DESPITE NOT QUITE KNOWING WHERE WE WERE FOR HALF AN HOUR TODAY, ALL WAS GOOD:))

 I THINK THERE IS A BUMBLY BEE WRAPPED UP IN THAT VETCH FLOWER SOMEWHERE

It was a special mission we had before us this morning with all we three in the Subaru heading off to a place north of London Ontario to look at an RV.  NO, not for us, but for a couple of RV friends who are currently out of the country but will soon be returning to Canada.  The RV is for sale and the couple wondered if Kelly and I could slip over, take some pictures, and have a look at it for them.  It turned out to be a really nice sunny Saturday morning for our purposeful road excursion.  The Class B Airstream RV was located on a farm southeast of Ilderton Ontario and we didn't have any problem finding it.  We were met by a couple of nice older folks (brother and sister) who showed us around the van.  I took a bunch of pictures and after a wee chat with the nice folks we were on our way in about half an hour.  Nice morning for a road trip so we headed back through Ilderton and picked up a couple sandwiches and coffee to go.  Kelly hadn't seen a quaint little place west of  Ilderton that Pheebs and I had stumbled across a couple years ago called Coldstream.  So, off we headed for a drive through the place and a looky see.  From quaint little Coldstream I decided on a well traveled country road heading north, so off we went in the basic direction of Bayfield.  Needless to say I got us temporarily lost but that's always the fun of doing things like that on nice weather days like these.  Kelly remarked how nice it was to be going somewhere and doing something that didn't involve medical appointments for a change.  I wholeheartedly agreed.  Following my inner compass we finally blundered upon a little place called Arkona and from there we knew our way home.  Shucks, I was kinda hoping we could have stayed lost for a bit longer.  From Arkona, we headed northwest through Thedford and later reaching Grand Bend we knew of a place there that makes the greatest of ever Morning Glory muffins.  So, it was at the Highway Girl Cafe' we stopped for two muffins to go.  Wished I had taken a picture of my muffin but I gobbled it up so fast there wasn't even a pile of crumbs left wandering around to photograph.  And Kelly knew enough not to hand me her muffin for a picture because she knew I was liable to hand it back to her with a great big bite out of it!!  From Grand Bend, we headed north up highway 21 through Bayfield and the final short stretch home.  How great it was today to get out and about, do something helpful, see some new scenery, stir up a little excitement by not knowing where we were for half an hour, and then topping that off with a tasty five-pound Morning Glory muffin.  Okay, maybe not that heavy but when you pick one up the word 'heavy' will pop into your mind.  There's sure a lot of yummy ingredients in one of them there square muffins.  We were home shortly before 2 p.m.  And a good time was had by all:))

 AT ILDERTON'S TIM HORTONS COFFEE SHOP PHEEBS WAITS ANXIOUSLY FOR MOM'S RETURN

 YAY, HERE SHE COMES WITH THE GOODIES:)))

 AT GRAND BEND'S HIGHWAY GIRL CAFE' I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, 'HOLY SMACKERS IS THAT CAR EVER YELLOW'

It was late afternoon when Pheebs and I took ourselves for a sunny but cool later afternoon one turtle walk around the Park's pond.  All and all, it was a good day because we got to get out and do something different for a change.  Just like we used to do not all those many long years ago:))  

 A SUNNY BUT COOL LATE AFTERNOON WALK AROUND THE PARK'S POND

 I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A KIND OF VETCH FLOWER

Al's Music Box:(( Sealed With A Kiss is a song written and composed by Peter Udell and Gary Geld.  In 1962, Brian Hyland, who often performed Udell's and Geld's material, covered the song. Hyland recalls Geld saying the song was "based on, but not totally based on, a Bach finger exercise."  Hyland's single began its run on June 9, 1962,   The personnel on the original Brian Hyland recording included Mundell Lowe, Al Caiol and on guitar, Gary Geld on piano, George Duvivier on bass, Blackie Shackner on harmonica, Gary Chester on drums, Sticks Evans and Al Rogers on percussion. The lyrics are from the point of view of one of two lovers who have had to part ways over the summer. The narrator promises the lover who has had to leave that he will send his love and dreams in daily letters "sealed with a kiss". The two also bind each other to a pledge, under seal of a kiss, that they will reunite in September.

 FLOWERS BESIDE OUR PARK'S MAILROOM

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his Grandmother’s house. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When Little Johnny received his plate, he started eating right away.  “Johnny! Please wait until we say our prayer,” said his mother.  “I don’t need to,” the boy replied.  “Of course, you do,” his mother insisted. “We always say a prayer before eating at our house.”  “That’s at our house,” Johnny explained. “But this is Grandma’s house and she actually knows how to cook!” 

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When my 14-year-old son, Patrick, stepped up to the plate during a Colt League baseball game, the young announcer declared, "Now batting, the right fielder, number 12, Pathogen!"  After some confusion in the stands, the announcer came back on over the loudspeaker. "Sorry folks, that's PAT Hogan!"

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A radio announcer was introducing a record, "The next one is for Charlotte Burke, who is a hundred and eleven. Hey, Charlotte, that's a ripe old age, isn't it?"

There was a short pause and then the DJ said, "I'm sorry, I got it wrong. This next one is for Charlotte Burke, who is ill."

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