TRAVEL WITH THE BAYFIELD BUNCH:))

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

AND LIGHT YEARS OF EMPTY SPACE:(((

Again, taking advantage of the cooler morning air, I skipped my morning walk and right away got at loading up the utility trailer with more stuff for 'Pete the scrapyard guy.' He was home when I got there, and he helped me unload the stuff. Pete's always a happy guy with more stuff coming in, and I, of course, am now always a happy guy to be getting rid of more stuff. See....it's how stuff happens eh:))

Home again, I vacuumed the living room floor, then headed back outside to work on my next project, which is the area where we once parked our RVs. And I use the word RV (Recreational Vehicle) in a plural sense because we certainly did have a lot of RVs over the years. (1997-2019) 1 Travel Trailer, 1 Fifth wheel, 1 Class B Van, 5 Class Cs, and 2 Motorhomes. By 2 o'clock this afternoon, after using my electric roto-tiller, I again turned into a sweaty 167-pound ball of sticky paste. Only one remedy for that, and I was soon in the shower. Stayed in there so long I nearly drowned.

A FEW BUTTERFLIES FROM MY EVENING DRIVE A FEW NIGHTS AGO

Well, it was Canada Day today, and the last couple of years, folks from our Park got together and decorated their golf carts for a parade around the Park. I always took pictures of them going by our driveway. Last year, Kelly and our neighbor Monica sat out on lawn chairs to watch the galloping gang go by. I knew about the parade today, but I forgot about it. In fact, when they would have gone by about 3 p.m. I was splashing around in the shower. Between my knowing about something and my remembering that something, there exists light years of empty space in my mind between the two. Oh well, maybe next year. Come to think of it, I'm not sure where next year even is yet. Light years of empty space in my mind I tell ya....light years of empty space.

Al's Music Box:)) Summer Song by Chad and Jeremy.

A SINGLE WATER DROP ON THIS LEAF MAKES FOR A MARVELOUS MAGNIFYING GLASS

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A preacher was completing a temperance sermon: with great expression, he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take it and throw it into the river." With even greater emphasis, he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world, I'd take it and throw it into the river." And then finally, he said, "And if I had all the whiskey in the world, I'd take it and throw it into the river." He sat down. The song leader then stood very cautiously and announced with a smile, "For our closing song, let us sing Hymn # 365: "Shall We Gather at the River."

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- I'm an expert at picking leaves and heating them in water. t's my special tea.

- “I have a split personality,” said Bob, being frank.

- I don't own a telescope, but it's something I'm thinking of looking into!

- I asked my boss, "Can I get a couple of weeks off for Christmas?" "It's May," he said. I said, "Sorry. May I get a couple of weeks off for Christmas?"

- What is a rabbit’s favorite music? Hip-hop.

What do you call a rabbit that’s raised indoors? - An in-grown hare.

- Where do rabbits work? At IHOP.

- What do you call 50 rabbits walking backwards? A receding hare line.
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Al's Doggy World

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Kelly & Pheebs Corner

SEARCHING FOR GOLD IN THE MUCHACHO MOUNTAINS WEST OF YUMA, ARIZONA

WORKING ON A COMPUTER LAPTOP PROBLEM IN THE BACK OF OUR JEEP WRANGLER IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE OLD BORREGO SPRINGS LIBRARY

GETTING A CACTUS THORN OUT OF PHEEBS' PAW

Al's Art Gallery

Monday, June 30, 2025

THE EMPHASIS THERE IS ON THE WORD 'MIGHT'

I didn't venture too far Sunday night, but I did get out for my country road walk. I planned on returning to my spot in a couple of hours to do some stargazing, but it wasn't to be. I was simply too tired. And, it doesn't look like I will be venturing very far tonight as well. Cloudy with a few periods of drizzly rain. Not my kind of weather for a sunset-enhanced drive through the countryside
ALMOST AT MY WALKING SPOT SUNDAY NIGHT I SPOTTED THIS DEER RUNNING ACROSS A FIELD OF BEANS
LUCKILY I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH TO GET STOPPED JUST AS THE DEER SLOWED DOWN TO A WALK

THROUGH THE OPEN PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW, I CURIOUSLY WATCHED THE DEER AS IT CURIOUSLY WATCHED ME
PERSEIVING ME AS NOT A THREAT, IT STOOD ITS GROUND
THEN, SATISFIED I WAS NOT A THREAT, IT NONCHALANTLY WALKED SLOWLY ACROSS THE FIELD OF BEANS TOWARD A FOREST'S EDGE
AND, WITH A LAST MY GLANCE MY WAY, IT STEPPED QUIETLY INTO THE FOREST AS WAS GONE
Another warm summer's morn, mainly cloudy, and humid, with a few traveling rain sprinkles. Took my legs for a walk at my country road walking spot and came home. Figured it was a good morning for cleaning Subie's interior, so out came the shop vac, and glass cleaner, etc. With that done, I worked a bit in the back yard until the humidity finally drove me inside whereupon I threw my sorry old sack of bones into the shower to get rid of all that uncomfortable sticky past. Rains came and went as storm cells passed through the area, bringing tornado watches and warnings. Thunder, lightning, and a tornado that did touch down in a field near Lucan, Ontario. Not sure what I am up to tomorrow, but I'll probably think of something by morning. I might load my utility trailer up with some more junk and then make a delivery. The emphasis there is on the word 'might'.

MY ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO THIS HERD OF CATTLE BECAUSE I SAW THIS AS AN UNUSUAL GROUPING

THEY WERE ALL OF LIKE ONE SOUND MIND AND BODY HEADING IN THE SAME DIRECTION

I DIDN'T SEE A FARMER LEADING THEM, OR A DOG HERDING THEM, OR A COUPLE OF COWBOYS ON HORSEBACK RIDING HERD ON THEM, SO MAYBE THEY WERE JUST HEADING FOR THE ICE CREAM TRUCK I SAW PARKED UP NEAR THE BARN

ALMOST AT MY WALKING SPOT

DAY LILIES ALONGSIDE THE ROAD....NO WONDER SOME FOLKS CALL THEM DITCH LILIES

NOT SURE IF THIS IS CANOLA OR WILD MUSTARD

A PICK-UP TRUCK TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER WENT BY THE OTHER WAY SO I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT RECEDING IN MY OUTSIDE DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR

A COLORFUL RED BARN WITH A FRONT DECK ON IT

MY CAR CLEANING OPERATION LATE THIS MORNING

Al's Music Box:)) Key Largo by Bertie Higgins.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( David had been extremely anxious for years. It got to the point where his compulsive worrying was ruining his life, so he went to a psychiatrist, who recommended that David hire a professional worrier. After he'd been working with the specialist for a few months, David's friend John noticed a change. "What happened?" John asked. "You don't worry about anything anymore." "I hired a professional worrier!" David answered. "That must cost a fortune," John said. "Yes, he charges $3,000 a month," David said sheepishly. "Three thousand dollars! How can you ever afford to pay him?" John exclaimed. "I don't know, I don't worry about it," David said. "That's his problem."

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Customer: Waiter, I’m in a hurry! Will the pancakes be long?
Waiter: No sir, round.

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My wife asked me why I call her 12? Dozen cook, dozen clean, dozen do anything...

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It was dinner time on a British Airways flight from London to New York. As the flight attendant moved down the aisle, she asked one of the passengers: “Would you like dinner?” “What are my choices?” asked the passenger. “Yes or No,” replied the attendant.

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My ex-wife and I could not reconcile our marriage because of religious differences.
She thought she was God. I disagreed.
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Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
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Two friends, Jim and Paul, are in a bank when, suddenly, armed robbers burst in.
While several of the robbers take the money from the tellers, others line the customers up against a wall and proceed to take their wallets, watches, etc. While this is going on, Jim slips something into Paul's hand. Without looking down, Paul whispers, "What is this?" Jim replies, "It's that $50 I owe you."

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