WE ARE PRETTY DARNED GOOD AT WHAT WE DO

 SATURDAY NIGHT SUNSET

Took myself for a longer country road drive on this cool but sunny morning.  Missing my best Pal.  Took a few pics and tried to concentrate on the beautiful Spring scenery slowly passing by my window.  Thank heavens for my music.  I think we got up to a rousing 57F today.  Wiz and I went out for ice cream and a sunset Saturday night.

 A QUIET SUNDAY MORNING DRIVE

 THIS MIGHT BE A FIELD OF CANOLA

 THIS WAS PHEEBS FAVORITE AREA NEAR THE HOUSE

Not much happening today.  I managed to gather up and clean a bunch of nicely painted flower pots, which will be in the next batch of stuff destined for St. Vincent de Paul in Goderich.  A drive to Elliott's Liquidation in Clinton this afternoon netted Woodsy some goodies.  She does the shopping, and I do the waiting, and we are both pretty darn good at what we do.  

 THE SUN AND MOON IN THE SKY AT THE SAME TIME??  NOPE, IT'S A LENS REFLECTION

WOODSY SIZES UP THE SUNSET

 SUNSET WATCHERS AT BAYFIELD'S PIONEER PARK

 THE YOUNG FELLA AT THE LEFT IS MORE INTERESTED IN HIS SMART PHONE THAN THE SUNSET

Al's Music Box:)) Hit The Road Jack is a song recorded by Ray Charles. The song was a US number 1 hit in 1961, and won a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues recording, becoming one of Charles' signature songs. The song was written by Percy Mayfield, who first recorded it in 1960 as a cappella demo sent to music executive Art Rupe. It became famous after it was recorded by the singer-songwriter-pianist Ray Charles, with The Raelettes vocalist Margie Hendrix. Charles's recording hit number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning on Monday, October 9, 1961. "Hit the Road Jack" won a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. The song was number one on the R&B Sides chart for five weeks, thereby becoming Charles's sixth number-one on that chart. The song was ranked number 387 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2010 list of "The Greatest Songs of All Time".  In 2013, the 1961 recording by Ray Charles on the ABC-Paramount label was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Groaner's Corner:(( You might be a Redneck if::

- You take a fishing pole to Sea World.

- The hood and one door are a different color from the rest of your car.

Y- ou've ever filled your deer tag on the golf course.

- Santa Claus refuses to let your kids sit in his lap.

- Your toilet paper has page numbers on it.

- You think mud rasslin' should be an Olympic sport.

- The receptionist checks the rat traps at your place of business.

- You list your parole officer as a reference.

- There are more fish on your wall than pictures.
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- My wife and her sister fell out on a holiday trip…The rest of the balloon flight was, however, peaceful!

- My friend asked me if I was ready to go to nudist party.  I said, "I was born ready"

- A missing comma in a sentence can make a huge difference.  For instance, “Let’s eat, Frank has a completely different meaning from“Let's eat Frank.”

- My wife traumatically ripped the blankets off me last night.  But I will recover

- 1.7% of Americans over the age of 30 are married to their 3rd cousin. Not sure why they didn't figure it out after they married their first two cousins.

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 IN FRONT OF OUR CONGRESS ARIZONA HOUSE

Al's Art Gallery

EVEN GOT A LOAD OF LAUNDRY DONE IN THERE SOMEWHERE

Slightly energized by a sunsplash on our living room floor about 8:30 this morning, I wasn't long in dragging my sorry old sack of bones outside to see what I could get done.  Gathering up a couple piles of debris, I was able to begin filling our 4 recycling bins again.  Luckily, the sun re-emerged once again from the cloud cover and lit up the yard at 10:45.  'Walla', more energy for Al, but not just that, I was definitely feeling a bit better this morning.  Well, that is until I tried to access my bank site, and it would not accept my password.  Even after I thought I had the schmozzle cleared up at my bank yesterday morning.  But I think the big problem is not with my bank but my iPhone.  My 'Outlook' email program is not accepting updated emails, and therefore, I never receive the passcode number needed to solve my bank problem.  No point in calling the banks' 1-800 'help line' if my iPhone won't accept the passcode number I need to unlock my bank account.  I'm not even going to begin to tell you how horribly frustrated I am again with all this #%@&**#!! techno CRAP!!

 WE SURE HAVE A LOT OF FERNS COMING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE THIS YEAR

With temps hovering around the 50F mark and no wind and rain for a change, I was able to make some headway on my outdoor projects, spending about three hours outside.  Pond pump cleaned, front deck and porch blown off with the leaf blower, raked up a bunch of birdseed husks, and refilled the feeders.  More trimming of a troublesome vine just outside the sunroom window, spread some mulch on one of the flowerbeds, took some pics, and lugged a few heavy flower pots around, etc.  Even got a load of laundry done in there somewhere.  It was a good feeling to 'finally' finish up some projects I had started shortly before my unexpected hospital stay two weeks ago.  With a little bit of luck I will soon be back into the swing of things again.

And a surprise late this afternoon......I didn't think Woodsy would be back until tomorrow, but while taking a few pics around the front yard for tonight's post, a little burgundy car rolled up and turned into the driveway. 'Yahouie Louie,' it was Wiz in her Wizmobile.  I was sure happy to see Lorraine back except she will probably hide my peanut bar jar on me again.

Al's Music Box:))  Come Go With Me is a song written by C. E. Quick (a.k.a. Clarence Quick), an original member (bass vocalist) of the American doo-wop vocal group the Del-Vikings.  The song was originally recorded by The Del-Vikings (lead singer Norman Wright) in 1956 but not released until July 1957 on the Luniverse LP Come Go with the Del Vikings. The final version was released in the second week of January 1957 and was led by Norman Wright, although some sources claim it was led by Gus Backus. When Joe Averbach, the owner of Fee Bee Records could not handle the demand, he signed with Dot Records in late January 1957; the song became a hit, peaking at No. 5 on the US Billboard Top 100 Pop Chart (a predecessor of the 1958 established Billboard Hot 100). It also reached No. 2 on the R&B chart. "Come Go with Me" and another 8 songs were recorded in the basement of Pittsburgh disc jockey Barry Kaye. These recordings were released in 1992 as 1956 Audition Tapes.  The song was later featured in the films American Graffiti (1973), Diner (1982), Stand by Me (1986), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), and Set It Up (2018). It was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies(1981). It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.  Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song No. 449 in its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Groaner's Corner:(( A priest was sent to a very small church in the backwoods of Alaska. After a couple of years, the Bishop decided to pay the priest a visit to see how he was doing. The priest said that it was a really lonely job and that he didn't think that he could have made it without his Rosary and two martinis each day. With that, the priest said to the Bishop, "Would you like to have a martini with me?" The Bishop said, "Yes, that would be nice." The priest turned around and hollered toward the kitchen, "Rosary, would you fix us two martinis, please?"

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A psychiatrist received a postcard from one of his clients who was vacationing in Spain. “I’m having a great time!” “Wish you were here to tell me why.”

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The banker fell overboard from a friend's sailboat.  The friend grabbed a life preserver, held it up, not knowing if the banker could swim, and shouted, “Can you float alone?”  “Obviously,” the banker replied, “but this is a heck of a time to talk business.”

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When the rod in her closet fell from the weight of her clothes, Sally decided to donate some. While gathering the garments she no longer wore, she checked the pockets in one coat and found a ticket for shoes she’d brought in for repairs nearly four years before. “So that’s what happened to those,” she muttered. Later that day after dropping off the clothes, she decided to see if the repairman still had the shoes. After studying the ticket, the man said. “I’m sorry, but those won’t be ready until Friday.”

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