Saturday, May 09, 2009

THANK YOU.....MUCH APPRECIATED:))

SOME SHENANIGANS IN A NEIGHBOR'S YARD

It's been one of those up & down weather days. Pouring rain, blue skies, gray skies, sunshine, & fog. Temps have dropped so it's turning out be an inside day. We hadn't gone far on our morning before a clap of thunder sent Checkers & the Motormouse scurrying back to the house with Max, Kelly, & myself in close pursuit as the sky opened up with a deluge of water.

Want to say thank-you to the folks who sent us some really nice comments & emails about our blog this past week. Your words go a long way for me because I am my own worst critic & often question whether some of my blogs are too silly, too boring, or too opinionated. I try to make them interesting by varying the subject matter as well as the photos. I try NOT to make the blog predictable with the same routine day after day. I enjoy blogging & photography so it's nice to receive feedback from people with their thoughts & suggestions on how to make our website better. I'm sure most other bloggers feel much the same about their blogs. Thanks folks....much appreciated:))
Kelly's daughter in Spain came across an interesting & informative RV Travel blogsite recently & sent us the link this morning. This southern Ontario couple travels the American southwest & has actually been written up in the New York Times. I'm sure some of you folks are already familiar with frugal-rv-travel http://www.frugal-rv-travel.com/ Looks like a great site & we are looking forward to picking up some good tips. And co-incidentally, these fellow snowbirds only live a couple hours drive from us.

We have been having some kind of connection problem for the past few hours & suspecting a modem problem. The Tekky guy is coming early to-morrow afternoon to swap out the modem & do some additional trouble shooting. I'm going to try & upload this blog to the web so we'll see what happens.............
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Friday, May 08, 2009

A FEW PICS OF TADOUSSAC'S REAR END:))

GODERICH HARBOR WITH GRAIN ELEVATORS ON LEFT & THE EMPTY LAKE FREIGHTER TADOUSSAC ON RIGHT

A couple days ago I had a few errands to run so slipped up to the town of Goderich Ontario which is about a 20 drive north of Bayfield. Cloudy day & not great for photos but I took a swing down around the harbor & grabbed a few pics of a large lake freighter anchored there. It was sitting high in the water so was probably awaiting a load of grain or salt. Goderich is known for it's large underground salt mine stretching for miles out under Lake Huron. Kelly & I were lucky enough to get onto one of the last public tours of that mine about 12 years ago. Sorry, didn't take a camera with me that day. Goderich is a unique place & I hope to slip up there in early June & do a little photo shoot along the lake & around the harbor...........WONDER IF IT WAS POPEYE WHO SLUNG THE ANCHOR & CHAIN OVER HIS SHOULDER & SWAM IT TO THIS PILE OF ROCKS Goderich: http://www.goderich.ca/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goderich,_Ontario
http://www.goderich.worldweb.com/ SALT MINE BUILDINGS ARE ON THE HORIZON

A nice warm sunny day here & everything is really greening up fast. By June we will be into one of the nicest months of the year. Our yard is at it's best in June with everything looking very tropical. I sometimes get to looking a little tropical myself in June.......................................:)) ONE OF THE HARBOR TUGS RESTING UP FOR ANOTHER BUSY SEASON

Thursday, May 07, 2009

BLOG JAM

SWING RIDE UNDER THE OLD APPLE TREE:))

I have been sitting here in front of the computer this past 10 minutes, head down & eyes closed trying to think of something remotely interesting to blog about to-night. But, I have run into a blog jam..............................:(( TULIPS ALONG A LANEWAY NEAR THE LITTLE SWING RIDE BOY

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