I HOPE I CAN HOLD YOUR INTEREST WITH A FEW PHOTOS

It was another perfect weather morning as my good buddy Richard picked me up at 9:30 for our semi-monthly country road coffee tour.  Blueberry muffins and coffees to go from Bayfield's Tim Hortons and we were off out into the gorgeous Spring countryside southeast of the Village.  Bright sunny skies above and lush green fields and forests all around as we slowly cruised around half a dozen scenic gravel roads.

 THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE FROM THIS BEGONIA 

Gathering together some hard-to-find (for me) patience, I spent a little time this afternoon with my camera on a tripod out in our front yard so I'll leave you once again with a smattering of pics and not a lot of words.  I've been a little stuck for things to say these past couple of days, so until I get myself sorted out and can gather together a few words of mutual interest, I hope I can hold your interest with a few photos.   

 THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE OF THESE RHODODENDRON FLOWERS IN FRONT OF OUR SUNROOM PLUS A CANADIAN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY THAT JUST HAPPENED BY

Al's Music Box:(( Here, There And Everywhere is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. A love ballad, it was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lenno-McCartney. McCartney includes it among his personal favorites of the songs he has written.  McCartney began writing "Here, There and Everywhere" at Lennon's house in Weybridge, in early June, while waiting for Lennon to wake up. McCartney recalled: "I sat out by the pool on one of the sun chairs with my guitar and started strumming in E. And soon [I] had a few chords, and I think by the time he'd woken up, I had pretty much written the song, so we took it indoors and finished it up." When discussing his song "Here, There and Everywhere", McCartney has often cited the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows", his favorite pop song of all time, as a source of inspiration.  In 1990, McCartney told Beach Boys biographer David Leaf that it was "just the introduction that's influenced [by the Beach Boys]", referring to the harmonies he and Lennon devised for the opening lines of "Here, There and Everywhere". McCartney added that, with this style of introduction, they wanted to capture the "old-fashioned" idea of a preamble to the song. 

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man was driving home from work one evening when he suddenly realized that it was his daughter's birthday and he hadn't yet bought her a gift.  So, the man rushed off to the nearest toy store and asked the sales clerk, "How much is that Barbie in the window?"  The sales clerk replied in a condescending tone, "Which Barbie? We have Barbie Goes to the Gym for $19.95, Barbie Goes to the Ball for $19.95, Barbie Goes Shopping for $19.95, Barbie Goes to the Beach for $19.95, Barbie Goes Nightclubbing for $19.95, and Divorce Barbie for $265.00."  The overwhelmed man asked, "Why is the Divorced Barbie $265.00 and all the others are only $19.95?"  "That's obvious!" said the sales clerk. "Divorce Barbie comes with Ken's house, Ken's car, Ken's boat, Ken's furniture..."

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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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Matt's dad picked him up from school one afternoon. Knowing the parts for the school play were supposed to be posted today, he asked his son if he got a part. Matt enthusiastically announced that he'd gotten a part. "I play a man who's been married for twenty years."
"That's great, son. Keep up the good work and before you know it they'll be giving you a speaking part."

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