I'LL BE HAVING TO MIND MY 'PEAS AND CUES' NOW

IN REMEMBRANCE OF NOVEMBER 11TH

It was a white world I awoke to this morning as I looked out our living room window.  Snow had come in the night and stayed.  It looks like we got 2+ inches, but inland around the London and Stratford areas, roads were closed, school buses were not operating, and there were a lot of accidents on area roads with high winds, ice and snow being the main culprit.  We here in the Bayfield area once again got off very lucky.  

 NO, NOT A UFO...IT'S OUR FRONT YARD BIRDSTATION COVERED IN SNOW THIS MORNING

 FOR A BRIEF MOMENT THIS MORNING WE HAD A PATCH OF BLUE SKY

My first order of business was to get a path shovelled out to the bird feeders.  All the little guys were so hungry that they were flying around upside down.  I decided to leave the car right where it was in the dry carport and commence with an inside house clean-up.  I even found time to transplant a Lily that has not flowered for a very long time.....And 'Yay Team', Woodsy rolled in from Stratford this afternoon.  I'll be having to mind my peas and cues now:)) 

 A FARMER OUT PLOWING MONDAY HAS FLOCKS OF SEA GULLS FOLLOWING HIM LOOKING FOR GRUBS AND WORMS TURNED UP IN THE PLOWED EARTH

 A NICE AUTUMN ENTRANCEWAY ON ORCHARD LINE

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF MAPLE TREES HERE

Al's Music Box::  Hello Stranger by Barbara Lewis.

 WHEN TRAVELING ON ORCHARD LINE, I ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS FELLOW

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man was sitting in a bar and noticed a group of people using sign language. He also noticed that the bartender was using sign language to speak to them.  When the bartender returned to him, the man asked how he had learned to use sign language. The bartender explained that these were regular customers and had taught him to speak in sign. The man thought that was great.  A few minutes later, the man noticed that the people in the group were waving their hands around very wildly. The bartender looked over and signed, "Now cut that out! I warned you!" and threw the group out of the bar.  The man asked why he had done that, and the bartender said, "If I told them once I told them 100 times - NO SINGING IN THE BAR!"

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I was traveling with my wife in Kanyakumari, India, one of the windiest places on Earth. Braving our way through the crosswind, we made our way to the tollbooth where I asked a bespectacled attendant, "What do you guys do in Kanyakumari when the wind quits?"
Adjusting his rims, the guy answered, "We take the rocks out of our pockets."

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A woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the artist, "Paint me with diamond rings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets, a ruby broach, and a gold Rolex."  "But you are not wearing any of those things," he replied.  "I know," she said. "It's in case I should die before my husband. I'm sure he will remarry right away, and I want his new wife to go crazy looking for the jewelry."

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I WAS NOT A HAPPY CAMPER SUNDAY NIGHT

Caustiously, I opened the curtains this morning, hoping not to see a whole lot of new snow.  And, I didn't. Saturday night's light snowfall was still there, but nothing had been added to it.  It was 28F outside and I didn't feel too encouraged to go outside in that.  But then, the Sun popped out and made up my mind for me.  I wasn't long in hooking the utility trailer to the Subaru and away we all went to the Park's recycling area with a load of leaves.  I kinda figured this might be my last load for the season, but, maybe not.  Home again, I unhooked the trailer and then proceeded to rake up even more leaves into piles strategically placed for Spring pick-up, should I decide not to take any more loads to the dump this year.  I did take a few pics in the Park on my way to and from the dump this morning.

 BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES HAVE PUT A FINAL END TO MANY PLANTS

WITH A THIN LAYER OF ICE ON OUR FROG POND, THE SURROUNDING ROCKS STILL HAVE A DUSTING OF SNOW ON THEM FROM SATURDAY NIGHT

 A SNOWY LOAD OF LEAVES

 UNLOADING AT THE RECYCLING AREA

 A BRIEF BURST OF SNOW WHILE THE SUN WAS SHINING SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LITTLE SNOW CLOUD GOING OVER

 MORE TREE PLANTING IN THIS DAMAGED AREA OF FOREST

 THAT ORANGE TRAFFIC CONE LIES ON ONE OF THE CONCRETE PADS WHERE A NEW MOBILE HOME WILL SOON BE SET UP

HALF OF A NEW HOME ARRIVED THIS MORNING TO BE SET UP ON ONE OF THE OTHER RECENTLY POURED CONCRETE PADS

 ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEWLY ARRIVED HOUSE HALF CAN BE SEEN ANOTHER NEW MOBILE HOME THAT HAS BEEN FULLY ASSEMBLED

 THIS IS THE ONE i HAD PICTURES OF A WEEK AGO WHEN IT WAS STILL IN TWO PARTS AND HADN'T BEEN JOINED TOGETHER YET

 STOPPED ON MY WAY BACK FROM THE RECYCLING AREA TO TAKE A FEW PICS

I was not a happy camper Sunday night after waiting all week for the next installment of 'The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch', only to find out that it was preempted by another similar show by the same production company called 'The Treasure of Oak Island'.  Now, I'm not knocking the Oak Island show, but it was Skinwalker I had waited all week to see.   

A NEIGHBOR HAS DONE A NICE JOB IN CREATING THIS LITTLE AREA

 A HYDRANGEA HEAVILY LADEN WITH SNOW

Al's Music Box:: Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain by Willie Nelson.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A farmer named Muldoon lived alone in the Irish countryside except for a pet dog he had had for a long time.  The dog finally died, and Muldoon went to the parish priest, saying, "Father, the dog is dead. Could you possibly be saying a Mass for the poor creature?"  Father Patrick told the farmer, "No, we can't have services for an animal in the church, but I'll tell you what, there's a new denomination down the road apiece, and no telling what they believe in, but maybe they'll do something for the animal."  Muldoon said, "I'll go right now. By the way, do you think $50,000 is enough to donate for the service?"  Father Patrick replied, "Wait a minute, why didn't you tell me the dog was Catholic."

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After the christening of his baby brother in church, Little Johnny cried all the way home in the back seat of the car. His father asked him what was wrong, and finally, the boy sobbed, “That priest said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home, and I want to stay with you guys!”

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Six guys were playing poker when Smith loses $500 on a single hand, clutched his chest and dropped dead at the table. Showing respect for their fallen comrade, the other five complete their playing time standing up. Roberts looks around and asks, "Now, who is going to tell the wife?" They draw straws. Rippington, who is always a loser, picks the short one. They tell him to be discreet, be gentle, don't make a bad situation any worse than it is. "Gentlemen! Discreet? I'm the most discreet man you will ever meet. Discretion is my middle name, leave it to me." Rippington walks over to the Smith house, knocks on the door, and the wife answers and asks what he wants. Rippington says, "Your husband just lost $500 playing cards." She hollers, "TELL HIM TO DROP DEAD!" Rippington says, "I'll tell him.

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