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THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY WITH MY iPHONE

Rain came in the night and continued its wetness throughout the whole entire day, casting a gloomy pall over everything outside.  Not my kind of day, so I had to dig deep and be thankful it wasn't snow.  Never set foot out the door except to toss a few peanuts out for the poor little rain-soaked chipmunks. I hauled my exercise bike (it has wheels) out of the sunroom to the living room where I had access to my YouTube channel on the large screen TV.  I climbed aboard the bike and pedaled my way through a number of interesting YouTube things, with the main one being a two-hour documentary/interview with Bill Medley, who many will remember as the tall bass singer from the singing duo, The Righteous Brothers.  It was a difficult life, and especially so after his long-time singing partner, Bobby Hatfield, passed away in 2003.  I always find documentaries on musicians entertaining, and I enjoy hearing all the backstories of how everything came about in their musical careers.  And Bill Medley has a lot of backstories.  The interviewer is Mike Moreno, and the interview is a two-parter, with the second part being an interview with Bill's new singing partner for the past eleven years or so.  His name is Bucky Heard, and his story is equally fascinating and filled with more entertaining and amusing backstories. The documentary wraps up with both Bill and Bucky together talking about their lives, their future, their friendship, and their professional admiration for each other.  Bill Medley is eighty-six now and shows no signs of slowing down.  The Righteous Brothers are still performing for sold-out audiences.  And did you know that The Righteous Brothers opened for The Beatles on the Beatles' very first United States tour way back in February of 1964. 

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It has been a while since I last expressed my gratitude to all my Bayfield Bunch readers, who have stuck with me over the years, and the newer folks who have recently stumbled across my blog.  As I've said over and over through the years, if it wasn't for all of you readers supporting my musings, moods, silliness, and daily weather grumbles, there would be no blog.  When occasionally looking at my Blogger Statistics, it is beyond my understanding how and why my blog's viewership has grown the way it has.  Of course, like an aging old dinosaur, it has been up and running for two decades now, but I have particularly noticed the number of 'hits' on the blog has been substantially increasing over this past year.  I don't know who all you inquisitively good people are, but from my heart I say thank you for enabling me to continue my beloved hobbies of writing, photography, and travel, although my travels over the past seven years or so have been greatly curtailed since our previously adventurous RV days. So, before I go off on a long ramble, let me wrap this post up by simply saying, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you:))

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In regard to my Saturday post about not seeing my blog's sidebar on cell phones, several readers left comments and instructions on how to do that.  From Arrowhead Gramma...' On my iPhone 17Pro, when I go to the Bayfield Bunch, it doesn't show the sidebar. However, if I scroll to the bottom of the post in the "fine print" it shows "View web version." By clicking on that, it brings up the blog again with the side bar. Take care'.  From   From Anonymous...'About not seeing the sidebar on your phone, at the bottom of the blog after the comments there is a box that says home under it says VIEW Web Version click on it should show blog with the sidebar'.  Cactus Flower said,  Just scroll to bottom, click "view web version", change settings to "Landscape" & I can see sidebar. My  thanks to these fine folks tor their instructional help:))

Al's Music Box::  Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel.

 AND THIS IS MY SLIGHTLY WELL DONE TWO EGG AFTERNOON OMELETE

GROANER'S CORNER:(( "How was your game, dear?" asked Jack's wife Tracy.  "Well, I was hitting pretty well, but my eyesight's gotten so bad I couldn't see where the ball went," he answered.  "But you're 75 years old, Jack!" admonished his wife. "Why don't you take my brother Scott along?"  "But he's 85 and doesn't play golf anymore," protested Jack. "Well, he's got perfect eyesight. He would watch the ball for you," Tracy pointed out.  The next day Jack teed off with Scott looking on. Jack swung, and the ball disappeared down the middle of the fairway. "Do you see it?" asked Jack.  "Yup," Scott answered.  "Well, where is it?" yelled Jack, peering off into the distance. "I forgot."

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There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. "Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk. "Only the Ten Commandments," answered the lady.

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- Why can't a bankrupt farmer complain?
He's got no beef.
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A long two-engine train was crossing America. After they had gone some distance, one of the two engines broke down. "No problem," the engineer thought, and carried on at half power. Farther down the line, the other engine broke down, and the train came to a standstill. The engineer decided he should inform the passengers about why the train had stopped, and made the following announcement: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that both engines have failed, and we will be stuck here for some time. The good news is that you decided to take the train and not fly."

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"NEED ANY HELP WITH YOUR BLOG TODAY MR. BLABBERFINGERS"

Thursday:: On my walk this sullen-looking morning, I happened to look at my watch and saw that it was 9:30. Being Thursday, I instantly thought of my good buddy Richard, who passed away nearly a year and a half ago.  It was Thursday mornings, every second Thursday of the month at exactly 9.30 a.m sharp; whether I was driving or he was, we would head out on our usual two-hour country road drives with coffee and carrot muffins in hand.  Our conversations were always non-stop and enjoyably meaningful.  We knew each other for 50 years, and I miss my old friend dearly........It was after this that my day slid off the rails and went downhill.  This alone wouldn't have caused my day to stumble, but combined with the weight of a few other things, it just became too heavy, and down I went.  I couldn't even talk myself into heading out Thursday night for the Moon's eclipse, and it sounds like I missed a good one.  My apologies to readers that I didn't think to let them know that I hadn't put out a post.

 A MOODY THURSDAY MORNING SKY

 OUT FOR AN AFTERNOON DRIVE THURSDAY, I SAW THIS MACHINE MOWING A DITCH SOUTH OF BAYFIELD AND WAS GLAD IT WASN'T MOWING ALL THE FLOWERS AND PLANT LIFE DOWN ON  THE EAST SIDE OF MY WALKING ROAD MILES AWAY

Friday:: A beautiful day with big white clouds leisurely floating across a deep blue sky.  Feeling much better than the previous day, I was actually able to get a few tree limbs sawed up and also remove a bunch of troubling pine needles from one of the eavestroughs.  Relaxing on my front porch later in the afternoon, I also finished re-reading another book in the Anne of Green Gables series, and I'm well into the next one.  Later, at the desktop computer, editing a few photos, I thought I heard a noise behind me in the hall.  Oh no, I thought, did I leave the patio door open, and there's now a whole gol darn gang of chipmunks in the house??  I apprehensively turned around in my chair, and there was Woodsy with two Tim Hortons coffees in hand as well as two donuts.  One was for me, and the other, for neighbor Monica across the road.  Woodsy (Lorraine) is always thinking of others.  I wished I had some of her natural ability.  Hadn't seen her for a couple of weeks, so it was a very pleasant surprise, and I immediately felt better.  I had been working away on my Friday post, but with a lot to talk about, and my Friday night phone call with Aunt Jean, the day just kinda ran out of hours for me  My apologies again to readers.  Woodsy had to return to Stratford later Friday evening, but will be back sometime next week, and we'll dust off the E-Bikes again and leave some more rubber on the road.

 BEAUTIFUL MORNING SKIES ON MY WALK FRIDAY MORNING.....NO WONDER I FELT BETTER

 DO I SEE AN EARLY TOUCH OF AUTUMN IN THAT LAKESIDE FOREST OVER THERE

 HERE'S THAT SAME TOUCH OF EARLY AUTUMN REFLECTED IN THE SMALL LAKE'S SURFACE

Saturday:: Another very welcome sunny morning.  The season's change is very evident, with much cooler nights already upon us, along with ever-earlier sunsets.  With neighbor Monica's Subaru Outback, I drove her to Goderich's Walmart this morning at eleven and waited while she picked up some groceries.  

 A NICE STAND OF STAGHORN SUMAC ON BAYFIELD RIVER ROAD

Feeling better about things today, I was once again back on track and hoping for clear skies tonight, but the afternoon cloud cover persisted, and with rain threatening this evening, I never made it out.  Brewed me up a hot cup of coffee and spent a relaxing evening watching things of interest on my YouTube channel.  I especially enjoy the music-oriented documentaries I find on there as well.  

HOSTA BLOOMS IN THE FRONT YARD

 AND, A FLASH OF RED IN ONE A FRONT YARD CEDAR TREE

I have noticed on my phone, as well as other people's phones, that when 'The Bayfield Bunch' site is accessed, it does not show the sidebar on the right-hand side of my blog.  I wonder how many readers know that there is an informative sidebar there.  On that sidebar, I have many things, like a search bar for finding posts with keywords, all my blogs since 2007 are accessible in an 'Archive' section.  There is a 'live feed' gadget showing how often the blog is being visited and where those visits are coming from.  I have a lot of fellow Blogger's links listed there. A blurb about The Bayfield Bunch name and a second blurb about the Bunch themselves.  Some Google Stats about the blog and some photos as well.  Also a few links to a few of my photo albums.  I also have a section on that sidebar entitled,  'Popular Posts,' with the seemingly most popular one for inquisitive readers being a post I wrote back in early August of 2011......'Oh Oh' There's Some Nude Guys In This Post':))     

 "NEED ANY HELP WITH YOUR BLOG TODAY MR. BLABBERFINGERS"

Al's Music Box:: Till The Rivers All Run Dry by Don Williams.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her pending divorce, and asked, "What are the grounds for your divorce?" She replied, "About four acres and a nice little home in the middle of the property with a stream running by." "No," he said, "I mean, what is the foundation of this case?" "It is made of concrete, brick and mortar," she responded. "I mean," he continued, "What are your relations like?" "I have an aunt and uncle living here in town, and so do my husband's parents." He said, "Do you have a real grudge?" "No," she replied, "We have a two-car carport and have never really needed one." "Please," he tried again, "is there any infidelity in your marriage?" "Yes, both my son and daughter have stereo sets. We don't necessarily like the music, but the answer to your questions is 'yes'." "Ma'am, does your husband ever beat you up?" "Yes," she responded, "about twice a week he gets up earlier than I do." Finally, in frustration, the judge asked, "Lady, why do you want a divorce?" 

"Oh, I don't want a divorce," she replied. "I've never wanted a divorce. My husband does. He said he can't communicate with me."

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A man had just bought a parrot at an auction after some very spirited bidding. "I suppose that bird talks?" he said to the auctioneer. "Talks!" was the reply. "Who do you think was bidding against you?"

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Q: What do you call two men hanging from a window?
A: Curt and Rod.

- Give me two hot dogs. One with mustard and one without." "Which one without?"
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A Police officer approached a motorist stopped in the middle of the road before the river overpass, holding up traffic. The officer noticed the driver jotting on a notebook frantically. He asked the driver, what in the world are you doing? The driver replied, "The sign says Draw Bridge".

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