TODDLING OFF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

HAVING A CLOSER LOOK AT TUESDAY NIGHT'S HALF MOON WITH MY 7x50 BINOCULARS

After publishing Tuesday night's post, I was out the door, into the Subaru, and off out into the countryside for a wee bit of stargazing.  Of course, with a big, brightening half Moon in the sky, I knew it wasn't the best time for viewing stars, but I wanted to take full advantage of being able to be outside on a reasonably mild early October night.   I headed for my high spot on Tower Line Road and was surprised to see several sets of very bright lights moving slowly across the landscape where I knew there to be no roads, just fields.  But, due to the time of year, it didn't take me long to figure this one out though, as a large cloud of dust enveloped the roadside across from the tall communication tower ahead of me.  In that brightly lit cloud of dust emerged a large green John Deere combine.  This farmer, burning the midnight oil, was in the process of harvesting his bean field.  I also saw in his headlights a large eighteen-wheeled truck parked darkly off to the side of the road.  Minutes later, a second set of bright lights came up out of the field onto the road and headed for the truck.  It was a tractor pulling a large grain bin with a large boom.  It sidled up beside the truck, stopped, swung its boom shute out over the truck's open trailer, and began transferring its load of beans into the large truck bin.  Quite a sight in the moonlight as dust swirled up into the night sky, illuminated by the tractor's lights and also a bright, beaming spotlight on the end of the long boom shute.  It was something to behold in the cool darkness of an early October night.

 YOU CAN SEE THE COMMUNICATION TOWER ON THE LEFT AND THE LIGHTS OF CLINTON ON THE HORIZON

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With my crunchy peanut butter supply getting down to less than two jars, I made a mad dash to Goderich's Walmart this morning.  Picked up a few more groceries while there, and the bill came to over $ 99.00!!  I figure if I'm going to survive to any kind of ripe old age, I had better quit eating before I run out of money.  

 AREA FARMERS ARE BUSY PREPARING THE LAND FOR NEXT SPRING'S CROPS

HARVESTING BEANS IS A VERY DUSTY BIT OF BUSINESS

 SAW A FEW HORSES ALONG THE WAY

THE FEDERAL HUNTER WAS DOCKED AT THE GODERICH GRAIN TERMINAL TODAY

 TWO CREWMEN ARE DWARFED BY THE SHIP'S HUGE HATCH COVERS

Home again, I happily spent my time outside.  Took a utility trailer load of yard waste to the Park's recycle area, and watered all my new back yard grass again, cleaned out another flower bed, three more frogs to the Park's pond, and raked up a few more wheelbarrow loads of pine needles. In between all that, I think I did some other stuff too, but how would I know.  This aging process definitely has its drawbacks!!  Woodsy will be back Friday to wind me up again and get me toddling off in the right direction with my wheelbarrow and shovel in hand.  

 TOOK A QUICK SWING AROUND OUR PARK BEFORE PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY

JUST UNLOADED ANOTHER UTILITY TRAILER FULL OF YARD WASTE

THE OLD OWNER DAMAGED PARTS OF THE PARK, AND IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE NEW OWNERS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO REPAIR MUCH OF THAT DAMAGE

 ANOTHER LITTLE FROGGY IN THE BUCKET IS WAITING TO BE TAKEN TO THE PARK'S BIG POND

 THIS ONE PHOTO PRETTY MUCH  SUMS UP MY AUTUMN DAYS THIS YEAR

Al's Music Box  Taxi by Harry Chapin.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( It was a particularly tough football game, and nerves were on edge. The home team had been the victim of three or four close calls, and they were now trailing the visitors by a touchdown and a field goal. When the official called yet another close one in the visitors' favor, the home quarterback blew his top. How many times can you do this to us in a single game?" he screamed. "You were wrong on the out-of-bounds, you were wrong on that last first down, and you missed an illegal tackle in the first quarter. The official just stared. The quarterback seethed, but he suppressed the language that might get him tossed from the game. "What it comes down to," he bellowed, "is that you STINK!" The official stared a few more seconds. Then he bent down, picked up the ball, paced off 15 yards, and put the ball down. He turned to face the steaming quarterback. The official finally replied, "And how do I smell from here?"

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Question: What’s the best way to make a small fortune in the stock market?
Answer: Start off with a big one.

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It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker.
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A panda bear walks into a restaurant and orders a meal. After eating, he pulls out a gun, shoots the place up, and runs away. Quickly, the bartender runs after him, yelling, "HEY YOU CAN'T DO THIS!!!" The panda turns around and yells, "Yes, I can. Look me up in the encyclopedia!" So, the bartender looks up "Panda" in the encyclopedia, and it reads "Panda: increasingly rare species of bear that can be found in the eastern part of Asia. It eats shoots and leaves.”

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