I'll stick your message to myself with one of these magnets.

- This is not an answering machine; this is a telepathic thought recording device. After the tone, think about your name, your reason for calling, and a number where I can reach you, and I'll think about returning your call.

- Hi. I am probably home. I'm just avoiding someone I don't like. Leave me a message, and if I don't call back, it's you.

- Hi, this is George. I'm sorry I can't answer the phone right now. Leave a message, and then wait by the phone until I call you back.
-------------------------

- Televangelism is all about false profits. (well ain't that the truth)

-------------------------

"When I saw you driving down the road, I guessed 55 at least." "You're wrong, officer, it's only my hat that makes me look that old."

----------------------------------------
A Birthday Quip: Forget about the past, you can't change it. Forget about the future, you can't predict it. Forget about the present, I didn't get you one.

---------------------------------

Al's Doggy World

Meanings:

Kelly's Corner
TALKING WITH RUSTY FROM RUSTY'S RV RANCH NEAR RODEO, NEW MEXICO

TALKING WITH JOHN WEBER, OWNER OF RATTLESNAKE CRAFTS NEAR GLEASON, ARIZONA

Al's Art Gallery

Friday, April 18, 2025

BUT BY GOLLY I DID GO BACK FOR SECONDS

Thursday night, after posting the blog, we headed to Bayfield's Woodland Drive-In for ice cream and then down to the beach area to catch a sunset over Lake Huron. The only problem was...there was no sunset. The sun had set behind a heavy cloud cover, and that was that. Under threatening but warmer skies this morning, Pheebs and I slipped around a few country roads snapping half a dozen pics before returning home. It wasn't long before we could hear thunder coming in over the lake. And then came the rain. Nothing serious, and by mid-afternoon skies cleared. I think we topped out at about 65F today. Warmest day of the year so far I'm guessing. Wished I had more stuff to write about, but.............

GRAY CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING

STILL NOT MUCH COLOR IN OUR FORESTS

A BROKEN OFF PINE TREE

It's been quite a few years since I last came face to face with a yummy stir-fry, but by golly, I sure did come face to face with one for supper tonight. Woodsy, busy in the kitchen this afternoon, and determined to break me of my peanut butter and cereal habit, sure did herself proud. In that yummy stir fry were yellow peppers, red peppers, mushrooms, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, onions, celery, and chicken chunks, plus seasoning. It is very rare for me to go back for 'seconds' (except desserts) but by golly I did go back for seconds of Woodsy's stir fry:))

WOODSY'S YUMY STIR FRY

Al's Music Box:)) The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore by the Walker Brothers is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was originally released as a single credited to Frankie Valli as a solo artist in 1965 on the Smash label, but was more successful when recorded by the Walker Brothers in 1966. They released their remake as a single. Re-titled "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", this version met with much greater success than Valli's. It became their highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S., where it peaked at #13. The single also hit the top 10 in Canada, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Norway. The Walker Brothers' recording has since garnered retrospective critical acclaim, and is considered the group's signature song. NME ranked the song at #357 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", Pitchfork ranked it at #187 on its list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s", and it is listed in the 2010 book 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, New knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind and can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine. I take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. I have bouts with dementia and poor circulation. Hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. I ahve lost all my friends, but, thank God, I still have my driver's license.

----------------------------------

The police officer got out of his car and the man who was stopped for speeding, rolled down his window. “I've been waiting for a speed demon like you all day,” the officer said. The man replied, “Well, I got here as fast as I could.”

---------------------------------

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Bacon!
Bacon who?
Bacon a cake for your birthday!

--------------------------------

A Policeman recently stopped a woman for exceeding the posted speed limit. He asked the driver her name. She said, "I'm Mrs. Ladislav Abdulkhashim Zybkcicraznovskaya from the Republic of Uzbekistan visiting my daughter in Tallahassee." The cop put away his summons book and pen, and said, "Well... OK... but don't let me catch you speeding again."

--------------------------------