I COULD VERY WELL HAVE ENDED UP WITH A BLACK EYE

 OUR AREAS ANNUAL WHEAT HARVEST HAS BEGUN

A shorter drive this morning took me down along the Bannock Burn Line.  The road goes north and south, with most of the forest scenery closer to the south end at Mill Road.  And especially so in the Fall of the year with all the hardbush's beautiful Autumn colors. I always manage to find a few photos along this stretch of the road, regardless of the season.

 I STOPPED ALONG THE WAY AT A COUPLE OF RIVERS AND A FEW CREEKS

 A DRY CREEK BED WITH A FEW PUDDLES

 DAY LILIES ALONGSIDE THE ROADSIDE

 NOT SURE WHAT THAT BROADLEAF PLANT IS, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF IT ALONGSIDE THE ROAD

WATER LEVELS ARE LOW IN SOME OF THE WATERWAYS

 ANOTHER DRY CREEK BED

The annual wheat harvest has begun in our area, and it's a busy time right now for farmers.  Of course, some farmers might disagree by saying, 'hey, it's always a busy time for farmers!!  Okay, let's give them that.  A lot of big farm machinery and trucks are moving around on country roads right now.  

 FARMERS ARE BUSY

A YOUNG FELLA CLIMBS UP INTO THE COMBINE IN PREPARATION FOR DRIVING IT FORWARD TO HOOK ONTO THE COMBINE'S WHEAT HEADER SITTING ON THE TRAILER

 A FARM TRUCK AWAITS A LOAD OF WHEAT FROM THE COMBINE

 JOHN DEERE SEEMS TO BE THE BIG NAME IN FARM MACHINERY AROUND HERE

 GRAIN WAGONS WAIT TO BE FILLED

 BEING A FARM GIRL, WOODSY SPOTTED A PROBLEM AHEAD

 YUP, LOOKS LIKE THE FELLAS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE COMBINES WHEAT HEADER

Home again, it was too hot and humid for me to do anything outside, so it wasn't long before Lorraine and I were headed to Goderich.  For a change of pace, we decided to have breakfast at a new place in Goderich that neither one of us had been to before.  The Stacked Pancake House is located in the mall at the south end of Goderich.  As soon as I walked in the door, I liked the place.  Bright, bold colors and very clean looking.  Woodsy had the 'The Great Canadian' omelet, and I had the 'Homestyle' omelet.  Neither one of us had any pancakes.  We were both impressed with the food and service, and agreed that we would go there again sometime.  Lorraine insisted on paying for breakfast, and I knew if I tried to argue with her about that, I could have very well ended up with a black eye.  From there, it was a stop at the Dollorama store as well as Walmart.  I had a prescription to pick up at the Pharmacy, so I reluctantly went in to push the grocery cart around.  From there, it was home we went with a few pics along the way, and me grumbling about having to push the grocery cart around:((

LORRAINE'S OMELET

 MY OMELET WITH A FEW SIZEABLE BITES OUT OF IT

Monday night, we headed off to my favorite country road walking spot for a walk, followed by a drive into Bayfield.  We have finally agreed to 'no more ice cream cones'!!  It's no wonder I had to put extra air into the Subaru tires due to the added weight the car was having to carry.  We didn't stay in Bayfield very long, and after the sun had slipped below the horizon, we beat a path for home. 

SPOTTED THIS TWO-MASTED SHIP FROM PIONEER PARK

 IT WAS FAIRLY CLOSE INSHORE

 I DID SEE THE NAME OF THIS BOAT ON FACEBOOK BUT NOW I CAN'T REMEMBER IT...IT'S A TRAINING VESSEL FROM OTTAWA

 PADDLE BOARDERS NEAR THE TWO-MASTED BOAT

 I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE ANCHORED JUST OFFSHORE FOR THE NIGHT

Al's Music Box:)) Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie by The Sons of the Pioneers. 

GROENER'S CORNER:(( At last, the first woman ever was elected U.S. president. She called her mom to make sure she was coming to the inauguration. "I don’t know, dear. What would I wear?” "Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll send a designer to help you.” "But you know I need special foods for my diet.” "Mom, I’m going to the president. I can get you the food you need.” "But how will I get there?” "I’ll send a limo, Mom. Just come!” "OK, OK, if it makes you happy.” The great day came, and Mama was seated with the future cabinet members. She nudged the man on her right. “See that girl, the one with her hand on the Bible? Her brother’s a doctor!”

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A guy is at the driving range having a very bad day. Everytime he tries to hit t balls he tops them,  and the balls only go about 20′. Finally disgusted, he turns to the pro on the range and mutters,” If I don't connect with this one, I'm gonna jump in that lake and drown myself!” The Pro looks at him and says,” I don't think you can do it.” “Why not,” He asks. The Pro says, “I don't think you can keep your head down that long!”

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 A pastor who was badly overworked went to the local medical center and was able to have a clone made. The clone was like the pastor in every respect--except that the clone used extraordinarily foul language. The cloned pastor was exceptionally gifted in many other areas of pastoral work, but finally, the complaints about the dirty language were too much. The pastor was not too sure how to get rid of the clone so that it wouldn't look like murder. The best thing, he decided, was to make the clone's death look like an accident. So the pastor lured the clone onto a bridge in the middle of the night and then pushed the clone off the bridge. Unfortunately, there was a police officer who happened by at that very moment and arrested the pastor for making an obscene clone fall.

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Kelly & Pheebs Corner

 KELLY WITH HER BROTHER PETER, AND TWO SISTERS, REBECCA AND KATHY

 I THINK THIS IS MIKE O'BRIAN'S YOUNG DAUGHTER...MIKE IS THE FELLOW WHO PUT A NEW ROOF ON OUR HOUSE AND BUILT OUR SUNROOM

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SO I SLOWLY TRUNDLED MY WAY HOME

 THE ONLY THING THAT CAUGHT MY PHOTO INTEREST WAS A HERD OF COWS CLUSTERED UNDER A BIG SHADE TREE TRYING TO BEAT THE HEAT ON THIS HOT SUMMER FLY INFESTED DAY

A longer morning drive than usual this morning found me dusting up a few country roads down around the Zurich area.  Of course, when one is moving along about 15 mph, everything seems to take longer.  While in Zurich, I surprised myself by stopping at the Zurich Vet Clinic on the off chance to see if they might have a poor little rescue doggy there needing a good home.  They didn't, so I slowly trundled my way home.  Our oppressive heat wave continues, so I have not been straying far from my cool air-conditioned dwelling.  I have things waiting to be done outside, but they will just have to wait for cooler weather.  I drove Woodsy into Bayfield this afternoon for her bike ride and picked her up an hour and a half later.

Al's Music Box:)) Because by the Dave Clark Five.

 AT BAYFIELD'S PIONEER PARK, SUNDAY NIGHT I SPOTTED THIS BOAT WITH FIVE GIGGLING AND LAUGHING LITTLE KIDS IN THE WATER BEHIND IT

ANOTHER SUNDOWN

GROANER'S CORNER:(( On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother.  The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents."

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"Mr. Clark, I'm afraid I have bad news," the doctor told his anxious patient. "You only have six months to live."  The man sat in stunned silence for the next several minutes. Regaining his composure, he apologetically told his physician that he had no medical insurance. "I can't possibly pay you in that time."  "Okay," the doctor said, "let's make it nine months."

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- I bought a bag of air today…The company that made it was kind enough to put some potato chips in it as well.

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A man was giving a speech at his lodge meeting. He got a bit carried away and talked for two hours. Finally, he realized what he had done and said, "I'm sorry I talked so long. I left my watch at home."
A voice from the back of the room replied, "There's a calendar behind you..."

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 ON THE PHONE IN THE SUNROOM

 KELLY'S FAVORITE PLACE WAS HER BEDROOM

 'OH GEEZZZ DAD, IS THAT AN ELEPHANT ON THE ROAD AHEAD'

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