WHETHER WE UNDERSTAND IT OR NOT

 OUR STREET HERE IN THE PARK IS CALLED SUGAR MAPLE AND IS APTLY NAMED

Using some sound logic, I figure these back-to-back rainy days are payback for our previous back-to-back sunny days.  Yup, that's what it's got to be alright!!  Or, d'ya suppose it's got something to do with the current change of seasons.  Oh well, despite the rainy drizzle, I hooked up the utility trailer and hauled another partial wet load of pine needles, tree branches, and fallen leaves off to the Park's recycling area.  It turned out to be a bit of muddy business.  But, no problem.  With our outside water still turned on, I was able to hose myself and the car off after I returned home.

 A FEW PHOTOS ALONG OUR STREET EARLIER TODAY

 OUR DRIVEWAY IS JUST UP THERE ON THE LEFT

With a poor night's sleep, Woodsy was feeling a little under the weather today.  Aww shucks, there I go mentioning the 'weather' word again!!  Oh yes, proud to be a Canadian eh:))

 NUTHATCH

 THIS MIGHT BE A TUFTED TITMOUSE

I have totally given up on  all the dog rescue sites.  It is clear to me that my age is against me.  A friend of a friend of mine, talking to some animal people, said it's unlikely the rescue sites will let a dog go to a single person of my age with a very limited future.  I can understand the sites rightfully having the dog's welfare and best interest at heart.  They don't want the re-homed dog having to go through the trauma of having to be re-homed again.  So disappointing and disheartening.  Years ago, we bought Max as a puppy for $5.  Little Cora came to us from Kelly's daughter Sabra, and Kelly brought Checkers home one day from the place where she worked at the time.  And, it was the Zurich Vet Clinic that phoned and told us of a dog in Zurich that needed a new home back in August of 2011.  That dog was of course, was Pheebs.  I do have my name in at Zurich's South Huron Veterinary Clinic in case they have any strays come in, and I did call them today to make sure they still have my name and number.  They do.

It is not always easy trying to remain focused on the present when so much has already happened in the past to remind us of who we are and how we got to where we are today.  We often complain about things we can't remember any longer and yet there is an upside to that.  If we were constantly flooded with good and bad memories of the past, it would be difficult for us to function well in the present.  And, I think that is a built-in safeguard for all of us, whether we understand it or not.

 HAD A FEW PHOTOS LEFT OVER FROM SEVERAL DAYS AGO

 HEADING HOME FROM GODERICH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

OUR PARK'S ENTRANCE OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF BAYFIELD RIVER ROAD

Al's Music Box:: Do You Believe In Magic by the Lovin' Spoonful.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A little girl said, "Grandpa, can I sit on your lap? "Why sure you can," her grandfather replied. As she sat on her grandfather's lap she said, "Grandpa, can you make a sound like a frog?" "A sound like a frog? Well, sure Grandpa can make a sound like a frog." The little girl said, "Grandpa, will you please, please make a sound like a frog?" Perplexed, her grandfather said, "Sweetheart, why do you want me to make a sound like a frog?" And the little girl said, "Because Grandma said that when you croak, we're going to Florida!"

-----------------------------------

Knock Knock

Who's there?
Vlad!
Vlad who?
Vlad to meet you!
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Voodoo!
Voodoo who?
Voodoo you think you are!
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Waddle!
Waddle who?
Waddle you give me if I go away!
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Wade!
Wade who?
Wade till next time!

--------------------------------------------

"Are you writing a thank-you letter to Grandma like I told you to?" "Yes, Mom." "Your handwriting seems very large, why is that?" "Well, Grandma can't hear well, so I'm writing very loudly."

--------------------------------------------

Al's Doggy World

Meanings::

Al's Art Gallery