SO, WITH THAT WISE THOUGHT IN MIND

 AND YES, WE DO HAVE FROGS IN OUR FRONT YARD FROG POND

Seeings how I am another day older today than I was yesterday, I figured I had to be a touch wiser too.  Well, that's my wise old Owl theory anyway.  So, using that scant touch of wiseness I figured a morning walk under a shady growth of trees would be a much smarter thing to do than a walk out in the open under the blazing hot morning Sun.  So, with that wise thought in mind, Pheebs and I headed off into Bayfield where we soon had ourselves walking along a dirt road under the tall cool pine trees of the Bayfield Cemetery.  Sometimes, even I am surprised by my occasional bursts of unexpected smarts and short wisps of wonky wisdom.

 NEXT DOOR TO THE BAYFIELD CEMETERY IS THE BAYFIELD INTERNATIONAL CROQUET CLUB

 UNDERNEATH THIS LARGE WALNUT TREE I FOUND A LITTLE WALNUT FACE

 THIS IS A WALNUT POD

 AND THIS IS THE LITTLE WALNUT FACE

 A PATCH OF DAISIES IN BAYFIELD

With a welcome abundance of shade in our front yard I spent some of my time out there wandering around with my camera this afternoon.  As long as I didn't exert myself or move too fast I was okay in the heat but oh my, how nice to step back inside a nice cool air-conditioned house.

 IT WAS A HOT AND HUMID DAY IN OUR FRONT YARD JUNGLE

 DAYLILY

 SUNBURST LOCUST LEAVES

 A GERANIUM IN DEEP SHADE

 LOOK CLOSELY AND YOU WILL FIND ALIEN FACES IN THESE FLOWERS

 AND THERE ARE OTHER SHADOWY FACES IN OUR YARD AS WELL

Al's Music Box:)) Theme From A Summer Place  by the Lettermen from the album 'The Lettermen: Complete Hits.  1959

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Learn to Speak Southern...Before heading south for a vacation, it may be a good idea to learn the language of our southern brothers and sisters. And we're here to help........

Hah Tu Spek Suthun:
BARD - verb. Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."
JAWJUH - noun. A highly flammable state just north of Florida.
Usage: "My brother from Jawjah bard my pickup truck."
MUNTS - noun. A calendar division.
Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I taint herd from him in munts."
ALL - noun. A petroleum-based lubricant.
Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."
FAR - noun. A conflagration.
Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh doesn't change the all in my pickup truck, that things gonna catch far."
BAHS - noun. A supervisor.
Usage: "If you don't stop reading these Southern words and git back to work, your bahs is gonna far you!"
TAR - noun. A rubber wheel.
Usage: "Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh doesn't git a flat tar in my pickup truck."
TIRE - noun. A tall monument.
Usage: "Lord willing and the creeks don't rise, I sure do hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris sometime."
RETARD - Verb. To stop working.
Usage: "My granpaw retard at age 65."
RATS - noun. Entitled power or privilege.
Usage: "We Southerners are willing to fight for our rats."
FARN - adjective. Not local.
Usage: "I cudnt unnerstand a wurd he sed ... must be from some farn country."
JU-HERE - a question.
Usage: "Juhere that former Dallas Cowboys' coach Jimmy Johnson recently toured the University of Alabama?"
HAZE - a contraction.
Usage: "Is Bubba smart?" "Nah ... haze ignert."
VIEW - contraction: verb and pronoun.
Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City ... view?"
GUMMIT - Noun. An often-closed bureaucratic institution.
Usage: "Great ... ANOTHER gummit shutdown!"

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HOT HUMID DAYS ARE UPON US

 THE ALGOMA NIAGARA IN PORT THIS MORNING TAKING ON A LOAD OF SALT

Despite the already hot morning Sun bearing down on us, Pheebs and I did make an attempt at our gravel road walk earlier today.  Not wanting to turn into a sticky ball of paste so early in the day we were soon back in the Jeep and underway with our windows down.  A stop for gas at Goderich's Solo gas bar and then a coffee to go at Mcdonalds'.  Zipping down to the harbor and beach areas I noticed it was mostly Seniors who made up the majority of boardwalkers this morning.  A quick stop at Walmart and we were soon on our way home.  I didn't stray too far from the cool confines of our house for the rest of the day with the exception of vacuuming a lot of doggy fur out of the Subaru.

A WARM SUMMER'S MORN FOR A WALK ON THE BOARDWALK ALONG LAKE HURON'S SHORES

 MANY OF THE FOLKS OUT AND ABOUT WERE SENIORS

 EVEN THESE CANADA GEESE WERE ENJOYING THEIR DAY AT THE BEACH

Decided this morning to start using the Subaru more than the Jeep for our morning rides.  The Jeep still runs fine but I have a hard time picking up a clear Sirius XM radio signal much of the time.  It's a mobile radio with a plug-in magnetic antenna on the roof and it has always been problematic.  And especially so for an impatient character like myself.  Subie's built-in XM radio is crystal clear and has no reception problems.  With the wide-opening doors and slightly lower road clearance than the Jeep, it is easier for Pheebs to get in and out of the Subaru as well.  Also, the 4-cylinder Sube is much better on gas than our 6-cylinder Jeep Liberty.     

Al's Music Box:)) The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel from the album 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'.  1970

GROANER'S CORNER:(( This is an oldy but it is always a goody::  Veteran Pillsbury spokesman Pop N. Fresh died Wednesday of a severe yeast infection He was 71. He was buried Friday in one of the biggest funerals in years. Dozens of celebrities turned out including Mrs. Butterworth, the California Raisins, Hungry Jack, Betty Crocker, and the Hostess Twinkies The graveside was piled high with flours, as longtime friend Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy, describing Fresh as a man who "never knew he was kneaded".  Fresh rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a smart cookie, and wasted much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Still, even as a crusty old man, he was a roll model to millions. Fresh is survived by his second wife. They had two children, and... one in the oven.

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Two Hindu swamis were in conversation.
One said to the other, "How did you like my latest book, 'The Art of Levitation'?"  His companion replied, "It kept me up all night."

Q: What do you call 13 bunnies in a row, hopping backwards?  

A: A receding hairline!!!!!!

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SCOOTER'S HEADED TO ALASKA

 SPOTTED THIS GAGGLE OF CANADA GEESE EAST OF LONDON'S PARKWOOD HOSPITAL TODAY

Another muggy day.  Seeing how it was Monday, all three of us were in the Subaru once again headed to London's Victoria Hospital.  We left under sunny skies but soon ran into rain.  Luckily, the rain quit right after we dropped Kelly off at the Hospital.  Over to the Westminster Ponds area we went but I already knew the trails would be too muddy to walk and the grass at the baseball diamonds would also be soaking wet.  So,  staying on some old crumbling paved roads we walked around the 'old foundations' area a couple times.  Snapped a few pics along the way.

 FORTUNATELY, WE HAD SOME OLD CRACKED PAVEMENT TO WALK ON

 I REFER TO THIS AS THE 'OLD FOUNDATIONS' AREA

 MORNING RAINS HAVE BENT THESE BRANCHES LOW

 AND YES, PHEEBS JUST WALKED RIGHT THROUGH THAT WATER PUDDLE

 BECAUSE OF THE MUDDY TRAIL, WE DIDN'T HEAD OFF INTO THE ENCHANTED FOREST

Picked up Kelly at 3 o'clock and we headed for home under partially sunny skies.  Because it was a holiday Monday for us, traffic was thankfully much lighter at the London end of our travels.  A welcome break indeed.  We were home around 4:30 with both of us being very tired.

 I SNAPPED A FEW RAINY-DAY PHOTOS ALONG THE WAY

While on our way to London late this morning, Kelly's cell phone rang and it was the fellow who bought our Class C RV (Scooter) a couple weeks ago.  He had a question about the propane tank.  He and his wife, traveling in Scooter, are heading to Alaska Thursday.  I thought to myself, how great for Scooter to finally be on the road going somewhere after sitting here at our place going basically nowhere for the past 3 years.  

 BACK TO THE CAR

 HANGIN OUT

 WE'RE OUT OF LONDON AND HEADING HOME

Al's Music Box:)) More Than I Can Say by Leo Sayer from the album 'More Than I Can Say'.  1980

GROANER'S CORNER:(( I once spent ten years marooned on a tropical shore...I lived on nothing but coconuts and seafood. I fashioned sandals out of leaves, a hut out of grass and sticks, and I kept myself healthy with wild plants.  One day I was scouring the beach for copper wire to build a radio I was working on, and I came across a small white spheroid about 2" in diameter that I had difficulty biting into.  The mystery was solved when a man stepped out of the trees and said, "That's mine." Astonished,  I asked him, "Where did you come from?"  He said, "From the golf resort just the other side of those trees."

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"What Happens Here, Stays Here" is getting old, so a contest is being held for new slogans. Here are a few......

- Where Luck Goes to Die

- More Than Thirty Million Schmucks a Year Can't Be Wrong

- We've Got What It Takes To Take What You've Got

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READ A BIT, SNOOZE A BIT, AND HAVE A SNACK A BIT

A welcome cloud cover this morning prevented the Sun from turning the day into a steambath.  Not so good for most folks, but good for me.  Not even a whisper of a breeze stirring anywhere when Pheebs and I headed off to our walking spot.  Before arriving there it began to drizzle slightly but we didn't let that stop us and we managed to get half a walk in before the drizzle turned to rain.  We made it back to the Jeep without any serious wetness upon us.  From there we followed Libby's windshield wipers all the way home.  Needless to say, that was pretty much the end of our day as I settled into our sunroom's comfy recliner with my trusty Kindle Reader in hand.  Read a bit, snooze a bit, walk around a bit, play on the computer a bit, and have a snack a bit:)) 

 CONDENSATION ON LIBBY'S WINDSHIELD THIS MORNING

 'HOLY SHEEP BUNS BATMAN!!'

 PERHAPS A TOUCH OF AUTUMN?? NOPE, JUST SOME 'PAST THEIR PRIME' DITCH WEEDS BESIDE THIS YEAR'S BEANFIELD IN LAST YEAR'S CORNFIELD

 COWS ON A HILL

Al's Music Box:)) Longer by Dan Fogelberg from the album 'Phoenix'.  1979

 NOPE, THAT'S NOT A LOG IN THE BACKGROUND IT'S AN OLD CORNSTOCK

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A rookie police officer was out for his first ride in a cruiser with an experienced partner. A call came in telling them to disperse some people who were loitering.  The officers drove to the street and observed a small crowd standing on a corner. The rookie rolled down his window and said, "Let's get off the corner, people."  A few glances, but no one moved, so he barked again, "Let's get off that corner...NOW!" Intimidated, the group of people began to leave, casting puzzled stares in his direction.  Proud of his first official act, the young policeman turned to his partner and asked, "Well, how did I do?"  "Pretty good," chuckled the veteran policemen, "especially since this is a bus stop!"

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- Why don't aliens visit our planet? Terrible ratings. One star.

- I had my first UFO experience this morning  I walked into the kitchen and confessed to my mum that killed her prize Orchid. The next thing I knew, there were flying saucers coming at me from everywhere!

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I need to re-home a dog.  It's a small terrier and tends to bark a lot.  If you're interested, let me know and I'll climb over my neighbor's fence and get it for you.

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