MY FIRST WALK AT OUR FAVORITE WALKING SPOT WITHOUT MY BEST PAL

 MY FIRST WALK OF THE YEAR AT OUR WALKING SPOT AND THE FIRST WALK WITHOUT MY BEST PAL BY MY SIDE

A nice sunny cool Sunday morning found me in the Subaru by myself heading out to the walking spot road where Pheebs and I often went.  It was the first time there this year, and my first walk without her.  It was not an easy walk for me without my best Pal, but I did do the half mile up the road and back.  In my mind, Pheebs was there with me walking the road, bounding along in the ditches, and sniffing at all the new Spring smells.

 TURNING EAST OUT OF OUR PARK EARLIER TODAY ON A FINE MID-MAY SPRING MORNING

 NICE TO SEE COUNTRYSIDE BUSH LINES GREENING UP

 A BUSY SUNDAY MORNING FARMER OUT WORKING HIS FIELDS

 A SWAMPY AREA ALONGSIDE THE ROAD NEAR OUR WALKING SPOT

 HEADING WEST BACK TO OUR PARK JUST UP AHEAD

Seeing how it was Sunday and once thought of years ago as a day of rest, that is exactly what we did.  Sat on the back deck and soaked up some warm sunshine in the day's cooler air.  Loaded up the Subaru with more things for St. Vincent de Paul which we'll drop off on a Goderich run Monday morning.

 TURKEY VULTURE

I attended a Park meeting a couple of days ago where it was announced that our Park's water was once again going to be chlorinated.  Nothing wrong with our Park's water, but I think it may be some kind of Province-wide thing.  But, here's what bugs me!!  Somehow, word leaked out about the chlorination of our water, and now I can't find a single frog in our front yard frog pond.  With the threat of chlorinated water looming over their amphibious little green heads, I figure they have all abandoned ship and hopped their way back to the Park's big pond.

 IT WAS A LONELY WALK THIS MORNING

Al's Music Box:)) Cool Water sung by Marty Robbins is a song written in 1936 by Bob Nolan. It is about a parched man and his mule traveling a wasteland tormented by mirages.  The song is on Marty Robbins' fifth studio album, released on the Columbia Records label in September 1959 and peaking at number 6 on the U.S. pop albums chart. It was recorded in a single eight-hour session on April 7, 1959, and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1965 and Platinum in 1986. Years after the album's release, members of the Western Writers of America chose six of its songs as being among the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. Three of them were written by Robbins: "El Paso," "Big Iron," and "The Master's Call." Three were written and previously recorded by others: "Cool Water," "Billy the Kid," and "The Strawberry Roan."

 SATURDAY NIGHT SUNSET AT BAYFIELD'S BEACH AREA

Groaner's Corner:(( "I bet you don't know what day this is", said the wife to her husband as he made his way out the front door. The husband was perplexed, but was always a quick thinker: "Of course I do, my dear. How could I forget!?" With that, he turned and rushed to catch the bus for work.  At 10 AM, the doorbell rang and when the woman opened the door, she was handed a box containing a dozen long stemmed red roses.  At 1 PM, a foil wrapped, two pound box of her favorite chocolates arrived. Later, a boutique delivered a designer dress. The woman couldn't wait for her husband to come home.  The husband was smug when he returned from work, satisfied that he had recovered what could have been a very bad situation.  His wife was indeed surprised: "First the flowers, then the chocolates, and then the dress!" she exclaimed, "I've never had a more wonderful Groundhog Day in my life!

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A distraught investor called his financial advisor. “Is my money really all gone?”

He wailed. “No, no,” the advisor answered calmly. “It’s just with somebody else!”

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It was a baby mosquito's first day to fly out from home.  When the mosquito came back home later that day, the father mosquito asked, "How was your journey?" The baby mosquito replied, "It went great, everyone was clapping for me!"

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 LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT BE GETTING SOME BURGS AND FRIES SOMEWHERE

 WHILE TRAVELING, WE WOULD SOMETIMES OVERNIGHT INA CASINO PARKING LOT THEN GO INSIDE TO WALK AROUND AND SEE ALL THE GLAM AND GLITTER

 AN AFTERNOON SNOOZE AT OUR HOUSE

 LOOKS LIKE A RELAXING DAY FOR KELLY AND PHEEBS

 ON CANADA'S PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

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MY VERY MUCH MOST FAVORITIST AUNT OF ALL TIME

Our mid-May nights are still bordering on cool to cold, with daytime air mainly remaining on the cool side despite the warm sun.  A frost warning has been issued north of us tonight up around Southampton. This is all set to change Monday when warmer air is finally due to move into our area.  It could even be up to 80°F starting Monday.  Yea, I thought, finally something new for Al to complain about when the humidity rolls in.

Skipped my car ride this morning and got right at my metal shed clean-up job.  I want to get that project done before Monday when the warmer air rolls in.  That shed heats up inside on hot days, and I don't want to have to be in there on those hot days.  Happy to say that by the end of the day, and with Lorraine's help, the majority of the shed clean-up is done.  Even vacuumed the concrete floor.  Sure got rid of a lot of stuff again today.  I am quite pleased.

Talked to Aunt Jean last night, and although she is doing well for her nearly 98 years, she does feel her age creeping up on her over the past little while.  She is still on oxygen for sleeping, but does all right without it during the day.  Her legs are growing weaker, and with her weakened heart, she can't walk very far with her walker before having to stop for a rest . But here's the kicker: she still enjoys driving her car in the manic Sarasota traffic.  She drives herself to the hairdresser for a haircut every few weeks, and a couple of times a week, she drives over to visit her friend Pat for supper.  And do you know that it was only 5 years ago that she played her last game of golf at age 93.   She's a real trooper and she is my very much most favoritist Aunt of all time:)) 

Al's Music Box;)) Don't Dream It's Over is a song by rock band Crowded House, recorded for their 1986 self-titled debut studio album.  The song was composed and written by New Zealand frontman Neil Finn and released in October 1986 as the fourth single from the album.  "Don't Dream It's Over" became the band's biggest international hit, reaching No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 1987. The song reached No. 1 in Canada and in Finn's native New Zealand.  At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the song was nominated for three awards, winning Best Video.  AllMusic described the song as a "majestic ballad".  Cash Box said "The easy going and pretty song camouflages a pained longing. Neil Finn's voice, recognisable from his stint with Split Enz, is reedy and expressive and full of irony."

Groaner's Corner:(( A lawyer opened the door of his BMW, when suddenly a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely. When the police arrived at the scene, the lawyer was hopping up and down with rage, complaining bitterly about the damage to his precious BMW. "Officer, look what they've done to my Beeeemer!!!" he shrieked.  "You lawyers are so materialistic, it's amazing!!!" retorted the officer, "You're so worried about your stupid BMW, that you didn't even notice that your left arm was ripped off!!!" "Oh no...." replied the lawyer, looking down and noticing for the first time the bloody stump where his left arm had once been. "Where's my Rolex???"

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A six-year-old boy called his mother from his friend Charlie's house and confessed he had broken a lamp when he threw a football in their living room.
"But, Mom," he said, brightening, "you don't have to worry about buying another one. Charlie's mother said it was irreplaceable."
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- Women are like telephones ... They love to be held. They love to be talked to. But, if you press the wrong button, you're DISCONNECTED.

- If the pen is mightier than the sword, in a duel I'll let you have the pen!

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At my friends' wedding reception, the groom stood to say a few words. He turned to his bride's mother. "You've given me a gift," he began, "a gift that..."Here he paused in thought, whereupon his mother-in-law completed the sentence, "That you can't return!"

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A little boy walked up to homeplate in an empty baseball field, with his bat and ball in hand.  As he threw the ball up in the air, he proclaimed, "I am the best ball player ever!" He swung with all his might, but missed.  He did the same thing and missed again.  He picked up the ball, tossed it up one more time, said "I am the best ball player in the world!" Then he swung and missed again.  "Wow!" he said. "What a great pitcher I am!"

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