MOTORMOUSE SLEPT THROUGH HUMPHREY BOGART'S 'KEY LARGO'

   

MALE  BALTIMORE ORIOLE

Had ourselves a cloudy day so this morning Me & the Motormouse watched the 3 Stooges on television & this afternoon we caught Humphrey Bogart in Key Largo.  Well, the Motor slept through most of the movie but I watched it.  First old movie I have seen in many, many years.  It's very rare for me to sit through any movie on television but today was the exception.  I prefer movies in theaters with big sound, big picture, no commercials & no distractions...........10-4!!  Oh, & no popcorn either!!

  

COULD THIS BE THE FEMALE ORIOLE JUDY?  DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WHAT MY BOOK DESCRIBES AS THE FEMALE.......MALE TOWHEE  MAYBE??

Two RVing Bloggers on our sidebar coincidentally landed in the same RV Park a few days ago.  Jerry & Suzy from OUR LIFE ON WHEELS has rolled into the same BOULDER CREEK RV PARK near Lone Pine California that Joe & Nancy from the RVING BEACH BUMS are in.  Might be some RV tall tale’s rolling around the campground over the next few days:))   When we left Lone Pine back in March we stopped at the Boulder Creek Park to dump our tanks before heading off through California’s Death Valley to Nevada’s Valley Of Fire.  Thought the Boulder Creek Park looked well maintained.

 

THE FLASH OF ORANGE IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE FLYING THROUGH THE PHOTO OF THE ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK ON THE FEEDER

     

Ivan has finally made it back home to the beautiful Lake Louise area of Alberta Canada.  As anyone knows who has traveled through that area, it just doesn’t get much prettier than the Canadian Rockies in them there parts.

Thanks to Phil in Phoenix Arizona for letting me know the Tavistock link in Saturdays blog did not work.  I have since fixed it in yesterday’s post but will place it here again as well…TAVISTOCK...SMALL TOWN SATURDAY NIGHT.

MY BIRDFEEDER'S ARCH ENEMY!!

And to answer a reader question….Yes, all yesterday’s bird photos were taken yesterday in our front yard.  All of today’s bird photos were taken today in our yard as well.  Despite taking down 3 of the bird feeders this morning because of squirrel problems I was heartened to see a Baltimore Oriole come in this afternoon.

GROANER’S CORNER:((  Did you hear about the guy who played golf on Christmas and
accidentally hit a bird?
He got a partridge on a par three.

Why did the talking bird join the army?
He wanted to be a parrot-trooper.

What do you give a sick bird?
Tweetment.

What happened when the owl lost his voice?
He didn't give a hoot.

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LOOKING FORWARD TO 'BETTER DAYS AHEAD'

MALE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH...ALL PHOTOS TAKEN IN OUR FRONT YARD TODAY
Despite sunny sky's & slightly warmer temperatures I failed to find the right mixture of motivation, interest & enthusiasm for the day.  Aside from a motorcycle ride up to Goderich's A&W for an 'Uncle Burger' I just kind of hung around my recliner a lot.  Looking forward to better days ahead........

Noticed we have 4 new blog supporters so want to welcome JAMMIN' ALONG, LYNNE & MILLIE'S WINNIE VIEWS, Doyle & Terri Johnson's FULL TIME RV ROAD WARRIORS, & Lynn-Country Heart & Roses.  Thanks for climbing aboard folks.  Always nice to have new people along.  My blog is plowing through a little rough water right now so hope you will stick around until we are once again into calmer seas under full sails.

MALE ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK
Some readers may recall me mentioning about the heavy tax duty we got hit with (over $90) when our 6 free copies of Microsoft's Streets & Trips crossed the border into Canada about 3 weeks ago.  Joani Jones representing Microsoft's promotional agency for that free give-away promotion contacted us recently & is working on having those C.O.D. charges reversed.  Thought that was mighty nice of her to do that for us.  Four copies of Microsoft's Streets & Trips are right now in the mail to RV friends both here in Canada & the U.S.  The 5th copy we will deliver to another RV couple living near Bayfield shortly.

MALE CARDINAL
It's Saturday night & while thinking of my hometown of Tavistock Ontario today I remembered a post I wrote nearly 2 years ago called, Tavistock... Small Town Saturday Night.   http://thebayfieldbunch.com/2009/06/small-town-saturday-night50-years-ago.html
MALE ROBIN
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JUST HANGING OUT WITH THE MOTORMOUSE

The days have been difficult & there has been many tears.  Little Cora & I have spent most of our time since Wednesday snuggling in my big chair with curtains drawn against the dreary gray rain soaked days outside.  It has been the television which has been a welcome distraction for me.  I sat for many hours endlessly flipping through channels watching snippets of the history channel, comedy shows, biographies, news, pieces of movies here & there & yes, I even watched all that wedding pomp & pageantry over there across the ocean in that big London town this morning....right from the beginning too.  As much as I rant about television programming sometimes, it sure came through these past few days for me & helped to keep my mind off of Checkers & Max being gone.

    

THIS BLUE JAY KEPT A WARY EYE ON ME THIS AFTERNOON 

Kelly headed for Spencerport Wednesday to help her Mother who was being released from the hospital that afternoon.  Things seem to be going reasonably well there so far but I think it's going to be a long road for her Mother recovering from that knee replacement.

MOTORMOUSE ASLEEP ON THE BACK OF CHECKER'S COUCH

The Zurich Veterinary Clinic phoned this morning to say Checkers ashes had arrived.  It was pouring rain as I loaded little Cora (Motormouse) in the Jeep & we headed out on the 20 minute drive to Zurich.  It was a sad tearful drive but once we had picked up Checkers I felt comforted in knowing we were bringing her home.  Cora & I talked to Checkers all the way back & that was a big help for me.  Next week we will bring Max's ashes home.  I know it isn't the same but somehow I just feel like the Bayfield Bunch will kind of all be together again.  When we travel south this year the guys will come with us.  I know it will be just ashes in the boxes but we just somehow feel closer to them by having them closer to us.

   

IT WAS A TEAR FILLED DRIVE ON THE WAY TO PICK UP CHECKERS BUT WE FELT BETTER ON THE WAY HOME WHEN SHE WAS WITH US AGAIN

 

I have gone through a lot of emotions this past week & a half & I will write about those feelings at some point in the future.  I will also write about why we had to make the decisions we had to make because of both Max & Checkers health problems.  I'm just not up to writing about all that yet, but I will.  Motormouse is doing fine & we even managed a zany game of toys yesterday.  She is sticking pretty close to me, & me to her.

 

THIS LITTLE RED SQUIRREL NEVER BOTHERS OUR BIRD FEEDERS 

The rains finally subsided today around noon & by 1 o'clock we were beginning to get some sun splashes through the trees.  That was like a pure shot of energy for me after spending the last few long dismal days in the house.  Out came the garden hose along with a warm sudsy bucket of water.  Pulled the Motorcycle into the driveway & got myself to work on a big 2 hour Spring motorcycle clean up complete with a good waxing.  Had the day been warmer I would have taken the bike for a ride.....maybe tomorrow:))

  

All in all, I am feeling a bit better & will soon have things back into perspective but I also know there will always remain a sadness...............deep within.

RED WING BLACKBIRD 

A heartfelt & sincere thank you to everyone for all your comments, shouts, emails & Facebook messages once again.  So very, very much appreciated by Kelly & I.  And, the little Motormouse too:))

  

FEMALE EASTERN TOWHEE & A WHITE THROATED SPARROW...(THANKS JUDY) 

I will have Groaner's Corner up & running again in a few days.  Just not quite there yet.........

 

THE BIRDFEEDER BULLY'S ARE BACK......GRACKLES!!!! 

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