Friday, August 29, 2025

I SEEMED TO HAVE A FEW EXTRA ENERGY UNITS GOING FOR ME TODAY, SO....

Wednesday night, after posting the blog, I headed out to my walking spot and watched the sun going down behind a heavy cloud bank to the west.  From my Tower Line Road spot, looking out over the landscape, I can always see three communication towers with red flashing lights somewhere around Clinton.  So, as the skies darkened, I set off for Clinton in search of those towers.  Well, I can say with certainty, that none of the towers were located at Tim Horton's coffee shop, but I did find myself in their drive-thru snagging a coffee and donut to go.  A low-calorie donut of course.  Happy to say that I located all three towers, with one of them halfway between Clinton and Seaforth.  It was a beautiful night with clouds scudding across the nearly half Moon.  On my way home, I stopped at my walking spot to see if I could spot any constellations.  Sagitarius and Scorpius were the only ones visible, low in the southwest.  Always so nice to be standing out under the stars.  Well, when they're visible, that is.  Due to a faulty SD card in my camera, I lost my Wednesday night sunset photos.  I have replaced that card with a new one.

 A FEW PICS FROM AROUND OUR FRONT YARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THIS PHOTO AND THE ONE BELOW ARE HOSTA FLOWERS
 A LITTLE MUSHROOM GROWING ON A STUMP BESIDE THE FROG POND
 A JADE PLANT ON THE FRONT PORCH
Lots of holes in the heavy cloud cover earlier today to let in some warm sunshine, and by late afternoon, skies were clearing a bit.  It was a brisk wind once again blowing from the north this morning, which I buttoned up against on my walk.  The air was cool with a touch of cold in it.  Long pants, a T-shirt, a long-sleeve shirt, and my winter jacket did the trick as I merrily walked along my gravel road.  Decided not to do a country drive following my walk, so turned around and headed home.  

 OVERCAST MORNING SKIES WITH A FEW PATCHES OF BLUE
I had noticed on my walk that I seemed to have a few extra energy units going for me, so I decided not to waste them.  
Arriving home, I got right to work.  Did the dishes, a load of laundry, and then proceeded to clean the whole fridge, shelf by shelf.  While doing this, I was also able to clean our large living room window, both inside and out.  Later, outside, I also hauled out the leaf blower and blew out our carport as well as the front porch.  While I had the stepladder out to reach the windows, I slipped around to our back porch and cleaned out an eavestrough over the deck.  Short on photos today, I also found a few pics around the front yard.   

 BLEW ALL THE LITTLE SUNBURST LOCUST LEAVES OFF THE FRONT DECK
 CLEANING AN EAVESTROUGH
 GOTTA GET THIS WEEDY GRASS CUT
 I CLEANED OUR LARGEST LIVING ROOM WINDOW INSIDE AND OUT
Al's Music Box:)) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by The Platters.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Here's a good exercise tip.....Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 5-lb potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. Each day, you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato sacks. Then try 50-lb potato sacks, and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level.) After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the sacks.

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I tried to climb the Eiffel Tower once, but eiffel!

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Lisa: "My son is a waiter."

Rose: "Oh, he works in the food industry?"

Lisa: "No, he always keeps us waiting."

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Larry's barn burned down, and his wife, Susan, called the insurance company. Susan told the insurance company, "We had that barn insured for fifty thousand, and I want my money." The agent replied, "Whoa there, just a minute, Susan. Insurance doesn't work quite like that. We will ascertain the value of what was insured and provide you with a new one of comparable worth." There was a long pause before Susan replied, "Then I'd like to cancel the policy on my husband."

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

AN UNUSUAL SUNSET THAT COULD HAVE CONSPIRICY THEORISTS TYPES STIRRING THE POT

Rain came in the night and stayed steady right up to almost three o'clock this afternoon, whereupon skies mainly cleared, leaving only big white fluffy clouds.  We received about half a wheelbarrow of rain, all told.  Lorraine (Woodsy) headed back to Stratford today to do some cat sitting for a friend who will be away until Sunday or Monday, I think.  Because of the mainly rainy day, I didn't get out to take any photos.  However, I do have some unusual sunset pictures taken from Bayfield's beach on Wednesday night.  What made the sunset unusual was the number of aircraft vapour trails. (contrails) I counted seven, five of which seemed to be converging on a point on the horizon.  The other two vapour trails were higher and newer in the sky, and they were shorter.  Also unusual were some of the cloud patterns.  Conspiracy theorists would have a field day with this, saying it was five fighter jets converging on a single target to the northwest because there is evidence of a shootdown in the cloud patterns.  And there is even what looks to be a ground-to-air missile launch.  Check out my photos below.........

 YOU CAN SEE FIVE JET CONTRAILS CONVERGING ON THE HORIZON

 I KNEW THEY WERE JET TRAILS BECAUSE i FOLLOWED THE TRAILS BACK INTO BLUER SKIES AND COULD SEE THAT THEY WERE INDEED AIRCRAFT CONTRAILS
 HERE AT BOTTOM CENTER TO THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE SHOOT DOWN
THERE IS A MISSILE LAUNCH TO THE LEFT OF CENTER
 CLOSER UP OF THE MISSILE LAUNCH
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TARGET OBJECT MAINTAINED ALTITUDE FOR A BIT BEFORE PLUMMETING TO EARTH
A CLOSE UP OF THE SHOOT DOWN....'HEY, IT'S QUITE AN IMAGINATION I GOT EH':))

 PEOPLE ON BAYFIELD'S SOUTH PIER WERE ALSO NOTICING THE UNUSUAL EVENT IN THE SKY
 OF COURSE, NOT EVERYONE AT THE BEACH HAD THEIR EYES ON THE SKY

 WOODSY SNAPS A FEW PICS
Al's Music Box:)) Tumbling Tumbleweeds by The Sons Of The Pioneers.
IT LOOKS LIKE A YOGA CLASS AT BAYFIELD'S PIONEER PARK
GROANER'S CORNER:(( A moron gets on an airplane and sits down in the first-class section. The stewardess tells him he must move to coach because he doesn't have a first-class ticket. The moron replies, "I'm a moron, I'm smart, and I have a good job. I'm staying in first class until we reach Jamaica."  The stewardess didn't know what to do because they had to get the rest of the passengers seated before take off, so they go get the copilot. The copilot goes up to the moron and whispers in his ear. The moron immediately gets up and goes to his seat in the coach section. The head stewardess asks the copilot what he said to get him to move. The copilot replies, "I told him the front half of the airplane wasn't going to Jamaica."

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- I’ve always thought my neighbors were quite nice people, but then they put a password on their Wi-Fi!

- Men say that women should come with instructions. What's the point of that? Have you ever seen a man actually read the instructions?

- Dung beetle walks into a bar...."Is this stool taken?"

- What do you call a man with a toe on his knee? Tony.

- I wonder what Jeff Bezos does before he goes to bed. Probably puts his pyjamazon.

- I paid $500 for a belt. It was a huge waist.

- Why are mountains so funny? Because they are hill areas!
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Dentist: "That's the biggest cavity I've ever seen. That's the biggest cavity I've ever seen." 

Patient: "I heard you the first time. You didn't have to say it twice."

Dentist: "I didn't. That was my echo."

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