NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT OTHERS WE MET ALONG THE WAY

A FEW PHOTOS FROM AROUND OUR BAYFIELD PINES PARK EARLIER TODAY

I won't bore readers with my days activities again because it was basically the same kind of day as the past two or three days.  I've once again been enjoyably busy outside doing flowerbeds, roto-tilling, watering, etc. and etc.  I did take a few pics around our Park earlier today.......... After publishing my blog tonight, I plan to head out under the moonlight and see if I can find me that elusive Aurora Borealis in the northern sky people have been talking about.......

THIS IS HOW OUR PARK'S PREVIOUS OWNER WAS DESTROYING OUR LOVELY PARK A FEW YEARS AGO

 AND THIS IS HOW THE NEW OWNER IS REPAIRING THE DAMAGE DONE....UPWARDS OF 2,000  NEW TREES WILL BE PLANTED

 INSTEAD OF BULLDOZERS PREVIOUSLY  DESTROYING THE LANDSCAPE, THEY ARE NOW BEING USED TO RESTORE THE LANDSCAPE

THIS ILLEGAL ROAD  RAMMED THROUGH THE FOREST BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER IS NOW BEING CLOSED AND WILL BE TURNED INTO ONE OF THE PARK'S FINE WALKING TRAILS

Some may wonder why I have been including the occasional selfie in my posts lately.  I kind of wondered that myself, but I think it is because my two main photographic subjects, Kelly and Pheebs, are no longer here for me to take pictures of, and Woodsy (Lorraine) doesn't like me pointing the camera at her.  So, to give some of my photos perspective, I have no choice but to shove my own face into the frame from time to time.  And, speaking of people who never liked to have their pictures taken, it is RV Sue (and her canine crew) who always comes to mind.  She absolutely hated anyone taking a picture of her, yet every time we met her, there I was flying around with my camera, taking all kinds of pictures.  She was a good sport about it, but I knew she would have liked to rip that camera out of my hand and beat me over the head with it.  I'm sure Sue wasn't the only one back then in those good old RV days who didn't like me taking their picture, but I justified it this way.  Had I not taken those photos of RV Sue and her Canine Crew, and many other folks, they would not have those photos of themselves and their friends and pets to look back on now from that wonderful bygone era.  Oh dear, how I so miss those days and all the wonderful places we went and the wonderful people we met along the way.  What an adventure it was, and with my blog archives, those memories will last forever, not only for me, but for others we met along the way.  Smile, say Cheese:))

I HAD MYSELF A BACKYARD CAMPFIRE THIS MORNING

 I LIKE TO WATCH THE SMOKE LAZILY CURL UP THROUGH THE TALL PINE TREES AND OH MY, HOW WONDROUS THE SMELL OF AUTUMN'S BURNING LEAVES

Al's Music Box The Masquerade by George Benson.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A blind man walks into a store with his seeing-eye dog. All of a sudden, he picks up the leash and begins swinging the dog over his head. The manager runs up to the man and asks, "What are you doing?!!" The blind man replies, "Just looking around."

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When the waitress in a New York City restaurant brought him the soup du jour, the Englishman was a bit dismayed. "Good heavens," he said, "what is this?" "Why, it's bean soup," she replied. "I don't care what it has been," he sputtered. "What is it now?"

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I'm sitting in a cafeteria next to a woman who was engrossed in her newspaper. One of the headlines blared: "12 Brazilian Soldiers Killed." She shook her head at the sad news. Then, turning to me, she asked, "How many is a Brazilian?"

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After John had purchased movie tickets for himself and his girlfriend, she went inside to find seats while he got some popcorn. By the time he was served, the previews were being shown and the theater was dark. John stumbled his way through the dark, sat down and gave his girlfriend a kiss.
Then he heard a familiar voice from the row beind say, “John, I'm back here.”

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TODDLING OFF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

HAVING A CLOSER LOOK AT TUESDAY NIGHT'S HALF MOON WITH MY 7x50 BINOCULARS

After publishing Tuesday night's post, I was out the door, into the Subaru, and off out into the countryside for a wee bit of stargazing.  Of course, with a big, brightening half Moon in the sky, I knew it wasn't the best time for viewing stars, but I wanted to take full advantage of being able to be outside on a reasonably mild early October night.   I headed for my high spot on Tower Line Road and was surprised to see several sets of very bright lights moving slowly across the landscape where I knew there to be no roads, just fields.  But, due to the time of year, it didn't take me long to figure this one out though, as a large cloud of dust enveloped the roadside across from the tall communication tower ahead of me.  In that brightly lit cloud of dust emerged a large green John Deere combine.  This farmer, burning the midnight oil, was in the process of harvesting his bean field.  I also saw in his headlights a large eighteen-wheeled truck parked darkly off to the side of the road.  Minutes later, a second set of bright lights came up out of the field onto the road and headed for the truck.  It was a tractor pulling a large grain bin with a large boom.  It sidled up beside the truck, stopped, swung its boom shute out over the truck's open trailer, and began transferring its load of beans into the large truck bin.  Quite a sight in the moonlight as dust swirled up into the night sky, illuminated by the tractor's lights and also a bright, beaming spotlight on the end of the long boom shute.  It was something to behold in the cool darkness of an early October night.

 YOU CAN SEE THE COMMUNICATION TOWER ON THE LEFT AND THE LIGHTS OF CLINTON ON THE HORIZON

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With my crunchy peanut butter supply getting down to less than two jars, I made a mad dash to Goderich's Walmart this morning.  Picked up a few more groceries while there, and the bill came to over $ 99.00!!  I figure if I'm going to survive to any kind of ripe old age, I had better quit eating before I run out of money.  

 AREA FARMERS ARE BUSY PREPARING THE LAND FOR NEXT SPRING'S CROPS

HARVESTING BEANS IS A VERY DUSTY BIT OF BUSINESS

 SAW A FEW HORSES ALONG THE WAY

THE FEDERAL HUNTER WAS DOCKED AT THE GODERICH GRAIN TERMINAL TODAY

 TWO CREWMEN ARE DWARFED BY THE SHIP'S HUGE HATCH COVERS

Home again, I happily spent my time outside.  Took a utility trailer load of yard waste to the Park's recycle area, and watered all my new back yard grass again, cleaned out another flower bed, three more frogs to the Park's pond, and raked up a few more wheelbarrow loads of pine needles. In between all that, I think I did some other stuff too, but how would I know.  This aging process definitely has its drawbacks!!  Woodsy will be back Friday to wind me up again and get me toddling off in the right direction with my wheelbarrow and shovel in hand.  

 TOOK A QUICK SWING AROUND OUR PARK BEFORE PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY

JUST UNLOADED ANOTHER UTILITY TRAILER FULL OF YARD WASTE

THE OLD OWNER DAMAGED PARTS OF THE PARK, AND IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE NEW OWNERS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO REPAIR MUCH OF THAT DAMAGE

 ANOTHER LITTLE FROGGY IN THE BUCKET IS WAITING TO BE TAKEN TO THE PARK'S BIG POND

 THIS ONE PHOTO PRETTY MUCH  SUMS UP MY AUTUMN DAYS THIS YEAR

Al's Music Box  Taxi by Harry Chapin.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( It was a particularly tough football game, and nerves were on edge. The home team had been the victim of three or four close calls, and they were now trailing the visitors by a touchdown and a field goal. When the official called yet another close one in the visitors' favor, the home quarterback blew his top. How many times can you do this to us in a single game?" he screamed. "You were wrong on the out-of-bounds, you were wrong on that last first down, and you missed an illegal tackle in the first quarter. The official just stared. The quarterback seethed, but he suppressed the language that might get him tossed from the game. "What it comes down to," he bellowed, "is that you STINK!" The official stared a few more seconds. Then he bent down, picked up the ball, paced off 15 yards, and put the ball down. He turned to face the steaming quarterback. The official finally replied, "And how do I smell from here?"

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Question: What’s the best way to make a small fortune in the stock market?
Answer: Start off with a big one.

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It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker.
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A panda bear walks into a restaurant and orders a meal. After eating, he pulls out a gun, shoots the place up, and runs away. Quickly, the bartender runs after him, yelling, "HEY YOU CAN'T DO THIS!!!" The panda turns around and yells, "Yes, I can. Look me up in the encyclopedia!" So, the bartender looks up "Panda" in the encyclopedia, and it reads "Panda: increasingly rare species of bear that can be found in the eastern part of Asia. It eats shoots and leaves.”

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