Thursday, November 06, 2025

OH WELL, IT IS NOVEMBER AFTER ALL:((

A better day, and I was able to get outside and resume my late Fall yardwork, which mainly dealt with raking leaves.  After yesterday's rain, the leaves were easier to work with because they had a tendency to stick together and not blow around all over the place.  Trying to rake and pick up dry leaves is akin to trying to nail Jell-O to a tree.

A LOT OF LEAVES ARE DOWN FROM OUR REDBUD TREE THIS MORNING
 BY LATE MORNING, I HAD THEM CLEANED UP
Had an appointment at Goderich's Maitland Valley Medical Center with my Nurse Practitioner this afternoon.  I'm dealing with a painful and slightly misshapen finger on my left hand and a small non-painful growth on top of my head.  Apo-Naproxen was prescribed for a suspected tendon problem in my finger, and it was decided to monitor the head growth and notify my NP of any change......Looks like another cold and rainy day coming up for Friday.  Oh well, it is November after all:((   

 IT'S THE SECOND FINGER IN FROM THE RIGHT THAT IS GIVING ME ALL THE GRIEF....DARN THIS AGING THING
Al's Music Box:: My Guy by Mary Wells

GROANER'S CORNER:(( There was a perfect man and a perfect woman. They met each other at a perfect party. They dated for two perfect years. They had the perfect wedding and the perfect honeymoon. They had two perfect children. One day, the perfect man and the perfect woman were driving in their perfect car, they saw an Elf by the side of the road, and being the perfect people they were, they picked him up. Well as the perfect man and the perfect woman were driving with the Elf, somehow they got into an accident. Two people died, and one lived.  Who died and who lived?  The perfect woman, because the perfect man and Elves aren't real.

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A Lutheran minister is driving down to New York to attend a radio show, and he's stopped in Connecticut for speeding. The state trooper smells alcohol on his breath, and then he sees an empty wine bottle on the floor, and he says, "Sir, have you been drinking?"  And the minister says, "Just water."  The sheriff says, "Then why do I smell wine?"  And the minister looks down at the bottle and says, "Good Lord, He's done it again!"
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When you're at a loss for words but want to tell someone that he or she is not too bright, you might want to remember some of these lines::
- He's traveling faster than light, but left his sneakers behind.
- She trips over cordless phones.
- His truck can't haul a full load.
- He tries to tune in his shortwave radio with a TV antenna.
- He's two bits shy of a dollar.
- She's two chapters short of a novel.
- That farm girl is two sheep short of a sweater.
- I think he is two socks short of a pair.
- She types 120 words a minute, but her keyboard isn't plugged in.

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Wednesday, November 05, 2025

SPENT NEARLY AN HOUR WATCHING THE CLOUDS GO BY

This recent seasonal time change sure has me messed up with the clocks being turned back an hour a few days ago.  It sure seems to make for longer days, waking up at 6:30 a.m. instead of 7:30 a.m.  I had a hard time staying awake last Sunday night to watch my 'Secret of Skinwalker Ranch' show.  What the heck is in that darn Mesa eh!!

 NO, THIS IS NOT FLORIDA....IT IS OUR BAYFIELD PINES PARK
TWO NEW CONCRETE PADS HAVE BEEN POURED FOR MORE INCOMING MOBILE HOMES
Tuesday - Happy to say I finally made it out for my morning country road walk after nearly a week.  A stiff cold northwesterly wind found me bundled up warm as I briskly covered my quarter mile up the road and my quarter mile back. Walking in cold air has never been one of my favorite things to do.  Luckily, the sun was out, and that inspired me to keep on walking.  A short country road drive didn't find me any corn spills, and I was soon home again.  Aside from raking up some leaves late this morning, my day just kind of ran out of gas.  I opted to spend most of it inside, where it was warm and cozy.

 A ROADSIDE FOREST ALONG THE WAY
 WITH COLDER AUTUMN WEATHER UPON US, THESE HORSES HAVE THEIR WARM BLANKETS ON
 NO WARM BLANKETS FOR THESE COWS,,,'WE'RE NO SISSIES' THEY SAID
 DID YOU NOTICE THE OLD PICNIC TABLE
 THIS FELLOW HAS HIS WHOLE HEAD IN HIS BREAKFAST
 'I DID NOT'
 'YOU DID SO'
 AND THIS IS THE FARM WHERE THOSE LLAMAS AND SHEEP LIVE
Wednesday - To Goderich and back this morning.  What a dark, rainy, cold, and windy day this turned out to be.  Very depressing to say the least.  I've always thought of November as the most mentally challenging month of the year.  And, especially so this November, as I remember back to a year ago at this time, when Kelly was so sick.  A
t this time last year, unbeknownst to us, Kelly had less than six weeks to live.  It was a very difficult and sad time for us as she struggled so courageously against the overpowering liver disease that was to take her life from her.  It was a very sad period of time, and I have to keep my mind focused on the now and not what was happening a year ago now.  The next six weeks will be difficult.
Tuesday night I decided to head out and see if I could find the big Moon.  Skies had been partially clear, but by the time I arrived at my night viewing spot on TowerLinel Road, a heavily patterned cloud cover had moved in.  No matter, I just put my seat back, turned up my warm ambient music, and spent nearly an hour watching the clouds go by.  I needed that........   

 STRANGELY PATTERNED CLOUDS BLOCK OUT THE BRIGHTEST MOON OF THE YEAR AND GIVE AN EERIE FEELING TO THE NIGHT
 I BREWED UP A COFFEE TO TAKE WITH ME
 I SENT WOODSY A PHOTO BUT SHE SAID I LOOKED SAD SO I HAD TO TAKE THIS SECOND PHOTO TO CONVINCE HER THAT I WASN'T,....I DON'T KNOW IF I FOOLED HER OR NOT
Al's Music Box:: 
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( One day St. Peter saw a street gang walking up to the Pearly Gates.  St. Peter ran to God and said, "God, there are some low-life street gang members at the Gates. What do I do?"  God replied, "Just do what you normally do with that type. Redirect them."  St. Peter went back to carry out the order, but he suddenly came running back and yelling, "God, God, they're gone! They're gone!"  "The street gang?"  "No, the Pearly Gates!

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Guidance Counselor: " Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
Student: " In a mirror."
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The little Moron is swimming in a river. A man walks up and asks him, "What are you doing in there?" He says, "I'm washing my clothes." The man asks, "Why don't you use a washing machine?" The little Moron says, "I tried that, but I got too dizzy.
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Confucius Say: "Man who drive like hell bound to get there."
Confucius Say: "Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement."
Confucius Say: "Woman who put detergent on top shelf, jump for Joy!"
Confucius Say: "Never argue with fool...he may be doing the same thing."
Confucius Say: "Best time to buy new mattress, at first sign of spring."
Confucius Say: "Adults are just wrinkled kids who owe money."
Confucius Say: "People who have gift of gab, not know how to wrap it up."

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