TRAVEL WITH THE BAYFIELD BUNCH:))

Saturday, June 28, 2025

NOT WANTING TO PAY THE RIDICULOUS SKYROCKETING PRICES

It was late Friday afternoon when I saw the first 'Severe Weather Alert' on my weather station. A tornado watch was in effect as well. I right away clicked on my Exeter 'live radar' site, and yes, there it was, a large, nasty-looking storm front barreling across Lake Huron, and we were in the line of fire again. I grabbed my camera, zipped out the door, and hopped into the car heading for Bayfield's Pioneer Park. I was hoping to get some pics of large, whirling dark gray storm clouds. But it was not to be. The sky was a solid mid-gray color, but looking along the shoreline to the north, I saw very dark gray skies. The bulk of the storm was heading north of us from west to east. With that, I headed back toward home but went right past our Park and out into the countryside for a better look at the sky. While doing so, I happened to notice a colorful patch of sweet pea flowers on the north side of the road along the ditch. Making a U-turn and ignoring an approaching storm cell, I went back to the patch of flowers I had just passed and pulled the car off the road alongside the gullied ditch. I was aware that the thunder and lightning were ramping up and getting closer. I had taken maybe half a dozen photos when, with a quick flash and immediate clap of thunder, the darkened sky opened up, and it was as if a dam broke as a deluge of water came tumbling out of the sky. I was quickly into the Subaru, but even with the windshield wipers going full tilt, it was like I was parked under Niagara Falls. Luckily, it only lasted about 5 minutes before it let up, skies brightened, and the sun almost came out. Minutes later, I was home, and once again, as I stepped out of the car, I heard that darn 'Generator'sound and knew right away our power had been knocked out for the second time in a couple of days. It was 7:30 and the power never came back on until 10:09 p.m. Friday night.

A PATCH OF SWEET PEA FLOWERS WITH STORM CLOUDS FAST APPROACHING

IT WAS ONLY SECONDS AFTER TAKING THIS PHOTO THAT THE STORM BROKE OVERHEAD AND SENT ME SCURRYING INTO THE CAR

I woke up to cloudy skies this morning with a pleasantly cool 66F outside. 72F in the house. Cloudy skies are never very inspiring for me, but I knew I had better get myself outside and at least make an attempt to go somewhere or do something. With a long-sleeved shirt over my short-sleeved shirt on this breezy, cool morning, out the door went I and headed off to my country road walking spot. I had to get the cobwebs out of my legs from the inactivity of the past couple of days. After my walk, and with a dull, sunless, unexciting landscape, I didn't bother wandering around the countryside and came right back home.

IF THESE TWO WERE TO COME TO BLOWS, IT IS THE MOURNING DOVE ON THE RIGHT THAT WOULD BOOT THE GRACKLE RIGHT OFF THE BIRD STATION
With a hankering for bacon & eggs this morning and not wanting to pay the ridiculous skyrocketing prices for bacon & eggs (Kate's Station south of Clinton over $17 and A&W now over $12), I wasn't long in hauling out the frying pan. So, two eggs over easy, four slices of bacon, and two pieces of toast later, I had quite economically satisfied my hankering for bacon & eggs.......despite breaking both eggs when flipping them over.

CAME ACROSS A HERD OF CATTLE HAVING A LAZY SATURDAY MORNING

Al's Music Box:)) Sailing by Christopher Cross.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A clergyman walking down a country lane sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off. "You look hot, my son," said the cleric. "Why don't you rest a moment, and I'll give you a hand." "No thanks," said the young man. "My father wouldn't like it." "Don't be silly," the minister said. "Everyone is entitled to a break. Come and have a drink of water." Again, the young man protested that his father would be upset. Losing his patience, the clergyman said, "Your father must be a real slave driver. Tell me where I can find him and I'll give him a piece of my mind!" "Well," replied the young farmer, "he's under the load of hay."

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- Why were E.T.s eyes so big?
Because he saw the phone bill.

- What did the green grape say to the purple grape? "Breath, you idiot, Breathe!!

- Pamela: "You're half an hour late. I've been standing here like a fool."
Marjorie: "I can't help how you stand."

- A friend of mine got kidnapped by a group of mimes...They did unspeakable things to him!

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Al's Doggy World

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Kelly & Pheebs Corner

KELLY BRINGING COFFEE AND SNACK FROM AN EATERY IN JULIAN, CALIFORNIA

THROWING SNOWBALLS IN ARIZONA'S CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS

OUR LAST COFFEE STOP IN FOREST, ONTARIO ON OUR WAY HOME FROM THE GREAT AMERICAN SOUTHWEST EACH SPRING

CATCHING SOME AFTERNOON ZZZZZZ'S IN THE MOTOR HOME

Al's Art Gallery

Friday, June 27, 2025

HAVING TO DEAL WITH 'THE SENIOR' ON MY SIDE OF THE COUNTER

DAD MUST BE AT WORK SO MOM'S GOT THE LITTLE GALS OUT FOR A PICNIC AT THE BEACH TODAY

Thursday night was cloudy, cool, and windy, and I should have slipped on a nylon jacket over my long-sleeved shirt when I headed off to my country road walking spot. Oh well, it wasn't that bad, and I took myself for a brisk walk anyway. No chasing after any flashing white lights after my walk this time and it was straight home I went. Had it been sunny and warm I might have taken a cruise into and around Bayfield before going home. Maybe tomorrow night. Depending on the weather of course. In well less than six months from now, warm evening walks and and leisurely scenic drives through the picturesque countryside will be a thing of the past until late next Spring sometime. So, I better get out and do them now while I can.

A PEACEFUL SERENE EVENING IN HURON COUNTY'S PICTURESQUE RURAL COUNTRYSIDE

Not off to a good start this morning when after turning on my living room laptop, Microsoft took over and wanted me to blah-blah-blah and sign in to blah-blah-blah and upgrade/download to blah-blah-blah. After trying to get out of all this stupid blah-blah-blah stuff Microsoft got huffy and 'bang-zoom' all my passwords were gone. Couldn't get into my Outook email or G-mail programs, Facebook, Grammarly, Statcounter or my Bogger dashboard, etc. I was dead in the water with all that stuff so it was off to Goderich's ContinuIT computer store I went. Kelly used to deal with this kind of stuff but that was then, and this is now. At the counter in the computer store, it took the fella there close to half an hour to get things finally straightened out for me. He was doing a lot of typing on the keyboard and I could tell he was frustrated. Of course I wasn't much help trying to come up with unremembered passwords, despite having a written list with me. Luckily, he hardly charged me anything for his expertise, and I very much appreciated his patience in having to deal with 'the Senior' on my side of the counter. From the computer shop, it was a Tim Hortons coffee to go, and down to the harbor and out to Rotary Cove I went. With the sun out, I could feel the day's humidity building rapidly, and on the way home later, I had to flick on the A/C.

A WARM SUMMER'S DAY AT THE BEACH FOR THESE CANADA GEESE AND A DUCK

THIS WOULD NOT BE MY CHOICE OF FOOTWEAR IF I WERE CLAMBERING OVER LARGE BOULDERS

WHETHER ON THE BOARDWALK OR OFF, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE OUT FOR A WALK OR A RUN ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKE HURON

I had hoped to empty my utility trailer today but I ended up inside for the rest of the day, staying cool with my fans going. A couple of fans cost less to run than central A/C does............

'HEY ALICE, ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE TUTTI-FRUITI ICE CREAM' IN THERE

'NO TUTTI FRUITI RALPH BUT SHE SAID TO TRY THE WINDOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN'

'OH GEEZZZ, THIS BETTER NOT BE ANOTHER TUTTI FRUITI WILD GOOSE CHASE

Al's Music Box:)) Galveston by Glen Campbell.

I LIKE THE SUN HATS

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A fair haired lady made several attempts to sell her old car. She was having a lot of problems finding a buyer because the car had 340,000 miles on it. She discussed her problem with a darker haired lady friend that she worked with at a bar. That lady suggested, "There may be a chance to sell that car easier, but it's not going to be legal." "That doesn't matter at all," replied the first lady. "All that matters it that I am able to sell this car." "Alright," replied the second lady. In a quiet voice, she told her friend: "Here is the address of a friend of mine. He owns a car repair shop around here. Tell him I sent you, and he will turn the counter back on your car to 40,000 miles. Then it shouldn't be a problem to sell your car." The following weekend, the fair haired lady took a trip to the mechanic on her friends advice. About one month after that, the ladies met up and the dark haired lady asked, "Did you sell your car?" "No!" replied the car owner lady. "Why should I? It only has 40,000 miles on it."

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Wife: Why are you late?
Husband: There was a man who lost a hundred-dollar bill.
Wife: That's nice. Were you helping him look for it?
Husband: No, I was standing on it.

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A man took his Rottweiler to the vet and said "My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?" "Well," said the vet, "lets have a look at him." So he picks the dog up and has a good look at its eyes. "Hmm," says the vet, "I'm going to have to put him down" "Just because he's cross-eyed?" says the man. "No, because he's heavy," says the vet.

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A woman came to her doctor in a panic.
"Doctor, all day long my daughter eats yeast and car wax, and won't get out of bed! What will happen to her?" "Don't worry," said the Doctor, "eventually she will rise and shine."

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