BUT, THE LOVE OF THEIR MOTHER WILL BOND US TOGETHER FOREVER

 GOODBYES ARE ALWAY SAD AND ESPECIALLY SO WHEN IT'S LIKELY ONE MAY NEVER SEE THESE PEOPLE AGAIN

Despite what looked like an overcast sky on Wednesday evening, I did head out to my walking spot. Stepping out of the car I was amazed at the ominous cloud formations which I somehow didn't notice while driving there.

I WAS SURPRISED BY THE OMINOUS LOOKING BUT BEAUTIFUL CLOUDS OVERHEAD

 KIND OF SCARY

 DESPITE THE CLOUD COVER OVERHEAD, I WAS ABLE TO GET A COUPLE OF LONG TELEPHOTO SHOTS OF THE SUNRISE, WHICH WAS JUST A SLIVER OF LIGHT ON THE DISTANT HORIZON 

Up a touch earlier on this latter August morn.  I knew Sabra and Rebecca would be returning earlier after spending the night at the Bayfield South Suites a few miles south of Bayfield on the Bluewater Highway.  Before they arrived, I had myself out for a country road walk followed by a short drive through the countryside.  It was a beautiful sunny morning with a few clouds and a slight warming north breeze.  Saw a few butterflies on my walk, but nothing like last week when they swirled around me.  I wish I had thought to take a video of that with my iPhone, which I had in my pocket.  Oh well, maybe next August.  

 A FEW PHOTOS IN OUR BACKYARD THIS AFTERNOON

Home again, I whipped myself up a two-egg omelet with onions, cheese, and chunks of ham.  Had I had some green peppers, I would have tossed them in too.  No, I have not tried adding peanut butter to my two-egg omelets.

 BEAN FIELDS ARE BEGINNING TO RIPEN

 ARRIVING AT MY WALKING SPOT THIS MORNING, I SAW THIS HAWK IN THE DISTANCE SITTING BESIDE A PATCH OF WHITE....WALKING OUT INTO THE FIELD, I SAW THE PATCH OF WHITE WAS A SEAGULL THAT THE HAWK HAD BROUGHT DOWN

Sabra and Rebecca rolled in about 12:30 and resumed their sad task in their Mom's room.  But, I must say, neither one of those two gals let that sadness interfere with the job that had to be done.  I helped out with little bits here and there when needed, but basically, I let Sabra and Rebecca make the decisions regarding the distribution of all of their Mom's things.  As the day began to wind down, they took a break and we all sat around the kitchen table reminiscing about their Mother.  We also had a second moment standing in Kelly's bedroom when we talked about Kelly, and I was able to bring them more memories of their Mother and what a good person she was.  There were some chuckles, and there were some tears.  And then.....they were finally done, and with Sabra's car fully loaded down, it was time to say goodbye.  I knew this would be a difficult time because the reality of the situation is that it was unlikely we would ever see each other again.  Our lives, for so long entwined with Kelly's, would now move on in other directions and interests, but the love of their Mother will bond us together forever.

AT THIS POINT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, THE GIRLS WERE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR MOM'S STUFF

AFTER SAYING OUR GOODBYES, SABRA AND REBECCA HEAD OUT

 A FINAL WAVE AND THEY WERE GONE....AND, ANOTHER DOOR CLOSED BEHIND ME

Al's Music Box:)) Moments To Remember by The Four Lads.

SABRA DRIVING AND REBECCA IN THE PASSENGER SEAT

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The man was in no shape to drive, so he wisely left his car parked and walked home. As he was walking unsteadily along, he was stopped by a policeman. "What are you doing out here at 2 A.M.?" asked the officer. "I'm going to a lecture." The man said. "And who is going to give a lecture at this hour?" the cop asked. "My wife," said the man.

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I'm at my boss's funeral, kneeling and whispering at the coffin..."Who's thinking outside the box now, Gary?"

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My friend bought a bus pass to a nude beach. It turned out to be a ticket to no wear.

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I was in a couple’s home trying to fix their Internet connection. The husband called out to his wife in the other room for the computer password. “Start with a capital S, then 123,” she shouted back. We tried S123 several times, but it didn’t work. So we called the wife in. As she input the password, she muttered, “I really don’t know what’s so difficult about typing Start123.”

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An old-time pastor was riding furiously down the road, hurrying to get to church on time. Suddenly, his horse stumbled and threw him to the ground. Lying in the dirt, his body wracked with pain, the pastor called out, “All you angels in heaven, help me get up on my horse!”With extraordinary strength, he leaped onto the horse’s back—and fell off the other side. From the ground again, he called out, “All right, just half of you angels this time!”

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I KNEW THERE WAS A CHANCE IT COULD BE AN EMOTIONAL DAY

I knew there was a chance it could be an emotional day, with a second day to follow.  Kelly's two daughter's Sabra and Rebecca, arrived today to spend a couple of days finalizing their Mom's room and closing another final chapter in their Mother's life.  The day went well.

FOR KELLY'S CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN SPENCERPORT NEW YORK THIS PAST SATURDAY, SABRA PUT TOGETHER THESE THREE PICTURE BOARDS

Al's Music Box:)) Time by the Alan Parsons Project.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man who absolutely hated his wife's cat decided to get rid of it one day by driving it 20 blocks from his home and leaving it at the park. As he was nearing home, the cat was walking up the driveway. The next day, he decided to drive the cat 40 blocks away and try the same thing. As we was driving back into his driveway, there was the cat! He kept taking the cat farther and farther away, but the darn cat would always beat him home. At last, he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right and so on until he reached what he thought was a safe distance from his home, and he left the cat there. Hours later, the man calls home to his wife: "Jen, is the cat there?" "Yes," the wife answers. "Why do you ask?" Frustrated, the man answers: "Put that damn cat on the phone. I'm lost and I need directions!" 

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A famed English explorer was invited to Dartmouth to tell of his adventures in the African jungle. "Can you imagine, a people so primitive that they love to eat the embryo of certain birds, and slices from the belly of certain animals? And grind up grass seed, make it into paste, burn it over a fire, then smear it with a greasy mess they extract from the mammary fluid of certain other animals?"  When the students looked startled by such barbarism, the explorer added softly, "What I've been describing, of course, is a breakfast of bacon and eggs and buttered toast."

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Two businessmen in Florida were sitting down for a break in their soon-to-be new store. As yet, the store wasn't ready, with only a few shelves set up. One said to the other, ' I bet any minute now some senior citizen is going to walk by, put his face to the window, and ask what we're selling.'
No sooner were the words out of his mouth when, sure enough, a curious senior citizen walked to the window, had a peek, and in a soft voice asked, "What are you sellin' here?" One of the men replied sarcastically, "We're selling idiots." Without skipping a beat, the old timer said, "You're doing well. Only two left."

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