THE DAY JUST KIND OF PUTTERED ALONG

 I THINK THIS FARMER HAS BEEN BUSY DOING SOME PLOWING

It was the rolling thunder and lightning flashes that startled me out of my sleep before 6 a.m. this morning so I guess you could kinda say, 'I started my day off with a 'bang'.  And, from there the day just kind of puttered along.  A short Jeep ride with Pheebs, more relaxing yard work, an afternoon walk around the Park's pond, finished another book, and that was about it..........

 WITH RECENT RAINS THERE IS A LOT OF WATER IN THE DITCHES

 EVEN THIS NORMALLY DRY FOREST FLOOR IS UNDER WATER

 LAST YEAR'S HARVESTED CORNFIELD WAITS TO BE PREPPED FOR THIS YEAR'S CROP WHATEVER IT MAY BE

Al's Music Box:)) Girl From The North Country  (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country") is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-recorded the song as a duet with Johnny Cash in February 1969.  That recording became the opening track on Nashville Skyline, Dylan's ninth studio album.  The song was written following Dylan’s first trip to England in December 1962, upon what he thought to be the completion of his second album. It is debated as to whom this song is a tribute: some claim former girlfriend Echo Helstrom, and some Bonnie Beecher, both of whom Dylan knew before leaving for New York. However, it is suspected that this song could have been inspired by his then-girlfriend, Suze Rotolo. Dylan left England for Italy to search for Suze, whose continuation of studies there had caused a serious rift in their relationship. Unbeknownst to Dylan, Rotolo had already returned to the United States, leaving about the same time that Dylan arrived in Italy. It was there that he finished the song, ostensibly inspired by the apparent end of his relationship with Rotolo. Upon his return to New York in mid-January, he persuaded Rotolo to get back together, and to move back into his apartment on 4th Street. Suze Rotolo is the woman featured on the album cover, walking arm in arm with Dylan down Jones Street, not far from their apartment.  While in London, Dylan met several figures in the local folk scene, including English folksinger Martin Carthy. "I ran into some people in England who really knew those [traditional English] songs," Dylan recalled in 1984. "Martin Carthy, another guy named Bob Davenport. Martin Carthy's incredible. I learned a lot of stuff from Martin." Carthy exposed Dylan to a repertoire of traditional English ballads, including Carthy's own arrangement of "Scarborough Fair," which Dylan drew upon for aspects of the melody and lyrics of "Girl from the North Country," including the line from the refrain "Remember me to one who lives there, she once was a true love of mine". Musically, this song is nearly identical to his composition "Boots of Spanish Leather", composed and recorded one year later for the album The Times They Are a-Changin'.

 THE GREENING OF SPRING

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Two guys were doing construction on a house. One of them who was nailing down siding would reach into his nail pouch, pull out a nail, and then either toss it over his shoulder or nail it into the siding.  The other guy, figuring this was worth looking into, asked, "Why are you throwing those nails  away?"  The first guy explained, "If I pull a nail out of my pouch and it's pointed towards me, I throw it away 'cause it's defective. If it's pointed toward the house, then I nail it into the siding."  The second guy was outraged. He yelled, "You moron! The nails pointed towards you aren't defective! They're for the other side of the house!"

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Miser to son: "Son, how much did it cost when you took your girlfriend to dinner yesterday?"
Son: "Dad, it was only $25.00."
Dad: "Oh, that’s not too bad."
Son: "It would've been more, but that was all the money she had on her."

- The bride, upon her engagement, went to her mother and said, "I've found a man just like Dad!"  Her mother replied, "So what you want from me, sympathy?"

- Why is 6 afraid of 7?  Because 7,8,9.

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After hearing a sermon about lies and deceit, a man wrote the IRS: "I have been unable to sleep, knowing that I have cheated on my income tax. I have reviewed my taxable income and have enclosed a check for $900.  If I still can't sleep, I will send the rest."

- The Copper Clapper Caper by Johnny Carson and Jack Webb.

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