FIGHTING THE DREGS OF TIREDNESS

Maybe it was the gray sullen skies, maybe it's the running to the bathroom so many times in the night resulting in poor sleep or maybe I'm just morphing into a tired old man.  Whatever it is I wished it would stop.  They say it's one of the radiation side effects that will gradually go away.  It's the word 'gradually' I would like to speed up.  Hopefully in time my system will return to normal.  Well, whatever normal is these days.

SAW US A HERD OF WILD TURKEYS THIS MORNING

Clearing skies and sunshine lifted my spirits this afternoon as I edited a few photos from our Jeep ride to Goderich and back this morning.  Looked to me like the lake level may have dropped a wee bit.

CORMORANTS FLYING OVER THE BREAKWATER

We have a line on a Chevy 2005 Class B+ Trail Light Swift but won't know anything more until possibly later in the week.  Trail Light's parent company is Monaco.  It has an 'inverter' and that of course would be a plus for us in avoiding RV Parks.  Not sure but we think it's 25 or 26' long from bumper to bumper.  We'll see what shakes out later in the week, if anything.

Sure hated to lose a beautiful sunny Autumn afternoon but I just couldn't seem to drum myself up enough afternoon energy to get outside and do anything.  Supposed to be hot and miserably humid Tuesday.  Oh Dear:((

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Funny Facts::

1. Regular naps prevent old age... especially if you take them while driving. 2. Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee.  

3. Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband! 

4. They said we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash. 

5. A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms. 

6. Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent at all. 

7. Don't marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without... but whatever you do, you'll regret it later. 

8. You can't buy love... but you still pay heavily for it. 

9. True friends stab you in the front. 

10. Forgiveness is giving up my right to hate you for hurting me. 

11. Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.  

12. Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired 

13. My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me. 14. Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others. 

15. Ladies first. Pretty ladies sooner. 

16. It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss. 

17. They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.  

18. Saving is the best thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you. 19. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.

20. Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.

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PHEEBS AND I CHECKED OUT AN RV THIS MORNING

A ROBIN FAMILY DROPPED IN FOR A BATH THIS AFTERNOON

Furnace came on this morning and how nice to feel that warm air.  Nights are becoming colder.  Pheebs and I had the Jeep's heater going for awhile as well as we headed off into a cold east wind.  Our sunny morning wanderings took us all the way to Stratford Ontario where we did a drive-by to have a look at an RV we had heard about.  It was an older Class C that had seen better days and not quite what we are looking for.  Thought about taking a cruise around Stratford while in the area and my nearby home of Tavistock but for some reason old memories didn't seem to hold any interest for me this morning.  I'm a big 'old memories' kind of guy but I've noticed this past year or so my 'old memories' interest has been kind of waning.  I have no explanation for that so I just have to chalk it up to the aging thing again.  People's interests change and I am no exception to that.

ON THE TIM HORTONS SITE CONCRETE PADS HAVE BEEN POURED FOR THE FOUR GAS PUMPS

ANOTHER SIGN OF PROGRESS

It was a quiet Sunday morning on the area's country roads as Pheebs and I headed for home.  We took a swing around the old farm house near Fullarton Ontario where Kelly and I with our dog Max spent 7 great years.  Always sad going by remembering all the good times we had there and it's a shame to see the state of disrepair it is in now.  Sometimes it's just best not to re-visit old places I guess.  Found that out last winter when we briefly returned to our old stomping grounds in Congress Arizona.  For some unexplainable reason I became very depressed after driving around and looking at some of our old favorite places like Indian Rock and our house on Ghost Town Road.  Once a favorite place of ours I couldn't wait to leave and head on down the road.  The Congress Arizona area was just as great as it always was and nothing had changed there.....except me:((

OVER THERE BEHIND THE COVERED HAY BALES IS THE OLD FULLARTON FARM HOUSE

ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THE BIG BARN WHERE I ONCE STORED MY MOTORCYCLE DURING WINTER

SOME WINDOWS IN THE HOUSE ARE NOW BOARDED UP...I PAINTED ALMOST EVERY ROOM IN THAT HOUSE WHEN WE LIVED THERE PLUS RE-STAINED ALL THE NICE WOODWORK

SO SAD TO SEE EVERYTHING IN SUCH A MESS

I ALWAYS HAD THIS GRASS NEATLY MOWED

THIS WAS OUR LANDLORD'S HOUSE BEFORE HE MOVED INTO THE HOUSE WE LEFT

We were home again by 10:30 and with cloudy lower 50F temps I never strayed far from our comfy and cozy warm little sunroom.  I have a feeling I'll be spending a lot of time here over the coming months.

CONTEMPLATING A SUNDAY AFTERNOON BATH

'SPLISH-SPLASH'

'AHHHHHHHH'

Had to slip into Bayfield's Foodland store for milk this afternoon and noticed the annual Volksfest was happening on Clan Gregor square.  Managed a few drive-by photos and it looked like a big success this year.  I walked around Volksfest a few years ago and took a bunch of photos so I didn't feel the need to stop and take a whole bunch more.  Volkswagen Beetles were a big part of my life back in the mid 60's to early 70's and I have driven them countless miles.  As far south as Sarasota Florida, east to Halifax Nova Scotia and west to British Columbia.  I've crashed them, smashed them, and rolled one over.  I would love an opportunity to drive an old Beetle again now all these years later rather than just walking around looking at them.  Oh, and I also had two Volkswagen vans with one being a campervan just like the orange one in the third photo town.  Took that van to Canada's east coast and back in the mid 80's.  Just me and my little green 'Oscar the Grouch'. (Sesame Street)  By the way it was Oscar who taught me everything I know about being a really good Senior Grouch:))

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Mr. Bailey saw his son's shiner and demanded, "Scott, who gave you that black eye?" "No one gave it to me dad," replied the spunky lad. "I had to fight for it." 

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- Definition of a Toe: A part of the foot used to find furniture in the dark.

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Tech: "Hello, this is tech support. What can I help you with today?"
User: (describes problem)
Tech: (rattles off computer jargon)
User: "Sorry, I don't understand. Can you explain what I should do as if I were a small child?"
Tech: "Okay... 'Hi, could you please put your mommy on the phone?'"
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AND WHO'S THE WAD WHO CAME UP WITH THAT ANYWAY!!

A mild wet start to our day but that's Okay we didn't mind it that way.
As long as it isn't snow we can get out and go
So that's what we did sticking to the grid
Of paved roads alone until it was time to head home. 

'I'M TELLING YOU BILL I SAW A DEW WORM BACK THERE THIS BIG'

'MIRROR MIRROR ON THE GROUND WILL MY GREAT GREAT GRANDPA JONATHON LIVINGSTON SEAGULL EVER BE FOUND'

I think the highlight of our day was the warm freshly baked pumpkin pie Kelly brought home from the Mennonite Market south of Bayfield this afternoon.  I like my pumpkin pie to taste like pumpkin pie so I didn't put any ice cream on my piece.  I've never cared much for mixing two wondrous 'delight's together.  If I was having a bowl of ice cream I wouldn't want a slice of pumpkin pie dumped on it.  I like my ice cream to taste like ice cream.  And who's the wad that came up with a slice of cheese with apple pie anyway.  Is there no shame.  

'Wad'.....Scottish National Dictionary: To use the word wad, implying helplessness, indecision, or insincerity on the part of the speaker, as professing an intention he does not really mean.

'HEY IS THAT YOU OVER THERE PHEEBS??'

'YA IT'S ME MOLLY'

Skies finally began clearing by late afternoon with a few shafts of sunlight tumbling through the pine trees into our front yard.  Looking at the calendar I noticed it was already the 28th of September.  A month from now we'll be staring November in the face and it will be less than a month to Christmas.  I've been digging out my warmer clothes and already I start my cooler mornings out with a warm T-shirt covered by a long sleeved shirt and jacket.  In a month from now I will likely have switched from jacket to winter coat already.  All depends on the weather of course but November is notoriously known as the worst month of the year with it's cold winds and rain, leafless trees and gray bleak landscape.  Awwww nuts now I've gone and depressed myself...…………...

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Then and Now Concerns for people of the baby boom generation...…………….

Then: Long hair.

Now: Longing for hair.

Then: Keg

Now: EKG.

Then: Acid rock

Now: Acid reflux.

Then: Moving to California because it's cool.

Now: Moving to California because it's hot.

Then: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your parents.

Now: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your kids.

Then: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor.

Now: Trying not to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor.

Then: Our president's struggle with Fidel.

Now: Our president's struggle with fidelity.

Then: The Grateful Dead.

Now: Dr. Kevorkian.

Then: Getting out to a new, hip joint.

Now: Getting a new hip joint.

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THREE DIFFERENT WIND DIRECTIONS

Standing on a country road this morning with an easterly breeze on my left cheek I noticed the slow turning blades of several nearby wind turbines were facing to the southwest.  Looking up at the dark patterned cloud cover overhead I saw it was moving from west to east.  Three different wind directions all at the same time.  

A year ago today I climbed up to the top of Prince Edward Island's Point Prim Lighthouse and later we ate at the nearby Point Prim Chowder House.  It's all here in my post for that day....Point Prim Lighthouse and Chowder House.

Nothing too much going on here today and feeling tired I stuck pretty close to my recliner with Kindle in hand.  Only exception was a short afternoon walk with Pheebs.

GROANER'S  CORNER:(( There is a story about a monastery in Europe perched high on a cliff several hundred feet in the air. The only way to reach the monastery was to be suspended in a basket which was pulled to the top by several monks who pulled and tugged with all their strength. Obviously the ride up the steep cliff in that basket was terrifying. One tourist got exceedingly nervous about half-way up as he noticed that the rope by which he was suspended was old and frayed. With a trembling voice he asked the monk who was riding with him in the basket how often they changed the rope. The monk thought for a moment and answered brusquely, "Whenever it breaks."
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- Why can't towels tell jokes?
Because they have a dry sense of humor.

- “I had to give up my job as a plumber. It was just too draining.”

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