I STAYED A LONG TIME THERE

 SATURDAY NIGHTS RURAL SUNSET

With daylight becoming shorter with each passing day, I have to pay close attention to the earlier sunset time each evening.  I nearly missed Saturday night's sunset again.  Following my evening walk, I picked up my routine coffee to go in Clinton, and slowly made my way to Tower Hill Line for a star fix.  However, gathering clouds had moved in, blocking out much of the night sky.  No matter, with a mild southerly breeze, it was just nice to be standing out in the quiet stillness of the night.  I stayed a long time there.  Home again, I dozed off early.  Maybe it was all that tedious pressure washing on Saturday. 

Al's Music Box:: Route 66 by Nat King Cole. (One of my all-time favorite singers)

GROANER'S CORNER:(( One Sunday morning, a priest wakes up and decides to go golfing. He calls his boss and says that he feels very sick, and won't be able to go to work. Way up in heaven, Saint Peter sees all this and asks God, Are you really going to let him get away with this? No, I guess not, says God. The priest drives about five to six hours away, so he doesn't bump into anyone he knows. The golf course is empty when he gets there. So he takes his first swing, drives the ball 495 yards away, and gets a hole in one. Saint Peter watches in disbelief and asks, Why did you let him do that? To this God says, Whos he going to tell?

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Knitting makes me yarn for the good old days. These days I have nothing but looming deadlines!

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A man rushed into the doctor's office and shouted, "Doctor! I think I'm shrinking!" The doctor calmly responded, "Now, settle down. You'll just have to be a little patient."

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A Mormon acquaintance once pushed Mark Twain into an argument on the issue of polygamy. After long and tedious expositions justifying the practice, the Mormon demanded that Twain cite any passage of scripture expressly forbidding polygamy. "Nothing easier," Twain replied. "No man can serve two masters."

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a Chinese man walks into a bar in America late one night, and he sees Steven Spielberg. As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushes over to him and asks for his autograph. Instead, Spielberg gives him a slap and says, "You Chinese people bombed our Pearl Harbor; get out of here." The astonished Chinese man replied, "It was not the Chinese who bombed your Pearl Harbor , it was the Japanese". "Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you're all the same," replied Spielberg.

In return, the Chinese man gives Spielberg a slap and says "You sank the Titanic; my forefathers were on that ship." Shocked, Spielberg replies "It was the iceberg that sank the ship, not me." The Chinese man replies, "Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg, you're all the
same."

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I'D APPRECIATE KNOWING IF IT DOES

     IT IS THAT TIME OF THE SEASON AGAIN......APPLES:))

Another picture-perfect early September morn.  Home after my walk I immediately set about taking care of a number of outside tasks, with grass cutting and weed pulling being two of them.  I normally don't put summer garden ornaments and things away until early October, but I felt like doing it this morning, and that is what I did. It's easier for me to do things when I feel like doing them and simultaneously have the energy to do them. I've learned that I had better take advantage of those two things and do as much as I can when the spirit moves me.  Like the old saying goes, 'Strike While The Iron Is Hot'.  Hey, I even cleaned a couple of inside windows.  Well, fancy that:))

 SAW THIS SATURDAY MORNING FARMER OUT SPREADING A LOAD OF GOOD CHEER IN THE FIELD ON THE WEST SIDE OF MY WALKIING ROAD

 APPLES ALONG THE ROADSIDE

 A MONTH FROM NOW THESE LAKESIDE TREES WILL BE ABLAZE WITH COLOR

Friday evening, after my phone call to Aunt Jean in Florida, I slipped out the door, cranked up Subie, and headed east out of the Park.  But not too far.  Woodsy had sent me a Facebook article saying the International Space Station would be flying directly overhead from west to east at precisely 8:35.  I turned left onto the second country road I came to, drove a few hundred yards, and stopped.  Stepping out, I could see the sky was clear and free of clouds.  I quickly looked to the west, and within a minute, there came the ISS right on time and right on track.  There was no mistaking its brightness in the clear night sky, and it was clearly visible as it took the best part of two minutes to traverse the heavens from west to east.  Probably one of the best ISS sightings I've experienced......And, on a different note, a few readers have said there seems to be some problems with my sidebar updating, etc.  I wish I had an answer for that, but I don't.  If I had to guess, I'd say it might be a Blogger problem because a few nights ago I couldn't upload any photos or anything to Groaner's Corner, Al's Doggy World, Meanings, or Al's Art Gallery.  I tried everything I knew, including rebooting the computer several times.  I went to bed thinking the end of my blog was probably at hand.  The next day, when I tried again, everything worked perfectly.  So, I don't know; it could very well be a temporary Blogger issue. I hope the sidebar problem resolves itself, and I'd appreciate knowing if it does. 

 ONE OF THE STREETS IN OUR PARK

 A NEIGHBOR'S HANGING BASKET BESIDE A HEDGE

 GATHERING AND CLEANING UP GARDEN ORNAMENTS BEFORE STORING THEM FOR WINTER

  'HI-HO' 'HI-HO' ITS OFF TO THE STORAGE SHED WE GO

 PRESSURE WASHING THE DECK THIS AFTERNOON

 IF I'M LUCKY, I MIGHT HAVE THIS PROJECT FINISHED SOMETIME BEFORE CHRISTMAS

A Blast From Our Past:)) I wrote this post seventeen years ago today, and you might find my thoughts on painting and decorum interesting, entertaining, or just plum and dumb boring.  Another Painfull Paint Stained Day

 THIS SQUIRREL IS CHEWING ON A BLACK WALNUT ACORN

Al's Music Box:: Summer Breeze by Seals and Crofts.

 GERANIUMS IN THE PARK'S FLOWER BED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Two men are standing by the roadside when a tractor drives past. The driver is ranting and shouting, 'The end of the world is nigh!' One guy says, 'Oh no, we’re all gonna die, what shall we do?' His friend replies, 'Don’t worry about him, that’s just Farmer Geddon!'

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A man was telling his neighbor, "I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art. It's perfect." "Really," answered the neighbor. "What kind is it?" "Twelve thirty."

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- Why couldn't the lifeguard rescue the hippie?' Because he was too far out, man.

- Why does a chicken coop only have two doors? Because if it had four, it would be a chicken sedan.

- Why don't anteaters ever get sick?
Because they are full of little anty-bodies.

- What do you call a caveman passing gas? A blast from the past.

- A tire thief is at large ... and the police are working tirelessly to catch him.

- How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but it takes a long time, and the light bulb has to want to change.

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