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| MY FIRST WALK OF THE YEAR AT OUR WALKING SPOT AND THE FIRST WALK WITHOUT MY BEST PAL BY MY SIDE |
A nice sunny cool Sunday morning found me in the Subaru by myself heading out to the walking spot road where Pheebs and I often went. It was the first time there this year, and my first walk without her. It was not an easy walk for me without my best Pal, but I did do the half mile up the road and back. In my mind, Pheebs was there with me walking the road, bounding along in the ditches, and sniffing at all the new Spring smells.
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| TURNING EAST OUT OF OUR PARK EARLIER TODAY ON A FINE MID-MAY SPRING MORNING |
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| NICE TO SEE COUNTRYSIDE BUSH LINES GREENING UP |
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| A BUSY SUNDAY MORNING FARMER OUT WORKING HIS FIELDS |
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| A SWAMPY AREA ALONGSIDE THE ROAD NEAR OUR WALKING SPOT |
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| HEADING WEST BACK TO OUR PARK JUST UP AHEAD |
Seeing how it was Sunday and once thought of years ago as a day of rest, that is exactly what we did. Sat on the back deck and soaked up some warm sunshine in the day's cooler air. Loaded up the Subaru with more things for St. Vincent de Paul which we'll drop off on a Goderich run Monday morning.
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| TURKEY VULTURE |
I attended a Park meeting a couple of days ago where it was announced that our Park's water was once again going to be chlorinated. Nothing wrong with our Park's water, but I think it may be some kind of Province-wide thing. But, here's what bugs me!! Somehow, word leaked out about the chlorination of our water, and now I can't find a single frog in our front yard frog pond. With the threat of chlorinated water looming over their amphibious little green heads, I figure they have all abandoned ship and hopped their way back to the Park's big pond.
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| IT WAS A LONELY WALK THIS MORNING |
Al's Music Box:)) Cool Water sung by Marty Robbins is a song written in 1936 by Bob Nolan. It is about a parched man and his mule traveling a wasteland tormented by mirages. The song is on Marty Robbins' fifth studio album, released on the Columbia Records label in September 1959 and peaking at number 6 on the U.S. pop albums chart. It was recorded in a single eight-hour session on April 7, 1959, and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1965 and Platinum in 1986. Years after the album's release, members of the Western Writers of America chose six of its songs as being among the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. Three of them were written by Robbins: "El Paso," "Big Iron," and "The Master's Call." Three were written and previously recorded by others: "Cool Water," "Billy the Kid," and "The Strawberry Roan."
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| SATURDAY NIGHT SUNSET AT BAYFIELD'S BEACH AREA |
Groaner's Corner:(( "I bet you don't know what day this is", said the wife to her husband as he made his way out the front door. The husband was perplexed, but was always a quick thinker: "Of course I do, my dear. How could I forget!?" With that, he turned and rushed to catch the bus for work. At 10 AM, the doorbell rang and when the woman opened the door, she was handed a box containing a dozen long stemmed red roses. At 1 PM, a foil wrapped, two pound box of her favorite chocolates arrived. Later, a boutique delivered a designer dress. The woman couldn't wait for her husband to come home. The husband was smug when he returned from work, satisfied that he had recovered what could have been a very bad situation. His wife was indeed surprised: "First the flowers, then the chocolates, and then the dress!" she exclaimed, "I've never had a more wonderful Groundhog Day in my life!------------------------------
A distraught investor called his financial advisor. “Is my money really all gone?”
He wailed. “No, no,” the advisor answered calmly. “It’s just with somebody else!”
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It was a baby mosquito's first day to fly out from home. When the mosquito came back home later that day, the father mosquito asked, "How was your journey?" The baby mosquito replied, "It went great, everyone was clapping for me!"
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| LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT BE GETTING SOME BURGS AND FRIES SOMEWHERE |
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| WHILE TRAVELING, WE WOULD SOMETIMES OVERNIGHT INA CASINO PARKING LOT THEN GO INSIDE TO WALK AROUND AND SEE ALL THE GLAM AND GLITTER |
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| AN AFTERNOON SNOOZE AT OUR HOUSE |
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| LOOKS LIKE A RELAXING DAY FOR KELLY AND PHEEBS |
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| ON CANADA'S PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND |
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Kelly & Pheeb's Corner
I can imagine that was a tough walk without Pheebs. But she's with you in spirit. Re chlorinated water, as soon as it's poured into a bucket, say, or a pond, its exposure to air means that the chlorine soon dissipates into air. I imagine some remains for a while. The frogs will come back I hope. Lovely pics again. BarbM.
ReplyDeleteThough it was a bittersweet walk this morning, your photos are lovely. Take care.
ReplyDeleteHi Al, I'm sure Pheebs was with you in spirit on your walk. Our loved ones never really leave us do they?
ReplyDeleteThere will be a lot of 'firsts', and you will never be alone. My girlfriend lost her husband in January, suddenly, and she is experiencing the same things. She is now on Manitoulin Island at 'their newly built' cottage - for the first time. It's gotta be tough for both of you.
ReplyDeleteYes, first things "without" are hard.
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