Monday, August 25, 2025

SHE MAKES ME EAT RIGHT, LIKE VEGGIES:(((( YUK!!

MONDAY MORNING IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE CLOUDS
For the second evening in a row, my country road walk was thwarted.  It was not because I didn't attempt a walk, it was simply because of the rain.  Unlike Saturday night's severe storm, Sunday night's milder storm still however, brought rain.  With darkened skies again overhead, I was just a few hundred feet from the car on my walk when I felt a few drops of rain.  I wheeled around and headed back to the car, and minutes later, I was following my windshield wipers down the road.  It was a gentle, but steady rain, and with not worrying about open windows at home, I continued driving along a few more country roads before heading home.  Our nights are really cooling off, and I am quite okay with that.  

SUNDAY NIGHT I HAD HOPED TO GET A WALK N BUT WHEN I GOT TO MY COUNTRYROAD SPOT, SKIES WERE ONCE AGAIN DARK AND IT LOOKED LIKE ANOTHER STORM COMING IN
 YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS THE SUN BUT IT IS NOT....IT IS A SHAFT OF SUNLIGHT SHINING THROUGH A  HOLE IN THE STORM CLOUDS AND LIGHTING UP A SECOND WHITE CLOUD COVER BEHIND
 DISREGARD THE BLUE COLOR IN THE CLOUDS, (THEY WERE GRAY) AND MINUTES AFTER TAKING THIS PHOTO, THE RAIN BEGAN
 SUNSET AFTER THE RAIN
 I SEE AN ALIGATOR IN THE CLOUDS
The following photos are from my Sunday morning drive following Saturday night's storm.  I didn't include them in my Sunday post because I already had enough storm photos in that post.  Monday morning's sky was beautiful with a deep blue sky set off by big white billowing clouds left over from the previous evening's storm.  Just a wondrous morning to be out and about for my walk, and following that with a slow drive through our majestic rural countryside.

 YES, THERE IS A BIG CLOUD CHARACTER MARCHING ACROSS THOSE CLOUDS...CAN YOU SEE IT
CLOUDS IN THE SOUTHERN SKY
 CLEARER SKIES TO THE WEST
 CLEARER SKIES TO THE NORTH
FOLLOWING MY MORNING ROUTE ON TOWER LINE ROAD
With traveling storm cells moving through the area this morning (and afternoon) I didn't head out for a walk this morning and therefore, didn't take any photos today.  Instead, I went about tidying up the house a bit because I knew Woodsy (Lorraine) was heading over from Stratford.  She arrived early this afternoon.  Always good to see her.  She makes me eat right, like veggies:((((( Yuk!!

 A FEW MORE RURAL PHOTOS ON MY WAY HOME SUNDAY MORNING
 OH HOW I LOVE MY COUNTRY ROAD DRIVES AND ESPECIALLY SO WHEN THE COUNTRY ROADS ARE PAVED
 GOLDENROD
 THESE FLOWERS ARE IN OUR FRONT YARD
Al's Music Box:)) Pussy Willows, Cattails by Gordon Lightfoot.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A little kid's in school, taking a true-false test, and he's flipping a coin. At the end of the test, he's flipping the coin again. The teacher says, "What are you doing?" He says, "Checking my answers."

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Saw a great product advertised -- it was a hearing aid made to look like a Bluetooth headset. Its for people who are embarrassed about wearing a hearing aid but not about wearing a Bluetooth headset.

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I was standing at the bar in an International Airport when this small Chinese guy comes in and stands next to me.  He starts drinking a beer, so I asked him, "Do you know any of those martial arts things, like Kung-Fu, Karate, or Ju-Jitsu?" He says,"No, why would you ask me that? Is it because I am Chinese?" "No", I said, "It's because you're drinking my beer!!!!."

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Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers. Now they drink like their fathers.
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You know that tingly little feeling you get when you really like someone? That's common sense leaving your body.
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I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning
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Dear paranoid people who check behind shower curtains for murderers.........if you find one, what's your plan?

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I'm not saying let's go eliminate all the stupid people. I'm just saying, let's remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out.

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How many general relativity theorists does it take to change a light bulb?  It takes two: One will hold the light bulb, and another will “rotate the space”.

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Sunday, August 24, 2025

BIG WIND GUSTS NEARLY TOPPLED ME INTO THE DITCH

 WE SURE GOT A SMASHER OF A STORM SATURDAY NIGHT
I was hoping to see something called the Black Moon Saturday night, but it was not to be.  I saw something else more spectacular.  Heading out of the Park and clearing the forest around 7:45, I saw right away a lot of clouds in the sky, so I knew there would probably not be a visible Black Moon sighting.  However, the clouds that I was seeing were very ominous and smacked of a bad storm brewing.  By the time I reached my walking spot on Stirling Line, it was obvious that we were about to be clobbered by a major storm to the west coming in across Lake Huron.  There were massive, dark gray clouds thickening and roiling about in the sky, and there was thunder and lightning in those low-hanging clouds as well.  The cloud mass was like a gigantic, fast-moving steamroller approaching.  I have seen lots of stormy skies, but never one with the angry-looking forboding colors this one was packing.  I'm not exactly an excitable person, but this approaching storm really had me excited as I darted about taking photos with both my camera and my iPhone.  What a really great way to spend a Saturday night, I thought to myself as my car door blew shut and the sudden big wind gusts nearly toppled me into the ditch. Frightened? No!!  Excited, hell yes:)) And then, with a whoosh, came the blinding wall of rain, obscuring any further visibility of the sky.  'Oh-Oh' I thought, 'I've left some windows open at home', and with that thought foremost in my mind, and my windshield wipers on high barely keeping up with the deluge of water, I made a dash for home.  The rain was hitting the car so hard that it created a din inside, making me think it might be hail.  It wasn't, it was just a wind-whipped hard rain.  Luckily, by the time I got home, the rain had begun letting up.  I made a dash inside and was relieved to find that not much of that driving rain had entered through the three open windows.  Sometimes I just get lucky, I guess. 'What a great way to spend a Saturday night,' I thought to myself.  I gotta get out and do this more often............ 

 TURNING NORTH AT MY WALKING ROAD ON STIRLING LINE, I LOOKED TO THE WEST AND SAW RIGHT AWAY THAT THERE WAS A BIG STORM APPROACHING 

 SKIES BEGAN TURNING WONKY COLORS
 THERE WAS A LOT OF LIGHTNING AND THUNDER GOING ALL ACROSS THE WESTERN HORIZON AND TO THE NORTHWEST AS WELL
DID YOU SEE THE PROFILE OF A FACE IN THE CENTER LOOKING DOWN TO THE RIGHT
THE BLUE CLOUD COLORING IN THIS PHOTO AND THE ONE BELOW IS NOT ACCURATE...THE CLOUDS WERE MANY SHADES OF GRAY AS ILLUSTRATED IN A FEW CLOUD PICS THAT I DID IN BLACK AND WHITE
Al's Music Box:)) Fire And Rain by James Taylor.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An old farmer from back in the hills walked twelve miles, one way, to the general store. "Heya, Wilbur," said Sam, the store owner. "Tell me, are you and Myrtle still making fires up there by rubbing stones and flint together?" "You betcha, Sam. Ain't no 'tother way. Why?" "Got something to show you. Something to make fire. It's called a Match." 'Match? Never heard of it." "Watch this. If you want a fire, you just do this," Sam says, taking a match and striking it on his pants." "Huh. Well, that's something, but that ain't for me, Sam." "Well, why not?" "I can't be walking twelve miles to borrow your pants every time I want a fire."

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A doctor is talking to a car mechanic, "Your fee is several times more per hour then we get paid for medical care." "Yeah, but you see, doc, you have always the same model, it hasn't changed since Adam; but we have to keep up to date with new models coming out every month."

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A rich guy said, "I think I may need professional help...A chef, a butler, and a maid should do it".

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The little moron went to a pet shop one day and asked about buying a gold fish. 
The salesperson asked if he needed an aquarium. His reply, 'I don't care what sign it is.'

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Just before Christmas, an honest politician, a generous lawyer, and Santa Claus were riding in the elevator of a very posh hotel. Just before the doors opened, they all noticed a $20 bill lying on the floor. Which one picked it up?  Santa, of course, because the other two don't exist!

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The little moron is swimming in a river. A man walks up and asks him, "What are you doing in there?" He says, "I'm washing my clothes." The man asks, "Why don't you use a washing machine?" The little moron says, "I tried that, but it made me too dizzy.

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