STILL WAITING FOR SPRING!!!!

Yesterday as I was driving

home I stopped to consider

one of my favorite places

that is still closed for the

Winter.

This is Bay Beach.
Our small town amusement park
where tickets still cost
25 cents each and it
costs one, or two, tickets
per ride.

This is the  pavilion where

our daughter, Mimi,

got married 

a few years ago.

It was the first wedding held there

in 40 years!

They treated us like royalty

and gave everyone 

free tickets for rides.

Everyone loved it!

However, today it is 

CLOSED!

This is the Zippin-Pippin~

It was Elvis Presley's favorite

roller coaster.

The city bought it a few years ago

and had it erected at 

the amusement park.

I finally got a chance to ride it

last year with my granddaughters.

Do you KNOW how much

I love roller coasters?

Does that surprise you?

I am the one in the front row

with my arms in the air;

discreetly covered so my fat arms
(as SweetCheeks so fondly calls them)

don't wave in the breeze!

And as I look around,

I see the little train station buttoned tight.

Its little cars and engine parked inside.

SHUT!

The small pavilions are empty,

benches tilted sideways.
CLOSED!

The swings have no load

to carry-except for the snow

that has been covering them.

We do have bits and pieces of

GREEN showing through here and there.

However, everything is still

CLOSED!

The playground equipment

echoes with the whistles

of the wind.

CLOSED!

Finally ~I look up and see

the Spring sky and notice a

jet has scratched its way

across the surface.

My deck chairs sit sadly,

waiting...waiting...waiting...

for Spring when they will

be filled with a warm body

~or a wet one~

depending on the day.

Yep!  I am

READY FOR SPRING.

And..what else is ready for

Spring?
Not this one-

he appears
to still be hibernating!

I hope you have a wonderful,

wonderful Thursday.

Next week at this time I will be on my way

HERE!

CAN'T WAIT!!!!

Giving You The Bird

Yep-It's true-

Today I am flipping you a picture of

A BIRD.

This one sits on the right side of 

my mantle.

This one sits on the left side of the mantle.

Just realized that he looks like he is molting.

AND look at that "wing tip" hairdo.

I'd say he will be flipping off and headed to

BIRD HEAVEN 

after this season.

I don't like to overdo the mantle

in our family room

because I don't want to cover up

our artwork done by local artist

Carolyn Barnard.

It is called

BAY BEACH.

 Sorry-best I could do with

the light that floods this room.

        
            Our youngest daughter got married

there-out back by the water

a few years ago.

What you see is the back veranda of

the pavillion.

So- That's it-

 A bit of Fall in the Family Room.

I got lots more to show you...

but first I got another 

BIRD to take care of.

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Is it just me or does

THAT CHICKEN

look shy?  

Happy Saturday!!!