WISHED I COULD THINK OF SOMETHING INTERESTING TO WRITE ABOUT

After publishing last night's post, I did something on the spur of the moment that I had not done for maybe a decade or more.  I walked out to our carport, hopped onto Kelly's bicycle and took myself for a ride around a couple blocks here in our Bayfield Pines Park.  I was a bit wobbly heading out our driveway but one never really forgets how to ride a bicycle and I was no exception.  It sure felt good for my legs leaving them a little rubbery when I returned to the house.

 HEADING INTO BAYFIELD ON OLD RIVER ROAD

 THE MAJORITY OF BOAT DOCKS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THE SEASON

 BOAT DOCK REFLECTION

WORKERS ARE BUSY WITH THE BOAT DOCK INSTALLATIONS

 BAYFIELD'S SOUTH PIER FISHERMEN

After a Jeep ride into Bayfield and back for the furry Kid and I this morning I hitched up the utility trailer, loaded up my piles of yard waste, and dumped the load at our Park's recycle area.  All went well under clear blue sunny skies.  Following that, I knew enough to head back into the house and put my feet up to give my hip a rest.  If I do things in moderation I will be okay.  Wished I could think of something interesting to write about for a change............

A DRIVE THROUGH BAYFIELD

Al's Music Box:(( Telegraph Road (this song is a slow starter so give it time to build.....and it is 14 minutes long) "Telegraph Road" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, written by Mark Knopfler. It is the opening track on the 1982 album Love over Gold.   While it received limited airplay due to its 14-minute length, it has become one of the band's most beloved songs.   Telegraph Road is a major north-south 70-mile (110 km) thoroughfare in Michigan, and Mark Knopfler was inspired to write the song while riding in the front of the tour bus, which made the journey down Telegraph Road. At the same time, Knopfler was reading the novel Growth of the Soil by the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author Knut Hamsun and he was inspired to put the two together and write a song about the beginning of the development along Telegraph Road and the changes over the ensuing decades.  In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone magazine, David Fricke praised "Telegraph Road", and he characterized as a "challenge to the average pop fan's attention span" with its "historic sweep and intimate tension."; it is overall considered as one of the band's best songs if not outright their absolute masterpiece.  Loudersound.com ranks "Telegraph Road" 6th among Dire Straits' best songs, while Return of Rock ranks it 5th, describing it as "A fourteen-minute masterpiece worth every second of its length, which it deserves to be on the list of the best long-form songs and progressive rock songs."

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A football coach was asked about his star lineman.  The coach replied, "He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I have seen his grades and there are a lot of words he doesn't know the meaning of!"

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A Nod to the International Day of Older Persons!

- An old woman is sitting at a bar when an older gentleman sits down beside her.  "So," he says, "Do I come here often?"

- What is a prize old people can win for aging?  Atrophy.

- I used to know a couple who grew fruit trees together.  - They lived to a ripe old age.

- What’s the best part of old age?  That it doesn’t last very long.

- These are not gray hairs! They are
wisdom highlights.

- Which underwear brand do seniors love best?  - It Depends.

- What’s the secret to having a smoking hot body as a senior?  Cremation.

- Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don’t mind getting older, then it really doesn’t matter.

- How is the moon like dentures?  Both come out at night.

- Now that I’ve gotten older, everything’s finally starting to click for me.  My knees, my back, my neck …

- Of all your children, the only one who won’t grow up and move away is your husband.
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China has built the largest navy in the world while we focus on color, gender, and what cartoons offend us.  Sleep well, my fellow idiots!!

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 RAINY DAYS ARE JUST A NORMAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE

I JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT WITH MYSELF

  FOR ME, THIS IS WHAT I CALL A NICE-LOOKING SPRING DAY

On this sunny Monday morning, it was out to our gravel road walking spot for Pheebs and I.  Great to be out in the fresh air.  A short Jeep ride around a few familiar country roads and we headed for home.

 AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GREEN

 I FIGURE THIS IS AN OLD UFO LANDING SITE:))

 A PIECE OF FARM MACHING WAITING TO BE HITCHED UP AND HAULED OFF TO WORK

Feeling energetic I wanted to get a lot of 'to-do' things stroked off my list.  After Saturday night's rain, I knew the Park's recycle area would be muddy so I didn't load my yard waste into the utility trailer Sunday.  I plan on doing that Tuesday.  Today I concentrated on our carport's storage area which is now cleaned up and reorganized for the summer.  I brought our battery-operated lawn mower out of storage and it's ready to go.  I'll take it for a walk around our bunny trail tomorrow and chew up the leaves on the path.  I charged up our battery-powered weed whacker too.  Hosed off Kelly's bicycle and added air to the tires.  I also gathered up more downed twigs and branches from the big windstorm a few days ago as well. 

 OUR FLOWERBED TRILLIUMS WILL SOON BE IN BLOOM

I was unable to get as much done as I would have liked today because my hip has been bothering me for the last few days.  It was fine this morning when Pheebs and I walked our country road but it became sorer the more I did around the yard later.  Resting it for a couple hours this afternoon took the soreness away and I was later able to take Pheebs for a walk over to the Park's pond and back with no problem.  I just have to be patient with myself.

SO FAR I HAVE COUNTED SIX FROGS IN OUR FRONT YARD FROG POND 

 A COUPLE FROGS ENJOYING TODAY'S WARM SUNSHINE

PHEEBS ALWAYS LIKES TO HELP ME WITH THE YARD WORK

Kelly had an unexpected bout of chest pains last night that were severe enough to cause her to throw up.  She's doing okay today but those sudden chest pains were something new.  It's still over two months until her next Doctor's appointment at London's University Hospital.  She recently started another new heavier medication for the severe itching and maybe that had something to do with her chest pains.     

 A FLOWERING SHRUB/TREE IN OUR FRONT YARD

Al's Music Box:)) Love Letters is a 1945 popular song with lyrics by Edward Heyman and music by Victor Young.  In 1962, Era Records released Ketty Lester's version of "Love Letters" as a single, backed by her version of "I'm a Fool to Want You".  Lester's recording of "Love Letters", which featured Lincoln Mayorga's sparse piano and organ arrangement and Earl Palmer on drums, reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1962. The single also reached No. 2 on the R&B chart and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, selling over 1 million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. In 1991, it was ranked 176th on the RIAA's list of the Songs of the Century.  Lester's version appeared in David Lynch's 1986 film Blue Velvet, playing during a police raid on Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper)'s apartment, and on its accompanying soundtrack album.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man who had been in a mental institution for some years finally improved to the point where it was thought he might be released. The psychiatrist who ran the institution decided it was better to proceed with caution, and chose to interview him first.  "Tell me," said the doctor, "if we release you, as we are considering, what do you plan to do with your life?"  The inmate said, "It would be wonderful to get back to real life, and if I do, I will certainly refrain from making my former mistake. I was a nuclear physicist, you see, and it was the stress of my work in weapons research that helped to put me here. If I am released, I shall limit myself to work in pure theory, where I believe the situation will be less difficult and stressful."  "Wonderful," said the psychiatrist.  "Or else," continued the patient, "I might teach. There is something to be said for dedicating your life to expanding the knowledge of young people."  "Definitely," said the psychiatrist. "Then again, I might write. There is always a need for books on science, or I may even write a novel based on my experiences in the psychiatric institution."  "Another interesting possibility," agreed the doctor.  "And finally, if none of these things appeals to me, I can always continue to be a teakettle."

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A Native American takes a trip to New York. He gets lost and asks a traffic cop for directions. The cop points him the way and then says, ‘And how are you enjoying our fine city?'  The Native American says, ‘It's great. And how are you enjoying our fine country?'
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THE DAY JUST KIND OF PUTTERED ALONG

 I THINK THIS FARMER HAS BEEN BUSY DOING SOME PLOWING

It was the rolling thunder and lightning flashes that startled me out of my sleep before 6 a.m. this morning so I guess you could kinda say, 'I started my day off with a 'bang'.  And, from there the day just kind of puttered along.  A short Jeep ride with Pheebs, more relaxing yard work, an afternoon walk around the Park's pond, finished another book, and that was about it..........

 WITH RECENT RAINS THERE IS A LOT OF WATER IN THE DITCHES

 EVEN THIS NORMALLY DRY FOREST FLOOR IS UNDER WATER

 LAST YEAR'S HARVESTED CORNFIELD WAITS TO BE PREPPED FOR THIS YEAR'S CROP WHATEVER IT MAY BE

Al's Music Box:)) Girl From The North Country  (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country") is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-recorded the song as a duet with Johnny Cash in February 1969.  That recording became the opening track on Nashville Skyline, Dylan's ninth studio album.  The song was written following Dylan’s first trip to England in December 1962, upon what he thought to be the completion of his second album. It is debated as to whom this song is a tribute: some claim former girlfriend Echo Helstrom, and some Bonnie Beecher, both of whom Dylan knew before leaving for New York. However, it is suspected that this song could have been inspired by his then-girlfriend, Suze Rotolo. Dylan left England for Italy to search for Suze, whose continuation of studies there had caused a serious rift in their relationship. Unbeknownst to Dylan, Rotolo had already returned to the United States, leaving about the same time that Dylan arrived in Italy. It was there that he finished the song, ostensibly inspired by the apparent end of his relationship with Rotolo. Upon his return to New York in mid-January, he persuaded Rotolo to get back together, and to move back into his apartment on 4th Street. Suze Rotolo is the woman featured on the album cover, walking arm in arm with Dylan down Jones Street, not far from their apartment.  While in London, Dylan met several figures in the local folk scene, including English folksinger Martin Carthy. "I ran into some people in England who really knew those [traditional English] songs," Dylan recalled in 1984. "Martin Carthy, another guy named Bob Davenport. Martin Carthy's incredible. I learned a lot of stuff from Martin." Carthy exposed Dylan to a repertoire of traditional English ballads, including Carthy's own arrangement of "Scarborough Fair," which Dylan drew upon for aspects of the melody and lyrics of "Girl from the North Country," including the line from the refrain "Remember me to one who lives there, she once was a true love of mine". Musically, this song is nearly identical to his composition "Boots of Spanish Leather", composed and recorded one year later for the album The Times They Are a-Changin'.

 THE GREENING OF SPRING

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Two guys were doing construction on a house. One of them who was nailing down siding would reach into his nail pouch, pull out a nail, and then either toss it over his shoulder or nail it into the siding.  The other guy, figuring this was worth looking into, asked, "Why are you throwing those nails  away?"  The first guy explained, "If I pull a nail out of my pouch and it's pointed towards me, I throw it away 'cause it's defective. If it's pointed toward the house, then I nail it into the siding."  The second guy was outraged. He yelled, "You moron! The nails pointed towards you aren't defective! They're for the other side of the house!"

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Miser to son: "Son, how much did it cost when you took your girlfriend to dinner yesterday?"
Son: "Dad, it was only $25.00."
Dad: "Oh, that’s not too bad."
Son: "It would've been more, but that was all the money she had on her."

- The bride, upon her engagement, went to her mother and said, "I've found a man just like Dad!"  Her mother replied, "So what you want from me, sympathy?"

- Why is 6 afraid of 7?  Because 7,8,9.

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After hearing a sermon about lies and deceit, a man wrote the IRS: "I have been unable to sleep, knowing that I have cheated on my income tax. I have reviewed my taxable income and have enclosed a check for $900.  If I still can't sleep, I will send the rest."

- The Copper Clapper Caper by Johnny Carson and Jack Webb.

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