AND, BY GOLLY, THERE SHE WAS:))

Desperately fighting the ice cream cone urge Wednesday night, we finally succumbed to temptation and headed for the Woodland Drive-In again.  Two small twist cones (chocolate and vanilla swirled) to go thank you very much.  Meandered through Bayfield and headed for the beach.  Woodsy hadn't been feeling the best all day so we didn't do a pier walk.  After the sun had settled into the lake we headed for home, but before I was able to get a few pics.

 AT BAYFIELD'S PIONEER PARK OVERLOOKING LAKE HURON, WE SAW AN OUTDOOR EXERCISE CLASS GOING ON

 SPOTTED A COUPLE SWIMMERS DOWN THE BEACH

 LOOKS LIKE 'THE STAND-OFF AT THE OK CORRAL'

 A LADY ENJOYS A QUIET EVENING READING BY THE LAKE

 ANOTHER LADY STEPS OUT OF HER KAYAK AFTER PADDLING ASHORE

 PEOPLE GATHERING ON THE PIER FOR THE SUNSET

NOTICE THE BOY IN THE GREEN SHIRT WITH HIS HAND TO HIS HEAD...HE'S PROBABLY THINKING "OH /GEEZZZ, THERE'S MOM AND DAD DOING THAT SMOOCHY SMOOCHY STUFF IN PUBLIC AGAIN" 

 THERE'S WOODSY TAKING A PHOTO OF THE SUNSET WITH HER SMART PHONE

OLD SOL SLOWLY SINKS TOWARDS THE WATERS OF LAKE HURON AT THE END OF ANOTHER DAY

After a lazy kind of nothing day Wednesday, I decided I'd better haul my butt out the door and do something.  So, missing my little Buddy, I headed off out into the countryside looking for a few pics.  Too humid for me to do a walk at my country road walking spot and turn into a 167-pound of sticky fly paper.

 DITCH LILIES ALONG THE WAY

 THE STAGHORN SUMAC TREES ARE BEGINNING TO GROW THEIR BURGUNDY VELVET STAG HORNS

 YUP, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER ALL RIGHT

Home again, I busied myself cleaning the white aluminum framework in the carport.  Ain't never been done before, the carport's over 20 years old, and the white aluminum was looking kind of grungy.

 CLEANED UP ALL THE WHITE ALUMINUM AND INSTALLED A HANGER FOR THIS ELECTRIC CORD

I AM HOPING TO SOMEHOW GROW SOME GRASS HERE AT SOME POINT

Lorraine is a bicycle riding enthusiast, but not the serious helmeted, safety vested, speed bike daredevils, hunched over with heads down that you see out on the highway with their underslung handbars, hard bricks for seats, no fenders, and tires no thicker than noodles.  Nope, Woodsy has a conventional bike (with a few gears) reminiscent of the faraway days when I too was once a bicycle afficianodo.  She rides a lot of sidewalks in neighborhoods around Stratford and logs up her miles each time.  Between the Bayfield Pines where I live and Bayfield, there is a couple of ornery hills plus a very busy highway so in order to avoid that this afternoon, we loaded Woodsy's bike into the back of the Subaru and I drove her into Bayfield where I dropped her off in a parking area on the south side of Clan Gregor Square.  It was 1:10.  Within minutes, she was off and pedaling.  We agreed to meet back at the same spot at 2:15, so I headed home and puttered with my stones and grass seed project.  At 2:15, I was back at the pre-arranged spot, and by golly there she was.  She totally enjoyed her bicycle ride around the picturesque and quiet streets of Bayfield and is looking forward to doing it again soon.

 AND, SHE'S OFF

 OH-OH, NOT A FLAT TIRE ALREADY!!

 NOPE, SHE'S GOOD TO GO AGAIN AND BY THE TIME I TOOK THIS LONG TELEPHOTO SHOT OF HER WITH HAIR BLOWING IN THE WIND, SHE WAS PROBABLY UP TO ABOUT 85 MPH ALREADY

Al's Music Box:))  Mr. Dieingly Sad by The Critters.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Reasons why it's great to be a guy::

- Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
- You know stuff about tanks.
- A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
- Monday Night Football.
- Your bathroom lines are 80% shorter.
- You can open all your own jars.

- Old friends don't annoy you if you've lost or gained weight.
- Dry cleaners and haircutters don't rob you blind.
- When clicking through the channel, you don't have to stop on every shot of someone crying.
-- A beer gut does not make you invisible to the opposite sex.
- Guys in hockey masks don't attack you.
- You don't have to lug a bag of useful stuff around everywhere you go.
- You can go to the bathroom without a support group.
- Your last name stays put.
- You can leave a hotel bed unmade.

- When your work is criticized, you don't have to panic that everyone secretly hates you.
- You can kill your own food.
- The garage is all yours.
- You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
- You see the humor in Terms of Endearment.
- You never have to clean the toilet.
- You can be showered and ready in 10 minutes.
- Wedding plans take care of themselves.
- If someone forgets to invite you to something, he or she can still be your friend.
- Your underwear is $10 for a three pack.
- The National College Cheerleading Championship
- None of your co-workers have the power to make you cry.
- You don't have to shave below your neck.
- If you're 34 and single nobody notices.
- Everything on your face stays its original color.
- Chocolate is just another snack.
- You can be president.
- You can quietly enjoy a car ride from the passenger seat.
- Flowers fix everything.
- You never have to worry about other people's feelings.
- You can wear a white shirt to a water park.
- Three pair of shoes are more than enough.
- You can eat a banana in a hardware store.
- You can say anything and not worry about what people think.
- Michael Bolton doesn't live in your universe.
- You can whip your shirt off on a hot day.
- You don't have to clean your apartment if the meter reader is coming by.
- Car mechanics tell you the truth.

- You don't care if someone notices your new haircut.
- You can watch a game in silence with your buddy for hours without even thinking: He must be mad at me.

- You never misconstrue innocuous statements to mean your lover is about to leave you.

- You get to jump up and slap stuff.
- One mood, all the time.
- You can admire Clint Eastwood without starving yourself to look like him.
- You know at least 20 ways to open a beer bottle.
- Same work....more pay.
- Gray hair and wrinkles add character.
- Wedding Dress $2000; Tux rental $100.
- You don't care if someone is talking about you behind your back.
- You don't mooch off others' desserts.
- The remote is yours and yours alone.
- People never glance at your chest when you're talking to them.
- ESPN's sports center.
- You can drop by to see a friend without bringing a little gift.
- You have a normal and healthy relationship with your mother.
- You needn't pretend you're "freshening up" to go to the bathroom.
- If you don't call your buddy when you say you will, he won't tell your friends you've changed.
- Someday you'll be a dirty old man.
- If another guy shows up at the party in the same outfit, you might become lifelong buddies.
- If something mechanical didn't work, you can bash it with a hammer and throw it across the room.
- New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
- You don't have to remember everyone's birthdays and anniversaries.
- Your pals can be trusted never to trap you with: "So... notice anything different?"
- There is always a game on somewhere.
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I met a nice girl at a bar last night and asked her to call me when she made it home.  She must be homeless.

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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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One day a college professor of Psychology was greeting his new college class. He stood up in front of the class and said, "Would everyone who thinks he or she is stupid please stand up?"  After a minute or so of silence, a young man stood up.  "Well, good morning. So, you actually think you're a moron?" the professor asked.  The kid replied, "No sir, I just didn't want to see you standing there all by yourself."

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HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, MAYBE IT WAS LAST WEEK

 WHILE ON A TUESDAY EVENING WALK, WE NOTICED A FULL TILT FARMING OPERATION  UNDERWAY

To justify yet another ice cream night, we figured some extra exercise was in order, so after posting the blog, Woodsy and I headed off out into the countryside to my favorite walking spot.  Farmers were busy in the fields, hurrying to get a crop in (possibly alfalfa) before wet weather rolls into the area.  

 BORN AND RAISED ON A FARM NEAR MILVERTON, ONTARIO, LORRAINE SAID SHE HAD NEVER SEEN A HAY RAKE THIS WIDE....ME NEITHER

 THIS WAS A FINE EXAMPLE OF TEAMWORK

 THE LOADED WAGON PULLS AWAY FROM THE COMBINE

 THE LOADED WAGON AT LEFT HEADS OUT OF THE FIELD, WHILE THE EMPTY WAGON ON THE RIGHT SWINGS AROUND TO PULL UP ALONGSIDE THE COMBINE

THE COMBINE, NOT MISSING A BEAT, BEGINS FILLING THE EMPTY WAGON AS THEY BOTH HEAD ON DOWN THE FIELD DRIVING IN UNISON

 ON OUR STIRLING LINE EVENING WALK, WOODSY MADE THIS LITTLE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS FROM ROADSIDE CLOVER AND DAISIES

From there, it was into Bayfield to catch the Woodland Drive-In before it closed at eight.  Made it in time, and with ice cream cones in hand, we slipped through Bayfield on our way to the beach.  Sticking with the ice cream exercise routine, we again strolled out to the end of Bayfield's south pier.  Another fine sunset.

 SAW THESE THREE LADIES SITTING ON THE PIER ENJOYING THE EVENING...AND DID YOU NOTICE THE DOG

SAW THIS BOAT HEADING UP THE BAYFIELD RIVER, AND I FIGURE IT WAS MAYBE A TRAINING EXERCISE

 SAW THESE THREE GALS PADDLING ON LAKE HURON....MAYBE THEY PADDLED ACROSS THE LAKE FROM MICHIGAN EH:))

 A YOUNG GIRL FISHING OFF THE PIER

A COUPLE OF OLDER GUYS JUMPING OFF THE PIER

 THE GALS ARE STILL PADDLING TOWARD THE PIER

 HEADING OUT FOR A SUNSET CRUISE

 OBVIOUSLY A HAPPY BOATER

 AND THERE HE GOES

 WELCOME TO CANADA

 THE PADDLERS ARE HEADING UP THE BAYFIELD RIVER

 ANOTHER BOAT HEADS OUT FOR A SUNSET CRUISE

I don't know which decade it was that I last stayed in my pajamas well past noon, but the memory of it,  oh so long ago, has been lost to the mists of time.   Hey, wait a minute, maybe it was last week.  (I did finally get out of my pajamas at 3:14 this afternoon and slipped into some shorts)

 FRONT YARD FROGGIES HANGING OUT AROUND OUR POND

The numbers are in from last Saturday's Vettefest in Bayfield, and there were far more Corvettes in town than I had figured.  With 410 Corvettes registered, 174 of them participated in the popular Friday night cruise.  Attendance records were shattered. 

 AT BAYFIELD'S BEACH, COULD THIS BE LAKE HURON'S LOCH NESS MONSTER

 HERE'S WOODSY GATHERING UP SOME COLORED STONES ALONG THE SHORELINE

 A LAST LOOK BACK AT BAYFIELD'S SOUTH PIER

Al's Music Box:))  Ferry Cross The Mersey by Gerry and The Pacemakers.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A cowboy rode into town and stopped at a saloon for a drink. Unfortunately, the locals always had a habit of picking on strangers, which he was. When he finished his drink, he found his horse had been stolen.  He goes back into the bar, handily flips his gun into the air, catches it above his head without even looking and fires a shot into the ceiling.  
"Which one of you sidewinders stole my horse"?" he yelled with surprising forcefulness. No one answered. "All right, I'm gonna have another beer, and if my Hoss ain't back outside by the time I finish.  I'm gonna do what I done in Texas!" Some of the locals shifted restlessly. He had another beer, walked outside, and his horse is back! He saddles up and starts to ride out of town. The bartender wanders out of the bar and asks, "Say partner, before you go...what happened in Texas?" The cowboy turned back and said, "I had to walk home."

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Knock Knock

Who's there?
Deduct!
Deduct who?
Donald Deduct!

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Datsun!
Datsun who?
Datsun old joke!

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As the storm raged, the captain realized his ship was sinking fast. He called out, "Anyone here know how to pray?" One man stepped forward. "Aye, Captain, I know how to pray.""Good," said the captain, "You pray while the rest of us put on our life jackets.  We're one short."

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