AND NO, I DID NOT GET MY DRIVER'S LICENSE IN A CORNFLAKES BOX

 MY BUDDY RICHARD WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR OF THIS CAR

I think it was a combination of clouds and smoke from the western wildfires that blotted out Monday evening's sun.  On the way out to my walking road, I could see the sun in my rear-view mirror as a big reddish-orange ball about 10 degrees up off the horizon.  When I made the left turn onto my gravel road and looked west, the sun had already totally disappeared.  So, no sunset.  Later, coffee to go in Clinton, a stop at my night sky place where I sat for a while listening to the sounds of crickets in the night.  A sure sign that the summer season is rapidly moving on.  It is generally mid-August when I sense the change in the air, and it's the sound of those many crickets that plays a big part in that change.  I love the sound of crickets at night.  I was home before ten o'clock............ I didn't take any photos today until late afternoon, and every photo I did take, except three were drive-by photos along Goderich's shoreline road. 

A SILVERY LOOKING LAKE HURON AGAINST WHAT I THINK MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SMOKY SKY

An earlier start this morning because I had a 9:30 appointment with my optometrist in Clinton.  It wasn't a regular eye appointment this time; it was an appointment for Dr. Weaver to check the status of the cataracts in my eyes.  It was this appointment that would decide if I am ready for cataract surgery.  Had my fingers crossed that I would be because my sight has been in a steady decline, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to put my blog together because I have to use a magnifying glass to read a lot of smaller print I come across, etc.  My left eye is compromised more than my right eye.  After examining my eyes, Dr. Weaver again told me the same thing he told me six months ago. 'I can't understand how you can still see as well as you do with the state of your cataracts'.  He said he would refer me to the cataract surgeon from Stratford anyway, but cautioned that I may not be accepted because this fellow is very strict about 'the numbers'.  The earliest I can get an appointment with this surgeon is sometime between six and eight months from now.  And, as I said, I could be turned down at that time.  So, with my magnifying glass on a table beside me, I'll just have to muddle my way along until this winter or maybe next Spring or Summer sometime.  It is what it is........... Following my appointment, I zipped back to the Park and picked up neighbor Monica for a ten-thirty eye appointment at the same place I just had mine, and with the same optometrist, Dr. Weaver.  Luckily, I was able to get her there with about two minutes to spare.

Headed for Goderich's 360 Bikes n Boards late this afternoon with the E-Bikes on the car.  The bike mechanic there comes in around 4:30, so I wanted to be there to get a few things looked at on our bikes.  Woody's bike had a slow leak in the front tire, so he put a new tube in.  The seat also needed to be put on correctly.  I had put it on incorrectly a couple of months ago.  The rear light needed new batteries, and that was done as well.  Basically, he did a tune-up service on both bikes.  My bike has a low howl in the back wheel, but it's perfectly rideable.  They will try to get me a new wheel, but it has to come from China, and parts have not been moving readily.  Can't say enough about how nice the mechanic guy was, plus all the staff there at 360.  A great bunch of people, and it's not their fault that there is a parts problem with the particular models of bikes we have.  While in Goderich, I was also able to get my driver's license renewed.  And no, I did not get my driver's license in a cornflakes box. (an old high school saying)  

 AT 360'S BACK DOOR WITH THE BIKES

 THAT'S WOODSY'S BIKE ON THE MECHANICIC STAND

 PEOPLE ENJOYING SOME SUMMER WEATHER AT THE BEACH

 I THINK THIS SEAGULL STANDING ON A SWING SET IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THAT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT OUT THERE OVER LAKE HURON

AND I EVEN GOT A QUICK SNAP OF A MERMAID SITTING ON A ROCK

 ALWAYS NICE TO SEE FAMILIES ENJOYING THEIR DAY

Al's Music Box:: Walkin After Midnight by Patsy Cline.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Once upon a time, the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said,"Someone  may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job. Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies. Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports. Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So they created the following positions: a timekeeper and a payroll officer, then hired two people. Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people: an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary. Then Congress said, "We have had this operating for one year, and we are $18,000 over budget. We must cut back overall cost." So they laid off the night watchman.

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Sign on company bulletin board: “This firm requires no physical-fitness program. Everyone gets enough exercise jumping to conclusions, flying of the handle, running down the boss, flogging dead horses, knifing friends in the back, dodging responsibility, and pushing their luck.”

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A farmer was driving along the road with a load of fertilizer. A little boy, playing in front of his house, saw him and called, "What've you got in your truck?" "Fertilizer," the farmer replied.
"What are you going to do with it?" asked the little boy. "Put it on strawberries," answered the farmer. "You ought to live here," the little boy advised him. "We put sugar and cream on ours."

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