BIG WIND GUSTS NEARLY TOPPLED ME INTO THE DITCH

 WE SURE GOT A SMASHER OF A STORM SATURDAY NIGHT

I was hoping to see something called the Black Moon Saturday night, but it was not to be.  I saw something else more spectacular.  Heading out of the Park and clearing the forest around 7:45, I saw right away a lot of clouds in the sky, so I knew there would probably not be a visible Black Moon sighting.  However, the clouds that I was seeing were very ominous and smacked of a bad storm brewing.  By the time I reached my walking spot on Stirling Line, it was obvious that we were about to be clobbered by a major storm to the west coming in across Lake Huron.  There were massive, dark gray clouds thickening and roiling about in the sky, and there was thunder and lightning in those low-hanging clouds as well.  The cloud mass was like a gigantic, fast-moving steamroller approaching.  I have seen lots of stormy skies, but never one with the angry-looking forboding colors this one was packing.  I'm not exactly an excitable person, but this approaching storm really had me excited as I darted about taking photos with both my camera and my iPhone.  What a really great way to spend a Saturday night, I thought to myself as my car door blew shut and the sudden big wind gusts nearly toppled me into the ditch. Frightened? No!!  Excited, hell yes:)) And then, with a whoosh, came the blinding wall of rain, obscuring any further visibility of the sky.  'Oh-Oh' I thought, 'I've left some windows open at home', and with that thought foremost in my mind, and my windshield wipers on high barely keeping up with the deluge of water, I made a dash for home.  The rain was hitting the car so hard that it created a din inside, making me think it might be hail.  It wasn't, it was just a wind-whipped hard rain.  Luckily, by the time I got home, the rain had begun letting up.  I made a dash inside and was relieved to find that not much of that driving rain had entered through the three open windows.  Sometimes I just get lucky, I guess. 'What a great way to spend a Saturday night,' I thought to myself.  I gotta get out and do this more often............ 

 TURNING NORTH AT MY WALKING ROAD ON STIRLING LINE, I LOOKED TO THE WEST AND SAW RIGHT AWAY THAT THERE WAS A BIG STORM APPROACHING 

 SKIES BEGAN TURNING WONKY COLORS

 THERE WAS A LOT OF LIGHTNING AND THUNDER GOING ALL ACROSS THE WESTERN HORIZON AND TO THE NORTHWEST AS WELL

DID YOU SEE THE PROFILE OF A FACE IN THE CENTER LOOKING DOWN TO THE RIGHT

THE BLUE CLOUD COLORING IN THIS PHOTO AND THE ONE BELOW IS NOT ACCURATE...THE CLOUDS WERE MANY SHADES OF GRAY AS ILLUSTRATED IN A FEW CLOUD PICS THAT I DID IN BLACK AND WHITE

Al's Music Box:)) Fire And Rain by James Taylor.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An old farmer from back in the hills walked twelve miles, one way, to the general store. "Heya, Wilbur," said Sam, the store owner. "Tell me, are you and Myrtle still making fires up there by rubbing stones and flint together?" "You betcha, Sam. Ain't no 'tother way. Why?" "Got something to show you. Something to make fire. It's called a Match." 'Match? Never heard of it." "Watch this. If you want a fire, you just do this," Sam says, taking a match and striking it on his pants." "Huh. Well, that's something, but that ain't for me, Sam." "Well, why not?" "I can't be walking twelve miles to borrow your pants every time I want a fire."

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A doctor is talking to a car mechanic, "Your fee is several times more per hour then we get paid for medical care." "Yeah, but you see, doc, you have always the same model, it hasn't changed since Adam; but we have to keep up to date with new models coming out every month."

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A rich guy said, "I think I may need professional help...A chef, a butler, and a maid should do it".

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The little moron went to a pet shop one day and asked about buying a gold fish. The salesperson asked if he needed an aquarium. His reply, 'I don't care what sign it is.'

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Just before Christmas, an honest politician, a generous lawyer, and Santa Claus were riding in the elevator of a very posh hotel. Just before the doors opened, they all noticed a $20 bill lying on the floor. Which one picked it up?  Santa, of course, because the other two don't exist!

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The little moron is swimming in a river. A man walks up and asks him, "What are you doing in there?" He says, "I'm washing my clothes." The man asks, "Why don't you use a washing machine?" The little moron says, "I tried that, but it made me too dizzy.

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