I MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH CLOTHES LEFT TO EVEN RUN MYSELF TEASINGLY THROUGH A NUDIST COLONY

 A VERY RARE SIGHTING OF A PILEATED WOODPECKER OUTSIDE THE LIVING ROOM WINDOW THIS AFTERNOON

This morning, while trying to think of something to write about other than weather-related stuff, I stumbled across one of my posts from July 2018 in which I wrote the following paragraph.  Pheebs and I were home before ten from our morning drive and I headed into the house.  Well what to do, what to do,on a dull rainy Sunday.   Well it’s amazing sometimes what boredom can do to a fella, so I grabbed a pencil and a piece of paper, opened my closets and drawers, and commenced counting my clothes.  Do you know I have 21 winter shirts, 23 summer shirts, 14 pairs of pants, including winter, summer, and track.  Five summer jackets, 4 winter coats, and 10 pairs of assorted footwear for all seasons.  Four vests, 4 sets of PJ’s, 14 short and long sleeve T-shirts, and 1 bathrobe.  Six cowboy hats and 6 baseball hats.   Five pairs of gloves with 3 of them being for winter and the other two for motorcycling.  Oh ya, I don’t have a motorcycle anymore but by golly, I still got the leather gloves for sure.  Two yellow raincoats.  I probably have about 15 pairs of socks and underwear, numbering somewhere in the thousands.  Underwear seems to last forever eh.  I think I had better seriously plan on a big load going to the Goodwill Store soon.  Maybe an even bigger load going to the dump!! 

 THIS IS THE LARGEST WOODPECKER IN THE WOODPECKER CLAN

So there you have it, and I can safely say that now, seven years later, I have drastically reduced that inventory by about two-thirds.  But, you know what, I still have way too much stuff, but once again spurred on by sheer boredom, I grabbed some big plastic bags today and tore into my closets again.  At this rate of purging, I might not have enough clothes left to even run myself teasingly through a nudist colony.

 I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE TWO LARGE CROWS ON THE BIRD STATION TODAY

 LOOKS LIKE THIS ONE SNAGGED A KERNAL OF CORN

 THE CROWS LOOKED VERY WELL FED AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT

Al's Music Box:: Stranger In Paradise by Johnny Mathis.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Tom is applying for a job as a signalman for the local railroad and is told to meet the inspector at the signal box. The inspector decides to give Tom a pop quiz, asking: "What would you do if you realized that two trains were heading towards each other on the same track?" Tom says, "I would switch one train to another track." "What if the lever broke?" asks the inspector. "Then I'd run down to the tracks and use the manual lever down there", answers Tom. "What if that had been struck by lightning and not working?" challenges the inspector. "Then," Tom continued, "I'd run back up here and use the phone to call the next signal box.""What if the phone line was busy?" "In that case," Tom argued, "I'd run to the street level and use the public phone near the station". "What if that had been vandalized and was broken?" "Oh well," said Tom, "in that case I would run into town and get my Uncle Leo". This puzzled the inspector, so he asked, "Why would you do that?""Because he's never seen a train crash before."

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A hillbilly was making his first visit to a hospital where his teenage son was about to have an operation. Watching the doctor's every move, he asked, "What's that?" The doctor explained, "This is an anesthetic. After he gets this, he won't know a thing." "Save your time, Doc," exclaimed the man. "He don't know nothing now."

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A guy is walking down the street with his friend. He says to his friend, "I'm just a walking economy." His friend replies, "What do you mean?" "It's like this: My hairline is in recession, my stomach is a victim of inflation, and the combination of these factors is putting me into a deep depression.

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Pappy sees Elmer walking with a lantern and asks, "Where ya going boy?" The son smiled and replied, "I'm a-going courting Peggy-Sue." The Father said, "When I went a-courtin', I didn't need me no dang lantern." "Sure Pa, I know." the boy said. "And look what you got !"

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I WAS GLAD TO BE HOME AND BACK INSIDE

 A SNOWY AFTERNOON COMING HOME FROM GODERICH

With the amount of snow that appeared to be falling late Tuesday afternoon, I was surprised to see so little of it on the ground this morning.  Thought for sure I'd be on the end of my shovel again, but nope.  Needing to get out of the house, I fired up Subie and headed out into the countryside.  Roads were snow-covered but easily passable.  With nothing else going on and not wanting to go home and sit inside, I decided to swing up around Goderich, grab a McD's coffee, check out the harbor, slip into Walmart for a few things, and head for home.  By the time I pulled into the Park several hours later, it was snowing heavily, and I was glad to be home and back inside.  The rest of the day wasn't adding up to much, so I turned to my Kindle Reader on this cold and snowy late January day and snuggled ever deeper into my comfy, cushy recliner.

 SNOW LADEN EVERGREEN  BOUGHS ON MY WAY TO GODERICH

AT ROTARY COVE WITH ICE OUT SO FAR I COULDN'T SEE THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE HURON ANYMORE

I THINK THE ALGOMA INTREPID SURROUNDED BY ICE MIGHT BE FROZEN INTO THE SALT DOCK

LOOKS LIKE THE OAK GLEN IS WINTERING OVER IN GODEERICH'S FROZEN HARBOR

After Kelly's passing over a year ago, I, for some unknown reason, lost my interest in reading.  I had a couple of books on the go at the time, but I ended up not finishing either one of them.  I just could not seem to get myself motivated, but despite that, and even after my old Kindle Reader packed it in, I didn't give up.  I got myself a new Kindle about a month or so ago, and I am happy to say I just finished my first book with it today.  And, a good book it was too.  Amazon had suggested 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness by Brian Murphy. I found the book to be a well-written and thoroughly researched read.  It is nothing short of amazing to see what the mind and body are capable of when faced with such insurmountable odds.  I think the author did a great job pulling this whole story together.

 IT WAS A SNOW DRIVE HOME

 IN SOME PLACES THE ROAD LOOKED MORE LIKE A SKI RUN

 TURNING ONTO BAYFIELD RIVER ROAD, OUR PARK IS JUST DOWN THERE ON THE LEFT, SOMEWHERE

 AWW, THERE IT IS ON THE LEFT 

Al's Music Box:: Alone Again by Gilbert O'Sullivan.

 THIS ROTORY COVE PLAYGROUND PATIENTLY AWAITS THE LAUGHTER OF SUMMER'S CHILDREN

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A kindergarten student was having trouble putting on his boots, and asked his teacher for help. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the boots still didn't want to go on. Finally, they got both boots on. She grimaced when the little boy said, "They're on the wrong feet." Sure enough, they were. The teacher kept her cool as together they worked to get the boots back on - this time on the correct feet. The little boy then announced, "These aren't my boots." The teacher sighed and pulled the boots off. The boy then said, "They're my brother's boots. My Mom made me wear them." The teacher felt like crying, but she mustered up the strength to wrestle the boots back onto his feet. "Now," she said, "where are your mittens?" The boy replied, "I stuffed them in my boots...."

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Little Johnny rushes inside, out of breath and shouts, "Mother! Mother! Give me some money for the poor old man that's shouting along the road!" His mother replies, "What is he shouting?"

"Ice cream! Ice cream! Come get your ice cream."

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A man was on the very top diving board of a swimming pool. He was poised, he lifted his arms, and was about to dive in when the attendant came running up, shouting, “Don’t dive, there’s no water in that pool!”
“That’s all right!” said the man. “I can’t swim anyway!”

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