'OH-OH'. BUT NOT TO WORRY

 IN OUR PARK TODAY

Thursday's all-day rain ended sometime in the night, and our skies finally cleared late Friday morning.  How nice to feel the warming rays of the sun on our 60F. day.  Despite muddy conditions, I hooked up the utility trailer and hauled a load of branches and yard waste to the Park's recycling area. Woodsy slipped back to Stratford yesterday and will return Sunday.  I think we may still have a few E-bike days left before our weather once again goes into the dumpster for the next six months.  By the way, in case you were wondering...we don't turn the clocks back till Sunday, November 1st at 2 a.m. local time:))

 A FEW COWS ON MY WAY HOME FROM MY MORNING WALK

 THAT'S QUITE A COLORFUL HIPPIE NOSE RING

Undaunted by yesterday's carelessness, I was right back outside this afternoon with my Swede saw and clippers, trimming more dead branches off the Basswood tree.   'Oh-Oh', but not to worry, I didn't cut my extension power cord again this time.  But I did have to cut my trimming short after a while when the pain in my upper back and lower neck began biting at me again.  This blasted aging thing is the pits!!

 I THINK MANY AREA CORN FIELDS ARE ONLY WEEKS AWAY FROM HARVEST

 SUMAC TREES ARE SPORTING THEIR FIERY RED LEAVES

 AUTUMN COLORS ARE SLOWLY SPREADING

 OUR PARK'S SOUTH END

Memories Music Box::  Rock The Boat by the Hues Corporation.

 IN OUR PARK TODAY

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A minister told his congregation, "Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17." The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the minister asked for a show of hands. He wanted to know how many had read Mark 17. Every hand went up. The minister smiled and said, "Mark has only sixteen chapters. I will now proceed with my sermon on the sin of lying."

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Q: What do you call a dog wearing ear muffs?
A: Anything you want -- he can't hear you.

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Knock Knock
Who's there?
Heaven!
Heaven who?
Heaven seen you in ages!

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On the Listening Tour, a prominent politician was pleased and proud that the local sandwich shop in a town he was visiting had named a sandwich after him.
He was somewhat less pleased after he found out what was in it. "Mostly baloney," said the proprietor.

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A female student wished to make some potassium hydroxide solution and decided to throw a large lump of potassium into a bucket of water. Her professor observed what she was about to do, out of the corner of his eye and hurried towards her, and after confirming this was what she was intending to do, asked her first to stir the water in the bucket for five minutes before adding the potassium.
She was puzzled and ran after him to ask the purpose of this action. 'It will give me time to get clear of the building,' said the professor.

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TRY TO SEE THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF YOUR FOIBLES

 IT'S NOT OFTEN I SEE FREE-RANGE CHICKENS ANYMORE, BUT BY GOLLY, HERE ARE TWO AT A NEIGHBORING FARM

Rain came in the night and stayed for most of the day.  I had a light hanging project going on outside, and between drizzles, I decided to move one of the front yard night lights from one side of a Basswood tree to the other side.  Hauled out my long ladder and got right at it.  Weaving the extension power cord through and around the branches, I soon had the light hanging in the right place and working fine.  And then I made a mistake.  I decided, while having the ladder out, I'd take the time to cut some dead branches out of the tree.  Can you see where I going with this??:(( With my cutters, I soon had dead branches coming down with a sharp snip here, a solid cut there, then all of a sudden I had a 'Pop n Sparks' there!!  What!!!!  Yup, I had cut right through the power cord I had just strung through the branches for the night light.  !!#%&$@!!  I spent the next twenty minutes resplicing and retaping that break.  Painstakingly stringing the power cord through the branches, I had the light working once more.  Then, my short-term memory, of course, let me down again as I proceeded to make my second mistake, and oh yes, you are already shaking your head, knowing full well what my second mistake was.  I decided to finish up cutting down the last of the dead branches. It wasn't long before it was 'Snap-Crackle and Pop' all over again as I cut through the power cord for a second time!!!! #@%&$!!!!  And both those cuts were only about twelve inches apart.  And yes, I actually did this to myself today!!  I spent another twenty minutes resplicing and retaping the power cord, and I can tell you that it wasn't only the night light bulb that was blue, but the air all around me had a heavy tinge of blue to it as well !! I know the question for some readers now is, "Why would he write about doing something so carelessly stupid?  Well, I know many readers have probably made the same kinds of silly and careless mistakes as well so I'm just saying, no matter what seemingly dumb thing you did, and no matter how upset you were with yourself at the time, give yourself a break and try to see the humorous side of your foibles.  I'm sure others do:))

YOU CAN KINDA SEE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE POWER CORD WHERE I HAD TO FIX IT

Memories Music Box:: Us And Them by Pink Floyd.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He says he's going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for the loan, so the man hands over the keys to a new Rolls-Royce. The car is parked on the street in front of the bank; he has the title and everything checks out. The bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the man for using a $250,000 Rolls as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then proceeds to drive the Rolls into the bank's underground garage and parks it there. Two weeks later, the man returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, "Skr, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?" The man replies, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return?"'

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Q: What's the difference between the government and the Mafia?

A: One of them is organized.

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A newly ordained priest, nervous about hearing confessions, finally asks an older priest to observe how he does and give some tips. After listening in on the second confession, the older priest suggested that the younger man fold his arms, maybe rub his chin with one hand while saying phrases like "I see" or "I understand" or "Yes, my child. Go on". The young priest puts the suggestions into practice and later tells the older priest how much it has helped in getting more information from his flock.
"You've done well," said the older man. "Isn't that much better than slapping your knee and saying, 'No way! What happened next?'"
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