THE KEYWORD IN THE LAST SENTENCE WAS, 'WEALTHY'!!

 OUR ABOUT-TO-BE-RENOVATED PARK CLUBHOUSE ON A COLD AND SNOWY JANUARY MORNING

It's cold and getting colder.  With only about ten pounds of birdseed left and uncertain weather ahead, I figured I had better get myself into Bayfield while the getting was good and pick me up three more twenty-pound bags of mixed wild birdseed that also include peanuts.  I still have a good supply of corn kernels and cobs left from my roadside scrounging a few months ago, so I think my front yard critters will fare well in the coming days and months. At noon today, we were at 6F with a wind chill factor of -23F.  Not nice, and it's about to get even much more un-nicer!!

THERE WAS NO POINT INTAKING A DRIVE EAST ON BAYFIELD RIVER ROAD THIS MORNING

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 GOOD THING WE WENT TO GODERICH YESTERDAY AND NOT TODAY

BLOWING SNOW ACROSS PORTER'S HILL LINE

 BOTH MACHINES WERE WORKING ON THE BREAKWATER PROJECT AT BAYFIELD'S BEACH THIS MORNING

 EXCEPT ONE MACHINE HAD TO STOP AND BE REFUELED BY ITS OPERATOR

 DIESEL FUEL FOR THAT MACHINE CAME FROM A TANK IN THE BACK OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK

I asked Steve at the Porters Hill Wild Bird Seed Company this morning if he had heard anything about the work going on at Bayfield's Beach, and he said 'no,' but a friend of his had a theory.  Figures it might be a wealthy cottage owner having this breakwater built to prevent further shoreline erosion and prevent the risk of having his cottage tumble into the lake.  If that is so, the keyword in the last sentence was 'wealthy'!!

HEADING INTO THE PORTERS HILL WILD BIRD SEED COMPANY THIS MORNING

HEADING HOME

 OUR PARK ENTRANCE IS JUST UP AHEAD SOMEWHERE ON THE RIGHT

Al's Music Box:: Last Date by Floyd Cramer.

 WOODSY WHOOPED UP A BIG BATCH OF DELICIOUS CHICKEN SOUP TODAY

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A fisherman goes to the river to check an illegal fish trap that he owns. He looks around to make sure there are no Fishing Inspectors about and proceeds to pull the fish trap out to check it. An Inspector steps out of the bushes, “Ahha!” he said, and the fisherman spun around and yelled “Damn”. The Inspector, who wasn't expecting such a response, said “Settle down, I'm the Fishing Inspector”. “Thank God for that,” said the fisherman, “I thought you were the guy who owned this fish trap”.

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The Little Moron went to the store to ask how to operate the new coffeemaker he received as a wedding gift. The salesman carefully explained how everything worked; how to plug it in, set the timer, go to bed, and upon rising, the coffee is ready. A few weeks later, the Little Moron was back in the store and the salesman asked him how he liked the coffee maker. "Wonderful!" he replied, "But... it's just awfully inconvenient to have to go to bed every time I want to make a pot of coffee."

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Three older ladies were discussing the travails of getting older. One said, "Sometimes I catch myself with a jar of mayonnaise in my hand, in front of the refrigerator, and I can't remember whether I was taking it out or putting it away."  The second lady said, "Yes, sometimes I find myself on the landing of the stairs, and I can't remember whether I was on my up, or on my way down." The third lady chimed in, "Well, I'm glad I don't have those problems. Knock on wood." With that, she rapped her knuckles on the table, then said, "That must be the door. I'll get it."

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WITHOUT EXAGGERATION, AND ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER PEOPLE

 A LARGE SNOWDRIFT ON THE WAY HOME ALONG PORTER'S HILL LINE

Heartened by an orange sunrise, I was soon disheartened when that orange sunrise abruptly disappeared behind a solid cloud bank.  Dire cold warnings are out for the coming weekend, beginning Friday.  Without exaggeration, and according to the weather people, I can tell you that the cold front, soon to be upon us, will be the coldest weather ever recorded here.  Weather forecasters are saying that this coming cold spell will make us the coldest place on the Planet.  Hard to believe that they said we will be colder than Russia's Siberia.  I just might have to get out my extra set of long underwear after all.

A BRIEF TOUCH OF SUNLIGHT IN OUR FRONT YARD THIS AFTERNOON

 SITTING CLOSE TO A JADE PLANT, OUR SUNROOM ORCHID IS DOING WELL

Another new mobile home rolled into our Park this morning, so I took a drive down to have a look at it.  The two halves were still sitting on the road in front of the site where it was going.  I took a drive into Bayfield, and by the time I headed home less than an hour later, I saw that both halves had been moved on site and were in the process of being lined up on their concrete pad.

 BOTH HALVES OF THE LATEST NEW HOME WAIT TO BE MOVED ONTO A CONCRETE PAD

AN HOUR LATER, WITH BOTH HALVES ON SITE, PARK OWNER ADAM IN THE YELLOW TRACTOR CAREFULLY MANEUVERS THE SECOND HALF CLOSER TO THE FIRST HALF

A GENERAL COACH WORKER WITH A LEVEL IN HAND GUIDES ADAM WITH HAND MOVEMENTS AS THEY INCH THE TWO HALVES IN PLACE

 ADAM, ON THE RIGHT, CHECKS THE PROGRESS

 OTHER GENERAL COACH WORKERS WERE ALSO IN THE PARK THIS MORNING, WORKING ON ANOTHER UNIT

Driving into Bayfield this morning, I headed straight away to the beach area to see how things were progressing on the beach restoration and renovation.  Two large machines at work, with one moving piles of rocks, while the other one appeared to be digging along the beach line at the base of the gently sloping bank.  From the beach area, I headed up into Bayfield for a drive along Main Street before heading home.

 TWO MACHINES WORKING, WITH THIS ONE SCOOPING UP A BUCKET OF ROCKS

 WITH BUCKET LOADED, HE HEADS DOWN TO THE BEACH

 DUMPING THE ROCKS

 A SECOND MACHINE DIGS AWAY AT THE BANK

 I THINK THESE CHUNKY ROCKS ARE FORMING THE BASE OF EACH BREAKWATER WALL

 THE LARGE BOULDERS ON THE RIGHT I THINK ARE FOR THE TOP OF THE BREAKWATER

With a break in the stormy weather,  Woodsy and I headed off to Goderich, bucking a few small snow drifts along Highway 21, where high winds blowing across the highway buffeted the car.  After two stops for groceries, we headed home via Porter's Hill Line, a couple of miles inland, where the winds were not nearly as bad.

 SNOW DRIFTS IN HEAVILY AT THIS SPOT ON PORTER'S HILL LINE, AND IT IS ONE OF THE LAST AREAS TO BE FREE OF SNOW IN THE SPRING

Al's Music Bo:: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by The Platters.

 STORMY LOOKING SKIES OUT OVER LAKE HURON THIS MORNING

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Some friars needed to raise more money for books for the school, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good brothers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him.So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that "Only Hugh can prevent florist friars."

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Pilot: Have you ever flown in a small plane before?

Passenger: No, I have not.

Pilot: Well, here is some chewing gum. It will help to keep your ears from popping.

Pilot (after the plane landed): Did the gum help?

Passenger: Yep. It worked fine. The only trouble is I can't get the gum out of my ears.

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A tourist asks a man in uniform, "Are you a policeman?" "No, I am an undercover detective." "So why are you in uniform?"
"Today is my day off."

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