WHEN THE WORDS 'COZY' AND 'WARM' HAVE PRIORITY

 ONLY ONE FISHING BOAT IN BAYFIELD'S HARBOR THIS MORING....SOON THERE WILL BE NONE AS WINTER APPROACHES

I eventually got myself off to a bit of a jackrabbit start this morning after Woodsy sent me this Facebook message at 9:05. 'Happy Haircut'. 'HAIRCUT'!?!?  Yikes, I had totally forgotten I had made a haircut appointment yesterday for this morning at 10 a.m.   I was still in my jammies, and Bayfield was two miles away.  With one eye on the clock and the other eye on my rubber ducky, I was soon under a deluge of water in the shower with ducky hurriedly quacking out the minutes.  It sometimes takes a while for me to put myself together, but this morning I quickly assembled a reasonable facsimile of myself as best I could.  Of course, the Gremlins, sensing my haste, immediately began throwing up roadblocks in my path.  Where's my pants? Who hid my socks? My razor needs the blade changed. My glasses need cleaning, and my hair won't lie down. Where did I put my shoes?  Who hid the belt for my pants? Somebody must have stolen my car keys and taken my shoes with them.  What!! Did I give away all my winter jackets? Who said there wasn't enough gas in the car to get out of the driveway!! It just never stops with them Gremlins.  They just love tangling me all up when I'm in a hurry!!!!  However, despite their best devious methods, I did make my haircut appointment just on time.  So there!!:))

LOOKS LIKE MOST OF SUMMER'S BOATS ARE NOW OUT OF THE WATER

The stiffness in my body, and especially my legs, this past while had been slowly increasing, and I have no one to blame but myself.  Nearly thirty years ago I was prescribed a drug for the stiffness and mild soreness in my legs caused by arthritis.  It was called Arthrotec, and it turned out to be a miracle drug for me and immediately alleviated those two annoying arthritic maladies.  Over the years, I occasionally stopped taking my Arthrotec with the idea of getting off it.  But the soreness and stiffness always returned, so I don't know what made me think stopping my Arthrotec again about three weeks ago was going to be any different this time. Finally dawning on me Thursday night, after days of growing soreness and stiffness, I remembered stopping my Arthrotec.  Silly boy, I thought to myself today after finally resuming my Arthrotec and almost immediately feeling noticeably better.  I should get a tattoo on the back of my hand simply saying, 'DON'T DO THAT AGAIN'!!  That tattoo of course, would have multiple meanings pertaining to other things in my life as well.  But then again, I rest assured, knowing I am certainly not the only one standing in this leaky old boat. 

 THESE BOATS WILL SOON BE OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO WINTER STORAGE

Feeling like a cold and damp Novemberesque day outside, I stayed inside all day.  It's that time of year now when words like 'cozy' and 'warm' have priority.

LAKE HURON WAS LOOKING ROUGH TODAY

A Blast From Our Past:: Photos and pictures of Utah's Monument Valley have been popping up on my Facebook page, and one of them this morning reminded me of the time Kelly, Pheebs, and I took our Jeep Wrangler for a rough-and-tumble drive across the desert floor between the huge monoliths located in Monument Valley.  Here is the link to that day...Our Monument Valley Jeep Scramble  

 BAYFIELD'S HARBOR MOUTH

Memories Music Box:: Hello Stranger by
Barbara Lewis.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Two young men were out in the woods on a camping trip, when they came upon this great trout brook. They stayed there all day, enjoying the fishing, which was super. At the end of the day, knowing that they would be graduating from college soon, they vowed that they would meet, in twenty years, at the same place and renew the experience. Twenty years later, they met and traveled to a spot near where they had been years before. They walked into the woods and before long came upon a brook. One of the men said to the other, "This is the place!". The other replied, "No, it's not!". The first man said, "Yes, I do recognize the clover growing on the bank on the other side. To which the other man replied, "Silly, you can't tell a brook by it's clover."

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- What happens when frogs park illegally? 

They get toad!

- Marriage is a three-ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.

- Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.

Patient: "Doctor, Doctor... I can't stop stealing things".

Doctor: "Take these pills for a week. If that doesn't work, get me a color TV".

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A small boy was lost, so he went up to a policeman and said, "I've lost my dad!" The policeman said, "What's he like?" The little boy replied, "Chips and beer."

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At school one morning the teacher asked little Johnny what he had for breakfast. Little Johnny said, well, on my way to school I came across this Apple tree, so I climbed up there and started eating apples. I guess I eat about six, said Little Johnny. No, said the teacher, it’s ate! Little Johnny said well it could've been eight I don't remember.

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POSITIVE AND WELCOME CHANGES FOR THE MOST PART

With a cold east wind blowing, I cut my walk short this morning.  There ain't no Alaskan Mountain Man in this guy.  With today's cold east wind and 51°F mid-October morning feeling cold to me, this same windy, cold morning in the middle of January would feel like a pleasantly mild and rather wonderful day.  Funny how that works, eh.............. Our catch-and-release mouse score now stands at 6 to 1, with 5 little mouses caught and released, and one mouse that jumped out of the pail before I could get the lid on.  And, he landed right on my foot too! When I chauffeur these little fellers to their new digs and release them, I always wish the little guys well and leave them a few shelled peanuts.  The catch-and-release traps Woodsie found online are called, Lulu Catch.  And, here's a tip.....if you use one of these, don't leave the mouse in it for a prolonged period of time because they will eventually saw a hole in the plastic and be on their way.  And don't ask me how I know that.

Woodsy and Monica went shopping in Goderich today, and it was a good thing we had two Subarus between us because Monica's wouldn't start.  My Subaru was still warmed up from my drive earlier, so off they went.  I have a battery charger here, so I hooked that up and charged Monica's Subaru battery, and then took her car for a drive down to the end of Bayfield River Road and back to make sure the battery had a good charge on it.  All is now good once again.  And Monica even came home with a new pair of winter boots today as well:))

Rather than head outside to rip and tear around the yard again today, I decided my body needed a rest, so I dispensed with any outside activities and just kinda vegged out inside where it was cozy, relaxing, and toasty warm.  Needed that.  With nights steadily becoming colder now, it's not likely that I will be out for many more night drives to my night sky viewing spot.  I am so much going to miss those special nights with coffee in hand, cruising along slowly with my favorite music on and windows down. And Subie's Moon roof open under an overhead canopy of diamond-like stars with frogs and crickets serenading me along the way.  These magical nights are winding down now because I just don't like being outside at night in the freezing cold.  But, with the way things have been shifting and changing in my mind these past few years, just about anything is possible, and I'll have to keep an inquisitive eye on those mindful modifications.  Positive and welcome changes for the most part...... It was late afternoon when Woodsy headed back to her place in Stratford for a few days, and I will miss her.  

Memories Music Box:: Rhythm Of The Falling Rain by The Cascades.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Snow White received a camera as a gift. She happily took pictures of the Dwarfs and their surroundings. When she finished her first batch she took the film to be developed. After a week or so she went to get the finished photos. The clerk said the photos were not back from the processor. Needless to say, she was disappointed and started to cry. The clerk, trying to console her, said, "Don't worry. Someday your prints will come".

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When I was married, my wife used to call me handsome. As a matter of fact, we are now divorced but she still calls me handsome. Every time I have some money, she says, handsome over.

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A man approached a very beautiful woman in the large supermarket and said, I've lost my wife here in the supermarket; can you talk to me for a couple of minutes?" "Why?" asked the woman. "Because every time I talk to a beautiful woman, my wife appears out of nowhere."

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Q: Why did the little Moron take a ladder into the bar?
A: He heard drinks were on the house.

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On a speaking 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 man went into a restaurant and asked for crab. When the waiter brought it, the man objected, "Just a minute, that crab only has one claw!" "Yes, said the waiter, it was in a fight."
"Well," said the man, "Bring me the winner then!"

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