Wednesday, September 17, 2025

AND REMEMBER, YOU ARE HERE FOR A REASON

 SPOTTED THIS MONARCH BUTTERFLY ON MY WALK THIS MORNING
Our internet went out sometime on Tuesday afternoon, so that meant no TV as well.  Without the internet, that also meant no music channel playing my 24-hour-a-day ambient music.  A dilemma for me, for sure.  Luckily, I remembered my iPhone, and with surprisingly little effort, and Google's help, I was able to find a YouTube ambient music channel.  All was right with the world again until the internet came back on this morning, and the TV a short time later.

 A PASTORAL SCENE SO COMMON TO OUR AREA
 HEY, WHAT'S A DAY IN AL'S LIFE WITHOUT SOME HORSES AND COW POTOS IN THEM
 TUESDAY NIGHT SUNSET FROM MY WALKING ROAD..... iPHONE
 WOODSY CHECKS OUT THE SUNSET.....iPHONE
 SHE ALSO GRABS A FEW CLOUD PICS TO SEND TO FRIENDS BACK IN STRATFORD
It has taken a while since early last December to ease myself back into another one of my favorite hobbies, reading.  At the moment, I am reading NDE Stories: To Heal the Soul by author Gary Cooper.  Very interesting to say the least, and it is yet another in a long series of books on this subject that I have been reading over these past few years.  As is true with many things in life, and as we age, our interests accordingly change for the better.  Well, hopefully they do and, about time I'd say.  Well, at least in my opinion.  A quote from the book. 'Focus on the idea that you are a Spirit having a physical experience, and live in the present moment. That is where life happens.  And remember, you are here for a reason'. 
SEEN AT OUR PARK'S ENTRANCE
I WILL SOON HAVE TO BEGIN MY ANNUAL FALL FROG ROUND UP AND TRANSPORT THE LITTLE FELLERS TO THE PARK'S LARGE POND FOR THE WINTER
 HANGING OUT AT OUR FRONT YARD FROG POND
 IT WILL SOON BE TIME TO SHUT DOWN THE FRONT YARD FROG POND FOR THE WINTER
It has been an absolutely fabulous month of September with warm days and cool nights.  An excellent time for me to be outside happily working on some new projects.  Since finally finding a grass seed, thanks to Park owner, Adam, that grows well in deep shade or sun I have regained a new interest in the property our mobile home sits on.  But that's not the only reason I have been re-inspired.  Through Lorraine's (Woodsy) suggestions, prompting, and like-minded outdoor interests, we have both been busy cleaning up and re-vamping flower beds that had, with time and my inattention, become overgrown and weedy.  This right now, is my very much most favoritist time of the year:))

ONE OF MY CURRENT PROJECTS IS TO IMPROVE OUR FRONT PORCH ENTRANCE 
 I WILL BE PLANTING GRASS IN THE DARKER FOREGROUND AREA UP TO THE STEPS
Al's Music Box:)) Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

TUESDAY NIGHT SUNSET
GROANER'S CORNER:(( A police officer sees a man driving around with a pickup truck full of penguins. He pulls the guy over and says, "You can't drive around with penguins in this town! Take them to the zoo immediately." The guy says okay and drives away. The next day, the officer sees the guy still driving around with the truck full of penguins -- and they're all wearing sunglasses. He pulls the guy over and demands, "I thought I told you to take these penguins to the zoo yesterday?" The guy replies, "I did. Today I'm taking them to the beach!"

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A lot of people think kids say the darnedest things, but so would you if you had no education.

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Two college classmates met for the first time in years. "How goes it with you, Pete?" asked one. "Not good at all," mourned Pete. "My wife ran away with the mailman, my son is a juvenile delinquent, my bank failed, and all my teeth will have to come out." "Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that," sympathized the classmate. "What business are you in now?" "Some old line," answered Pete. "Selling good-luck charms."

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Monday, September 15, 2025

A FEW SUNDAY NIGHT SUNSET PHOTOS

A few photos of Sunday night's sunset as seen from Bayfield's Pioneer Park.

 TWO BEST PALS OUT TO SEE THE SUNSET
 THERE ARE A LOT OF SUNSET PHOTOS TAKEN HERE EACH NIGHT DURING THE SUMMER
 HEY WAIT A MINUTE....THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE A SELFIE PIC COMING UP THAN A SUNSET
 OF COURSE, NOT ALL EYES WERE ON THE SUNSET

 SUN'S DOWN AND THE TWO BEST PALS HEAD FOR HOME
Al's Music Box:)) Up Up And Away by The Fifth Dimension.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Some Really Good Questions::

1. Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?
2. Why is it that no matter what color of bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
3. Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?'
4. Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
5. On electric toasters, why do they engrave the message “one slice?” How many pieces of bread do they think people are really gonna try to stuff in that slot?
6. Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
7. Why is it that no plastic garbage bag will open from the end you first try?
8. How do those dead bugs get into those closed light fixtures?
9. Considering all the lint you get in your dryer, if you kept drying your clothes would they eventually just disappear?
10. When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, “It's all right?” Well, it isn't all right so why don't we say, “That hurt, why don't you watch where you are going!!!!”
11. Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
12. Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?
13. In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
14. How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
15. If at first you don't succeed, shouldn't you try doing it like your wife told you to do it in the first place? And obviously, if at first you don't succeed, then don't take up sky diving!
16. The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends, if they're okay, then it's you.
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