I WAS INSTANTLY TURBO CHARGED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY

THIS IS THE THIRD SUMMER CUTTING FOR THIS ALFALFA FIELD

I was surprised when arriving at my walking spot this morning to see that the alfalfa field on the east side of the road had once again been cut.  That's the third cutting of that alfalfa crop this summer.  

THE LAST CUTTING OF THIS FIELD WAS BALED AND WRAPPED

Wednesday evening, with a big half Moon hanging in the southern sky, casting its glow across the darkened landscape, it wasn't a good night for stargazing, but I was still out there at my night sky spot after my walk.  I once again enjoyed listening to the Crickets, but with a sadness in my heart.  I don't know where it came from, but it just came. Fortunately, when I woke up this morning, the sadness had dissipated, and it was the beginning of a new day. Luckily, this time, I was able to locate my Giddy-Up-Go button and quickly press it.  I was instantly turbo-charged for the rest of the day and buzzed about getting all the things done that I had set aside for the previous few days.   

With our nighttime temps now dropping into the mid-fifties, I was compelled to turn on the furnace this morning for a short while to take the chill out of the air.

 THIS FIELD IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MY WALKING ROAD AT THE LEFT

Al's Music Box:: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly performed by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. {In the video, the ukulele experts play an entertaining, skilful and unique version of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. It’s got a long intro as they set the scene, but allow yourself to be absorbed into the music just before they erupt into a brilliant performance} And, Al says, watch for the whistler to make a little booboo, and note his, and the audience's reaction to it:))

 I'VE HEARD IT SAID THAT AFTER THE GOLDEN ROD BLOOMS ITS YELLOW FLOWER, OUR FIRST FROST WILL BE SIX WEEKS LATER

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A Sunday school teacher asked her students to draw a picture of their favorite Old Testament story. As she moved around the class, she saw there were many wonderful drawings being done. Then she came across the drawing of one little boy. He was busy drawing a man driving an old car. In the backseat were two passengers—both scantily dressed.”"It's a lovely picture,” prompted the teacher, “but which story does it tell?”The little boy seemed surprised at the question. “Well,” he exclaimed, “doesn't it say in the Bible that God drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden?”

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A couple of young children are at day care one day when one of the little girls approaches Tommy and says, "Hey, Tommy, wanna play house?" "Sure! What do you want me to do?" he asks. The little girl replies, "I want you to communicate your feelings."

"Communicate my feelings?" questions a bewildered Tommy. "I have no idea what that means..."The little girl smirks and says, "Perfect. You can be the husband."

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Two bees ran into each other. The first bee asked the other how things were going.
"Really bad," said the second bee. "The weather has been really wet and damp, and there aren't any flowers or pollen, so I can't make any honey." "No problem," said the first bee. "Just fly down five blocks and turn left. Keep going until you see all the cars. A Bar Mitzvah is going on, and there are all kinds of fresh flowers and fruit."
"Thanks for the tip," said the second bee, and he flew away.  A few hours later, the two bees ran into each other again. The first bee asked, "How'd it go?""Great!" said the second bee. "It was everything you said it would be." "Uh, what's that thing on your head?" asked the first bee. "That's my yarmulke," said the second bee. "I didn't want them to think I was a wasp."

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MY GIDDY-UP-GO' BUTTON

A BEAUTIFUL SKY ON MY MORNING WALK

A late-day cloud cover rolled in Tuesday evening and quashed my stargazing.  Not one of my better days today.  Just couldn't seem to find my 'Giddy-Up-Go button................ 

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Al's Music Box:: Time by the Alan Parsons Project.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Jacob, age 92, and Rebecca, age 89, living in Florida, are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way they pass a drugstore. Jacob suggests they go in.........

Jacob addresses the man behind the counter: Are you the owner?
The pharmacist answers, Yes.
Jacob: We're about to get married. Do you sell heart medication?
Pharmacist: Of course we do.
Jacob: How about medicine for circulation?
Pharmacist: All kinds.
Jacob: Medicine for rheumatism and scoliosis?
Pharmacist: Definitely.
Jacob: Medicine for memory problems, arthritis, jaundice?
Pharmacist: Yes, a large variety. The works.
Jacob: What about vitamins, sleeping pills, Geritol, antidotes for Parkinsons disease?
Pharmacist: Absolutely.
Jacob: You sell wheelchairs and walkers?
Pharmacist: All speeds and sizes.
Jacob: Okay, that's great. We would like to use this store as our Bridal Registry.

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Wife: 'What are you doing?'
Husband: Nothing.
Wife: 'Nothing...? You've been reading our marriage certificate for an hour.'
Husband: 'I was looking for the expiration date.'

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A man died and arrived at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter greets him and says, "Welcome. Come walk with me and I'll show you where you'll be staying."As they're walking along the path, he notices clocks on the Golden Fence of Heaven. He asks St. Peter, "What are all those clocks for?"St. Peter replies, "They’re clocks for every person in the world. They click once for each time you lie."By the time they reach where the man is staying, he asks out of curiosity, "I didn't see any politicians’ clocks. Where are they kept?" St. Peter calmly replies, "People here use them as fans."

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'A-HA' I THOUGHT, THAT HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF AIRCRAFT

PERHAPS A VERY EARLY TOUCH OF AUTUMN

Another fine summer's night for being out and about Monday evening.  Both the Moon and the Planet Venus were the first two prominent objects in the sky after sunset.  As darkness fell, I spotted a bright object low to the horizon to the west.  Too bright for a planet, so out came my binoculars, and I watched this thing for close to ten minutes, trying to logically figure it out. It was yellowish in color with touches of a few red points at the perimeter.  At first thought it was a small aircraft heading my way with its landing lights on.  But, the object never moved.  It did not come closer or move to the right or left.  It just hung in the sky very low above a distant tree line on the far away horizon.  It was due west of me in the direction of Lake Huron.  Finally, it faded and disappeared into the horizon.  Then, as I turned to my left, I saw what looked to be the same object many miles to the south in the direction of Bayfield.  With that, I quickly hauled out my tripod to mount the binoculars on for steadiness.  I watched this object for a while and finally noticed a green light as well.  'A-ha',  I thought, that has to be some kind of aircraft, and sure enough it was.  I estimated it was flying north along the coastline, and I was able to see both of its wing lights, and I think a pulsing white light.  So, I have to assume that the first object I saw was an aircraft as well.  But why so bright and stationary for so long?? Plus, aircraft do not have landing lights facing rearward.  Also, while I had the binoculars on the tripod, I scanned the sky in the direction of the constellation Scorpius and was rewarded with seeing the most satellites I have ever seen.  I think with my poorer vision now I just haven't been seeing them, but with the binoculars focused to each individual eye, the stars were as clear as a bell, and the moving satellites were easy for me to spot.  I'm guessing upwards of a dozen.  How magical it was as I watched the straight-trajectory stars (satellites) flying around in all different directions, crisscrossing and following each other as they trekked across the star-studded night sky....This morning, I was accompanied by both Monarch and little yellow butterflies again on my walk, and if skies clear up a bit, I will be back out under the stars again tonight:))

I WAS HOPING MY iPHONE WOULD HAVE PICKED UP THE PLANET VENUS, BUT IT DIDN'T; JUST THE NEARLY HALF MOON ON THE LEFT

 MY SONY CAM PICKED UP VENUS, AND IT IS THE FAINT DOT AT THE VERY RIGHT SIDE

 WATCHING SATELLITES SEEMINGLY PASS THROUGH THE STARS

Al's Music Box:: Strangers In The Night by Frank Sinatra.

 NO, THAT ISN'T A LITTLE GREEN ALIEN...IT'S A HOSTA LEAF

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A friend asked a gentleman how it is that he never married ? Replied the gentleman, "Well, I guess I just never met the right woman ... I guess I've been looking for the perfect girl." "Oh, come on now," said the friend, "Surely you have met at least one girl that you wanted to marry." "Yes, there was one girl .. once. I guess she was the one perfect girl... the only perfect girl I really ever met. She was just the right everything .. I really mean that she was the perfect girl for me." "Well, why didn't you marry her," asked the friend. "She was looking for the perfect man," he said.

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Most of growing old is realizing that you don't look as bad as a few years ago as you thought you did, because now it's even worse.

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Adam and Eve had an ideal marriage. He didn't have to hear about all the men she could have married, and she didn't have to hear about the way his mother cooked.

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A group of tourists were looking down into the depths of the Grand Canyon. "Do you know," asked the guide, "that it took millions and millions of years for this great abyss to be carved out?" "Well, I'll be darned," exclaimed one traveler. "I never knew this was a government job."

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A noted biologist, who had been studying little green frogs in a swamp, was stumped. The frog population, despite efforts at predator control, was declining at an alarming rate. A chemist at a nearby college came up with a solution: The frogs, due to a chemical change in the swamp water, simply couldn't stay coupled long enough to reproduce successfully. The chemist then brewed up a new adhesive to assist the frogs' togetherness, which included one part sodium. It seems the little green frogs needed some monosodium glue to mate.

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