WHEN I WAS OUT AND ABOUT

 READSIDE FLOWERS ON MY WALK EARLIER TODAY

Not much to say tonight folks, but I will leave you with a few pics I took this morning when I was out and about.

SEDUM FLOWERS

IT'S VERY RARE TO SEE THESE STRANGE CRITTERS HANGING OUT IN BARNYARDS NOW-A-DAYS

 HOSTA FLOWERS

 CROCUS BLOOMS PAST THEIR PRIME

I ONCE HAD ANOTHER CERAMIC BIRD LIKE THIS, BUT IT FLEW AWAY

 ANOTHER NEW UNIT ARRIVED IN OUR PARK THIS MORNING

Al's Music Box Smooth Operator by Sade.

 AUTUMN CROCUS FLOWERS IN OUR FLOWERBED

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Guy's sitting on the couch. From the kitchen, he hears, "Babe.... can you help me?" He goes to the kitchen. "What are you doing?" She says, "I'm trying to do this jigsaw puzzle." "What's it supposed to be?" he asks. She picks up the box. "A Rooster." "Honey," he says. "Let's put the cornflakes back in the box....."

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The little Moron finds a lamp. He rubs it and a Genie emerges. The Genie tells him he will be granted three wishes. The Moron thinks for a moment and says, 'First, give me a bottomless mug of beer.' A mug of beer appears in his hand. He sips it once, then again, and the mug is magically refilled. The Guy is thrilled and continues to drink. The mug never empties. Then the Genie says, 'And what about your other two wishes?' The Moron thinks for a moment and says, 'Give me two more just like this one!'

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The workers in a large office were making secret plans to stage a big office party for the 70-year-old cleaning woman who had spent the better part of her life with the company. Somehow, the secret leaked out, and the woman got wind of it. Much perturbed, she rushed to the office manager. "Please sir," she cried, "Do not let them do it! Do not let them do it!" "Oh, come now, Mrs. Smith, you must not be so modest. After all, they simply want to show how much you are appreciated." "Appreciated, my foot," exclaimed the woman. "I am NOT going to clean up after a big mess like that!"

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A COUPLE OF READER'S QUESTIONS TONIGHT AND 'I STILL WANNA KNOW'

A LONE CORMORANT ON A ROCK AT GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE

With my large white plastic pail, a third filled with water in one hand and my blue fishing net (no, I'm not a fisherman) I set out two days ago, and commenced with my annual front yard frog pond round up.  Each year, I catch the little froggy fellers and transport them via wheelbarrow over to the Park's pond a few hundred yards away.  Our front yard pond is too shallow for the frogs to spend the winter in, so I take them to the big pond where they can burrow down into the mud for their winter hibernation.  So far, I have caught and relocated three frogs.  Or, have I relocated the same three frogs after they hopped back to our front pond in the dead of night?  From my past frog catching experience over the past decade, it's likely the latter:((

MY FIRST TWO FROGS AWAITING TRANSPORT TO THE PARK'S BIG POND

AND, HERE THEY ARE AT THEIR WINTER QUARTERS

Two questions from readers to answer tonight, and thank you for the questions. First, from an anonymous reader, "So when you were reading Delores Cannons books, the only thing I was left with (not the desire to go read them all) was this question: Delores said they had tried this two(?) times before. What was she talking about"?   In her series 'The Convoluted Universe' I read four and a half of her five books about four years ago and I have to answer this reader's question with an, I don't know'.  Her books are chock-full of so much information that it is hard for my mind to retain much of what I have read.  Sorry, anonymous, I wish I could have had an answer for you.........Carin, in my sidebar's 'Shout Box' asks regarding the Sunday night television show 'The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch',"what do you think is in the Mesa"??  Great question, and I'm sure there are millions of viewers wondering the exact same thing.  I'm kind of leaning towards the U.S. Government having something to do with it, but many of the strange happenings on the ranch suggest something much bigger, and much stranger.  Maybe it's a collaboration of the government and alien technology.  Maybe it's a crashed alien spacecraft, or some kind of underground facility run by the U.S. Military.  I guess we will all have to stay tuned to The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.  Will they ever find that Mesa??  I don't know, and maybe it's an answer we're all better off not knowing.  Umm, ya but I still wanna know!!

 QUITE A CAST OF CHARACTERS AND CRITTERS MONDAY NIGHT'S SUNSET CLOUDS

 LOOKS LIKE A BIG BLACK BEAR UP THERE

HEY, IS THAT SNOOPY UP THERE

Woodsy rolled in Tuesday afternoon, and I'm glad she did.  I had an appointment for 3 p.m. today to have the Subaru undercoated at Krown Rustproofing in Goderich, and if Woodsy hadn't been here to remind me of that appointment, I would have totally forgotten about it.  And, here's another nice bonus...the house smells like home cooking again instead of peanut butter sammiches.  

CAN YOU FIND THE 'KROWN RUSTPROOFING' SIGN??

 IN THE WAITING ROOM READING MY KINDLE

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A young man called his mother and announced excitedly that he had just met the woman of his dreams. Now what should he do? His mother had an idea: "Why don't you send her flowers, and on the card invite her to your apartment for a home-cooked meal?" He thought this was a great strategy, and a week later, the woman came to dinner. His mother called the next day to see how things had gone "I was totally humiliated," he moaned. "She insisted on washing the dishes." "What's wrong with that?" asked his mother. "We hadn't started eating yet."

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- Did you hear about the guy who tried to date a nun? He wanted to take her to the county fair, but she declined on account of she had taken a vow of abstinence from Carnival pleasures.

- “I don't mind kids playing hopscotch in most places, but my driveway is where I draw the line.”

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One lovely morning, Ben and Thomas were out golfing. Ben slices his ball deep into a wooded ravine. He grabs his 8-iron and proceeds down the embankment into the ravine in search of his ball. Ben searches diligently through the thick underbrush, and suddenly he spots something shiny. As he gets closer, he realizes that the shiny object is in fact an 8-iron in the hands of a skeleton lying near an old golf ball.
Ben excitedly calls out to his golfing partner: "Hey Thomas, come here, I've got big trouble down here."  Thomas comes running over to the edge of the ravine and calls out, "What's the matter, Ben?" Ben shouts back in a nervous voice, "Throw me my 7-iron! Looks like you can't get out of here with an 8-iron."

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THROWING THE DOOR OPEN TO READER'S QUESTIONS

 A HONEY BEE IN OUR BACK YARD THIS AFTERNOON

In the sidebar on my blog's 'Shout Box' I noticed a question from blog reader Carin a couple of days ago about my thoughts on the TV series, The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch  I have posted about this before several times, but will say again, this is the one and only TV show that I look forward to watching in the Fall over these past five years.  I find the show credible, exciting, and equally mysterious.  The subject matter is fascinating and may be only the tiniest minuscule tip of the Universe's secrets.  For me, it's a must-watch show viewed with an open mind and two words,  'What If'.  Will they ever find out what's in that Mesa related to all the strange happenings on that entire ranch?  Who knows.  Will it involve the U.S. Government, Alien technology, or other Dimensions??  Maybe some things are best left undiscovered, but, in this case, I don't think so.  Two thumbs up for 'The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch':))

 YES, TIS A COZY BACK YARD WE HAVE

I also remember another question from a reader a while ago about 'where do I get all the material for Al's Doggy World, Meanings, and Al's Art Gallery??  One word, 'Facebook'.  Example...if you see a cute dog picture on Facebook and you click on it, Facebook will then start sending you more doggy pictures.  I have created a few new files where I put all these pictures in.  Example...I have a file called 'Paintings' and that is where I put all the Facebook pics for 'Al's Art Gallery'. 'Toons' is the file for cartoons and humorous sayings.  'Doggies' is the file for dogs, and 'Meanings::' is where I put all the various sayings that Facebook sends me.  'Kelly & Pheebs Corner of course comes from my own photo files.  So, there you have it.  Sometimes, people ask about what kind of camera I use.  My main everyday camera is a Sony RX10 IV and my backup camera is a Nikon Coolpix P900  I also carry with me at times a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V small compact camera.  I will add...all three of these cameras are a direct result of an anonymous donor somewhere in the United States:))  Okay, so while I'm on the subject of questions and answers, and because I have forgotten to answer so many questions from readers over the years, I am going to take a chance here and throw open the door to readers' questions while I am momentarily out of this annoying short-term memory fog of mine.  Oh dear, now I've gone and done it. 

 MY TWO MAIN CAMERAS

 SONY ON THE LEFT AND NIKON ON THE RIGHT

 MY COMPACT SONY CYBER-SHOT

Al's Music Box Theme From A Summer Place by The Lettermen.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( After the Great Britain Beer Festival, in London, all the Presidents of the brewreys decide to go to the pub for a drink. The coors President said "Can I have the only beer made with Rocky Mountain Spring Water: a Coors, please." The bartender gave him the drink. Then the Budweiser President orders, "The King Of Beers -- Budweiser." The bartender proceeds with the order. The Amstel President walks in and orders "The Finest Beer ever." The bartender gives him an Amstel. Then the Guinness President says, "I'll have a coke please." The bartender is taken aback by this but gives the coke to him anyway. All the Presidents looked over at him and said, "Why have you ordered a coke?" He replied, "Well if you all aren't drinking real beer, then neither shall I."

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Husband: "I want to tattoo your name on me. What do you think, shall I do it on my arm or neck?" Wife: "How about on your will?"

“Look, Charlie,” the coach said, “you know the principles of good sportsmanship. You know the Little League doesn’t allow temper tantrums, shouting at the umpire, or abusive language.” “Yes sir, I understand.” “Good, Charlie. Now, would you explain that to your father?”

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I worry about the germs in the holes of bowling balls. Nobody cleans those holes. There are years of impacted pizza fingers in there. Taco fingers. Chicken fingers. I'm amazed those balls still have holes. Ever smell a bowling ball? You think the balls are knocking down the pins? You're wrong. The pins are passing out from the smell.

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