IT'S A DIFFERENT LOOK OUR FRONT YARD TAKES ON AT NIGHT

Although weather wasn't the best today, Lorraine needed to get back to Stratford, so she headed out around noon under snowy conditions.  We always keep in touch via Facebook's Messenger app.  She sends voicemails on how she's doing.  I suggested she stay on the highway and take the main route to Stratford through Clinton, Seaforth, Dublin, and Mitchell.  She did that and made out okay.  She said the highway was snow-covered with ice underneath, but at least it was plowed.  Snow blowing off high snowbanks caused some visibility problems, but she took it slow and made it back to Stratford unscathed.  I did my usual snow shoveling and got caught up on a lot of reading this afternoon.  With a heavy snowfall late this afternoon, I'll be back outside on the end of my snow shovel again in the morning.  The Subaru stayed in the carport all day, and I never ventured off the property with the exception of shoveling out neighbor Monica's front entranceway and path.  I sure hope we don't get another big dump of snow overnight.

 THIS IS OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR FRANK, BLOWING OUT OUR DRIVEWAY MONDAY AFTERNOON

Al's Music Box:: Everybody's Talkin by Harry Nilsson.

 IT IS A DIFFERENT LOOK OUR FRONT YARD TAKES ON AT NIGHT.....iPHONE

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A mother's dictionary::

- Bottle feeding: An opportunity for Daddy to get up at 2 am too.
- Defense: What you'd better have around de yard if you're going to let the children play outside.
- Drooling: How teething babies wash their chins.
- Dumbwaiter: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.
- Family planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster

- Feedback: The inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots. 

- Full name: What you call your child when you're mad at him.

- Grandparents: The people who think your children are wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right.
- Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
- Impregnable: A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.
- Independent: How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.
- Look out: What it's too late for your child to do by the time you scream it.
- Prenatal: When your life was still somewhat your own.
- Preprared childbirth: A contradiction in terms.

Puddle: A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.
- Show off: A child who is more talented than yours.
-Sterilize: What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.
-Storeroom: The distance required between the supermarket aisles so that children in shopping carts can't quite reach anything.

-Temper tantrums: What you should keep to a minimum so as to not upset the children.

-Top bunk: Where you should never put a child wearing Superman jammies.

- Two-minute warning: When the baby's face turns red, and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises.

- Verbal: Able to whine in words
- Whodunit: None of the kids that live in your house.
- Whoops: An exclamation that translates roughly into 'get a sponge.'
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The Fourth of July was coming up, and the nursery school teacher took the opportunity to tell her class about patriotism. "We live in a great country," she said. "One of the things we should be happy about is that, in this country, we are all free." One little boy came marching up to her from the back of the room. He stood with his hands on his hips and said, "I'm not free. I'm four."

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My plan for tomorrow is to go with my wife to get us both some new glasses…After that, we'll see!

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I helped my neighbour this morning and she said to me, "I could marry you." I couldn't believe it. You do something nice for someone and they threaten to ruin your life in return.

A 6th-grade teacher posed the following problem to one of her arithmetic classes:
“A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars. One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity. Now, what does each person get?” After a very long silence in the classroom, one little boy raised his hand and said with complete sincerity in his voice, “A lawyer!”

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I WONDER IF THEY DO ARM TRANSPLANTS BECAUSE I COULD USE A COUPLE OF NEW ONES

 IT WAS A SNOWY MORNING FOR SHOVELING SNOW

After Sunday's light snowfall, I decided to slip out and rearrange some snow this morning.  It was light and fluffy and easy to move.  Despite the 12F temperature, it was kinda nice out simply because there was no wind.  I had half the driveway done when it began to snow again, heavy this time.  By the time I finished shoveling, the snow was coming down faster than I could shovel it up.  Discouraged, I slumped back into the house.  Oh well, at least I got the paths to the bird feeders cleared and changed the feeders.  Sometimes the feeders are not empty but clogged with wind-blown snow, and the birds can't get at the seeds. And, when that happens, those birds can get quite upset with me if I don't get right out there and get those feeders promptly changed.

 THE SNOW JUST KEEPS ON COMING AND IS THAT A MALE CARDINAL OUT THERE??

 WELL, IT'S A CARDINAL BUT JUST NOT A REAL ONE

With the air clear at times and then thick with falling snow, our driveway quickly filled in again with another five inches of snow.  I was about to slip out this afternoon and re-shovel the driveway when I saw a big burst of snow fill the living room window.  At the same instant, I heard a familiar sound.  'Yay' it was our good neighbor Frank and his snowblower to the rescue.  It took him about a tenth of the time to blow the driveway clear, as it takes me to shovel it clear.  With another five inches on the ground, I did later slip out and shovel the bird paths again, plus the front and rear decks and pathways to the sheds.  I was glad Frank had done the driveway because I would not have had the energy to do that for the second time today, plus, my muscles were very sore.  I wonder if they do arm transplants because I feel I could use a couple of new ones.  By late this afternoon, we actually had a few brief sun splashes.  Oh, and here's a bright spot....in less than two weeks it will be Groundhog Day, and that is another welcome turning point to Spring:))

 WORKERS FROM GENERAL COACH WERE IN THE PARK THIS MORNING TO JOIN THE TWO HALVES OF THE LATEST UNIT MOVED IN HERE LAST WEEK

Al's Music Box:: Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Walking through Chinatown, a tourist is fascinated with all the Chinese restaurants, shops, signs and banners. He turns a corner and sees a building with the sign, "Hans Olaffsen's Laundry." "Hans Olaffsen?", he muses. "How the heck does that fit in here?" So he walks into the shop and sees an old Chinese gentleman behind the counter. The tourist asks, "How did this place get a name like "Hans Olaffsen's Laundry?" The old man answers, "Is name of owner." The tourist asks, "Well, who and where is the owner?" "Me, is right here," replies the old man. "You? How did you ever get a name like Hans Olaffsen?" "Is simple," says the old man. "Many, many year ago when come to this country, was stand in line at Documentation Center. Man in front was big blonde Swede. Lady look at him and go, "What your name?" He say, "Hans Olaffsen." Then she look at me and go, 'What your name?'" "I say, Sem Ting."

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While driving along the back roads of a small town, two truckers came to an overpass with a sign that read CLEARANCE 11'3." They got out and measured their rig, which was 12'4." "What do you think?" one asked the other. The driver looked around carefully, then shifted into first. "Not a cop in sight. Let's take a chance!"

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