HMMMM, SEEMS TO BE SOMEHING GOING ON AT BAYFIELD'S HARBOR MOUTH Woke up to the sound of rain on the roof and heard my sore overworked muscles heave a sigh of relief saying, "Yay, we get a break today.  Another part of my brain quickly retaliated with, "Hold on guys, we still have more bags of mulch to pick up this morning".  I heard a collective Booooo!!  THIS GREEN FROG REALLY LIKES THE NEW BROWN MULCH AND HAS BEEN HANGING AROUND THIS SPOT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS With a slight drizzle in the air, Pheebs and I headed into Bayfield for a swing down around the harbo ..read more

 AREA FARMERS ARE BUSY ON THE LAND I can't help but marvel each morning now when I part our living room curtains to see the ever-greening season of Spring unfolding outside.  And, it's a double treat on sunny days with the early morning Sun backlighting all the burgeoning new leaves giving them an almost neon flare.  Such a welcome contrast from just a month or two ago when the last vestiges of a gray Winter still had us all in its lingering icy grip.  TULIPS ALONG THE ROADSIDE Pheebs and I headed off to Goderich this morning to look for a few things ..read more

  NICE TO SEE SO MANY TULIPS IN BLOOM AND THESE ARE AT A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE ACROSS THE ROAD Well, I figured the best way to deal with aching muscles is to put em back to work again so that is what I did.  After Pheebs and I returned from our morning country road walk under cloudy skies, I grabbed my shovel and fired up the wheelbarrow.  I was hoping that the waterlogged stone dust had lost some of its weight overnight but it hadn't.  It still felt like each shovel full weighed about 112 pounds.  And, for the second day in a row I am very appreciative for th ..read more

 OUR NEIGHBOR MONICA'S MAGNOLIA TREE IS IN BLOOM Each morning when I peer out of our large east-facing living room window I can see my view turning greener by the day as the trees and shrubbery continue to quickly grow and fill in my view.  Disappearing quickly is winter's gray and stark colorless landscape.  Oh, how wonderful to see those horrible horrible winter months gone!!  While looking out the window a white pick-up truck backed into our driveway with my load of stone dust.  GOLDCOAST DELIVERS MY STONE DUST My seven bags of mulch for the front ..read more

 IT'S THAT MARSH MERRIGOLD TIME OF YEAR AGAIN An overcast gloomy looking morning but at least temperatures came up to 73F. under sunny skies later.  By late afternoon it was thunder, lightning, and rain.  Groovy.    I THINK BY THE TIME THESE FELLERS IN FRONT OF SHOPBIKE COFFEE ROASTERS WRAP IT UP THEY WILL NO DOUBT HAVE ALL OF THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS SOLVED Pheebs and I headed to Gold Coast Landscaping south of Bayfield earlier today to have a look at some mulch for the flower beds.  On the way, Richard went by the other way ..read more

A LONE DANDELION ALONGSIDE THE ROAD The last time I had taken a drive out into the countryside to have a look at the starry night sky was probably late last year sometime.  Sunday night, as soon it was dark enough, the Jeep and I headed out to have a look at the stars.  It was a beautiful night with an unusually warm late April wind blowing as I stood beside the Jeep looking up.  I immediately noticed the Big Dipper was straight overhead.  And then something a little odd.  I had noticed a few faint flashes out of the corner of my eye on my way out to the count ..read more

 GRACKLE Rain came in the night knocking out our power just long enough to have to reprogram all the timers yet again this morning but at least it brought slightly warmer temperatures along with it.  About time!!  A rainy drive into Bayfield for Pheebs and I to pick up a couple more bags of birdseed at the Porter's Hill Wild Birdseed Company  I thought the Grackles would have backed off our bird feeders by now, but no....the feeders are still being Grackleized.  The problem also is, the Grackles scare away all the smaller songbirds that are here now and i ..read more

Another bright sunny day and another cold windy morning with below freezing temps overnight.  A short Jeep ride for Pheebs and I and we were home again.  With the wind blocked from getting into our Park by the pine trees, I spent an hour or so raking up a couple wheelbarrow loads of small branches and pine needles in our backyard.  I also raked another couple of wheelbarrow loads of pine needles and leaves on the little path across the road leading through of copse of trees to the Park's pond.    SPRING IS TAKING ITS TIME THIS YEAR BUT IT'S COMING ..read more

 A BUMBLE BEE IN OUR RHODODENDRON A big bright sunny morning, but once again we woke up to two degrees below the freezing mark.  This persistent cold air every day is really getting annoying!!!!  And, here we are, less than a week away from May.  CEDAR BRANCHES AT THE END OF OUR DRIVEWAY  PRIMROSE IN OUR FRONT FLOWERBED OUR FRONT YARD WHITE MAGNOLIA IS IN BLOOM It was Richard's turn to drive so he picked me up at 9:30 and we headed off on our semi-monthly Thursday morning country road coffee run.  Our travels this morning too ..read more

 TWO GOSLINGS ON OUR PARK'S POND It was an early start for just me in the Jeep this morning.  With an oil change booked for 8 a.m. at Napa True-Center AutoPro I was on the road shortly after 7:30 making my way to Goderich in a wind-driven freezing cold drizzle.  Why that miserable drizzle didn't turn to snow I don't know.  I was glad to get home later to a warm toasty house and I had no intentions of venturing outside.  However......  LOCAL FARMERS ARE BEGINNING TO GET ON THE LAND Skies began clearing early this afternoon so despite a ..read more