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| SEA GULLS OVER A FARMER'S FIELD |
After my refreshing morning walk, I took myself for a wee countryside drive, snapping a few pics along the way. I couldn't help but remember how, for a number of years, this was an exciting time in mid-October mixed with a healthy dose of slightly nervous anxiety. The Bayfield Bunch was getting ready to hit the road again for the Great American Southwest. I always liked to leave on the third Saturday in October, mainly to avoid the unpredictable weather settling in across the land. Sometimes we left in sunshine and bare roads, and sometimes we were pushing our way through snow on heading out. The excitement came in from knowing where we were going, and the nervous anxiety came with knowing the long distance we had to travel, and all the things that can and do go squirrely along the way. But despite those anxieties, we did it and made it happen for thirteen great years. I so much miss those days and all the adventures we had, and the multitude of memories we created. Max, Checkers, Cora, (the little Motormouse) Pheebs, Kelly, and I. And, I'm glad I kept not only a written record of those travels, but a pictorial one as well, even though it saddens me every time I look back on those years. A wave of sadness came over me this morning when those fading memories drifted back, and I had to bring my mind around to the present day. It's all too evident that life goes on and waits for no one..................
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| ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL EARLY OCTOBER MORNING |
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| PATTERENED FIELDS AS FARMERS ARE STILL CUTTING HAY AND PLANTING NEXT YEAR'S CROPS |
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| LOCAL MARSHMALLOW FARMS HAD A BUMPER CROP THIS YEAR |
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| I THOUGHT IT A LITTLE EARLY FOR THESE GALS TO BE PUTTING ON THEIR BLACK HALLOWEEN MASKS ALREADY |
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| AUTUMN AT AN AREA HORSE FARM |
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| ONE OF A HALF DOZEN GRAVEL PITS IN THE AREA |
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| A FENCE WANDERS THROUGH THE RURAL LANDSCAPE |
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| A DUSTING OF COWS |
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| ALL'S QUIET DOWN ON THE FARM |
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| AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER PARKED ALONGSIDE A COUNTRY ROAD AWAITS THE NEXT LOAD OF BEANS OR PERHAPS CORN |
Al's Music Box The Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page.
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| A HOUSE IN CLINTON ONTARIO THIS MORNING |
GROANER'S CORNER:(( The pro football team had just finished its daily practice session when a large turkey came strutting onto the field. While the players gazed in amazement, the turkey walked up to the head coach and demanded a tryout. Everyone stared in silence as the turkey caught pass after pass and ran right through the defensive line. When the turkey returned to the sidelines, the coach shouted, 'You're terrific!!! Sign up for the season, and I'll see to it that you get a huge bonus.' 'Forget the bonus,' the turkey said, 'All I want to know is, does the season go past Thanksgiving Day?'
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- “The magazine about ceiling fans went out of business due to low circulation.”
- What do you call a wreath made of $100 bills? Aretha Franklins.
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Two students were arguing when their teacher entered the classroom. The teacher says, “Why are you arguing?” One boy answers, “We found a ten dollar bill and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie.” "You should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn’t even know what a lie was." The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher........Another teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face.." "Yes," the class said. "Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?" A little fellow at the back of the class shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
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The preacher was wired for sound with a lapel mike, and as he preached, he moved briskly about the platform, jerking the
mike cord as he went. Then he moved to one side, getting wound up in the cord and nearly tripping before jerking it again. After several circles and jerks, a little girl in the third pew leaned toward her mother and whispered, "If he gets loose, will he hurt us?"
Al's Doggy World
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Al's Art Gallery
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