EXPERT SCHMEXPERT!!

Again with a quiet forest in mind Pheebs and I did get ourselves out for an early morning walk in the Hullett Marsh before the heat and humidity brought the dreaded Deer Flies out.  I will leave you with a few photos and I have a question for my fellow Bloggers at the end of my post.......................

A HOBBIT LIVES IN THERE

NO THAT IS NOT A HOBBIT IT’S A WILD MALE TURKEY

SPOTTED A GIANT STICK MANTIS MAKING IT’S WAY THROUGH THE FOLIAGE

 

SWALLOWS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE SHADOW COWBOY TRIED TO SNEAK IN A SELFIE

A FARMER’S FIELD ALONG THE EDGE OF THE WOODS

WE WERE LUCKY IN THE COOL FOREST THERE WERE VERY FEW DEER FLIES BUT WHEN WE STEPPED OUT INTO THE SUNNY MEADOW BELOW WE WERE MOBBED AND HAD TO MAKE A HASTY DASH FOR THE JEEP

<<< TREE TWINS

I am at an age and stage in my life now where it is very difficult for me to trust people anymore and especially here on the internet.  Truth is an elusive and suspect thing regardless of where I encounter it anymore it seems.  Case in point::  In the past few weeks I have received 3 emails from a person with this as their opening line.  “Hi Al, We’re handpicking some of the finest bloggers in the world to interview for Blogging.com. And we’d like to interview you about the success of Travel With The Bayfield Bunch.  Travel With The Bayfield Bunch will be profiled on Blogging.com, with worldwide exposure”……….. Now, I see a ‘red flag’ here!!  I am not an ‘expert blogger’ and I am not naïve enough to think I am.   I’m just a guy who happens to write a blog most every day like many others.  The line that really has a red flag for me is this one, “We’re handpicking some of the finest bloggers in the world”…… In the world??  Come on now!!!!!!  So fellow bloggers here is my question.  How many of you folks have received this very same suspicious sounding email??  I’m almost sure it has to be a scam so I’m looking for some kind of verification that it is.   I’d appreciate you letting me know…..thanks.   Expert Schmexpert!!

THESE ARE THE LAST PHOTOS OF SATURDAY NIGHT’S SUNSET IN GODERICH

NONE OF THESE SUNSET PHOTOS HAVE BEEN COLOR ENHANCED BUT I DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO UNDEREXPOSE MY SUNSETS GIVING THEM A  FEELING OF DEPTH

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GOING

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GROANER'S CORNER:(( This woman rushed to see her doctor, looking very much worried and all strung out. She rattles off: Doctor, take a look at me. When I woke up this morning, I looked at myself in the mirror and saw my hair all wiry and frazzled up, my skin was all wrinkled and pasty, my eyes were bloodshot and bugging out, and I had this corpse-like look on my face! What's WRONG with me, Doctor!? The doctor looks her over for a couple of minutes, then calmly says: Well, I can tell you that there is nothing wrong with your eyesight....

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- One day the bass player hid one of the drummer’s sticks.  The drummer said, “Finally! After being a drummer for so long, now I am a conductor!"

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COME TAKE A WALK WITH US THROUGH THE FOREST

My day began at 4:30 this morning after my mind simply woke itself up and that was that.  The day dawned with overcast skies and an on again off again light drizzle.  Feeling the need for a quiet forest walk Pheebs and I picked up a coffee to go in Bayfield and headed for the nearby Bannockburn Conservation Area.  With refreshingly cooler morning air upon us I didn’t figure the Deer Flies would be a problem and they weren’t.

THIS IS WHAT WALKING THE BOARDWALD LOOKS LIKE TO PHEEBS

AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME

 

Being a week day I didn’t figure there would be anyone there and luckily there wasn’t.  Had the enchanted forest all to ourselves and we walked a section of trail we had skipped a week or so ago.   Had been half a dozen years or more since I last walked that section of trail.  Forests always bring back pleasant memories for me and I find comfort there. 

  

Again as a young boy growing up in Tavistock Ontario our village was surrounded by countryside and where we lived close to the railway tracks it was a short walk from our house along those tracks to a nearby forest west of town.  We always called it Kaufman’s Bush.  My earliest memories are of my Grandfather walking with me up those tracks and through the bush.  Over the years as a boy I was to spend a lot of time playing in that forest with all my imaginary friends.  Often times I would go there by myself and feel the healing powers surrounding me.  I am still in the habit of doing that to this very day.

 

NO TRAIL MARKERS ANYWHERE BUT THE TRAIL ACTUALLY RUNS THROUGH TO THE RIGHT OF THOSE STUMPS AND PHEEBS ALWAYS KNOWS WHERE THE TRAIL IS

ON SOME SECTIONS OF TRAIL IT IS AN INPENETRABLE CEDAR FOREST ON BOTH SIDES

HEADING BACK ACROSS THE RAVINE BRIDGE

With an eye to the sky in case of rain Pheebs and I moseyed ourselves along the trail stopping to look at this or listen to that.  Sometimes around home Pheebs shows her 9 aging years but once in the forest her puppy side once again comes alive as she runs about sometimes at full speed up and down the trail.  She sometimes races off then slams on the brakes and comes racing back to run around me in circles.  Such a happy little dog she always is and I am so fortunate to have my best Pal of ever always by my side.  Since the day we met Pheebs back in August of 2011 her and I have been in each others lives every single day since.   As I type this paragraph she lays contentedly curled up right beside my chair

 

‘COME ON DAD THE JEEP IS THIS WAY’

THAT IS A WASHROOM AT THE END OF THE THE BOARDWALK

OH-OH SOMEBODY’S GOT MUDDY PAWS

Two thirds of the way through our hour long walk it began to drizzle but that’s all it amounted to.  I always carry a plastic bag in my photo vest in which to put my camera in case of a downpour.  Didn’t feel much like going home but home we did go and that was it for the day.  Never went outside again despite clearing skies by mid afternoo.

AND THIS IS RIGHT WHERE SOMEBODY GOT THOSE MUDDY PAWS

GROANER’S CORNER:((  FAQ- Pregnancy and Women:

Q: Should I have a baby after 35?
A: No, 35 children is enough.

Q: I’m two months pregnant now, when will my baby move?
A: With any luck, right after he finishes college.

Q: What is the most reliable method to determine baby’s sex?
A: Childbirth.

Q: My wife is five months pregnant and so moody that sometimes she’s borderline irrational.
A: So what’s your question?

Q: My childbirth instructor says it’s not pain I’ll feel during labor, but pressure. Is she right?
A: Yes, in the same way that a tornado might be called an air current.

Q: When is the best time to get an epidural?
A: Right after you find out you’re pregnant.

Q: Is there any reason I have to be in the delivery room while my wife is in labor?
A: Not unless the word ‘alimony’ means anything to you.

Q: Is there anything I should avoid while recovering from childbirth?
A: Yes, pregnancy.

Q: Do I have to have a baby shower?
A: Not if you change the baby’s diaper very quickly.

Q: Our baby was born last week. When will my wife begin to feel and act normal again?
A: When the kids are in college.

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