A MORNING’S GOOD DEED AND PHEEBS GETS ALL STINKY

Needing some new blog photos Pheebs and I were again out the door early and off over to the Hullett Marsh to see what we could find.  Beautiful summer morning with no humidity, lots of sunshine and a nice lite breeze off the lake.  Again not a sole to be seen anywhere as we ambled along slowly taking in Mother Nature’s sights and sounds.

MARSH GRASSES ARE TALL

I’M GUESSING A MUSKRAT FAMILY LIVES UNDER THE BANK I AM STANDING ON AND THOSE ARE THEIR PATHWAYS OUT INTO THE MARSH WATERS

I’M THINKING THIS MIGHT BE A TYPE OF  CLOVER

I am still surprised at the lack of frogs.  Other years walking this time of year in the same area we had to be careful where we stepped with frogs, frogs, everywhere.  Today we saw one and that was it.  How nice to see an abundance of wildflowers though not only in the Marsh but alongside country roads as well. 

  

 

Unfortunately though our morning outing was cut short when I noticed a certain odor on Pheebs when we returned to the Jeep.  Obviously while my attention was diverted taking some flower pictures Pheebs found and rolled in some dead stuff somewhere.  It’s not often she does that but this morning was one of those times.  With all windows down we started for home and there were no doggy snuggles along the way either.  But, we didn’t get far.

SO NICE TO BE OUT WALKING AMONGST SUMMER’S WILDFLOWERS

 

Noticed an object on the gravel road ahead of us so slowed down thinking it may be a turtle and it was….right in the middle of the road.  Pulled over, hopped out and seeing it was a ‘Painted Turtle and not a Snapper I gently picked it up and set it off to the side of the road near the ditch.  Thought about that for a minute then decided it was not the safest place for it so I loaded the little fellow into the Jeep on the floor in front of the passenger seat.  I knew a good spot not too far away where the turtle would be much safer so off we went.  Pheebs never even knew the turtle was on the floor.  A few minutes later I pulled into one of the Marshes parking areas near a pond and carried our little hard shelled passenger across a short grassy field to the water’s edge gently setting him down and wishing him all the best.  Nice feeling inside knowing we had done ourselves a good deed.  Fifteen minutes later we were back home, stinky doggy and all.

STOPPED & MOVED THIS LITTLE TURTLE FELLOW OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT I DECIDED TO LOAD THE LITTLE GUY INTO THE JEEP AND DRIVE HIM TO A SAFER PLACE

ALONG FOR A SHORT RIDE

A CUTE LITTLE DICKENS

HEADING ACROSS THIS FIELD TO A POND OVER YONDER

SET THE LITTLE FELLOW AS CLOSE TO THE WATER AS I COULD AT BOTTOM RIGHT….NOTICE THE DARK HOLE LEFT OF THE TURTLE, THAT’S WHERE i STEPPED AND SANK INTO THE MUD OVER MY SHOE SO HAD TO SET HIM DOWN THERE….BYE BYE TURTLE GUY:))

NOW BACK TO THE CAMOFLAGED JEEP OUT THERE SOMEWHERE IN ALL THAT GREENERY

THIS GOOGLE EARTH MAP OF THE HULLETT MARSH SHOWS WHERE I TOOK THE FLOWER, BEES, AND SCENICS PICS THIS MORNING AND ALSO WHERE WE PICKED UP AND DROPPED OFF THE TURTLE….CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE

Wasn’t long before we had a bucket of warm water and some doggy shampoo on the go.  Pheebs isn’t especially fond of water but she did good with Kelly and I faring fairly well without getting ourselves all drenched in flying bath water when Pheebs vigorously shook herself.

THIS IS THE ROAD WHERE PHEEBS AND I LUCKILY RESCUED THE LITTLE TURTLE

FIELDS OF CORN FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

OUR TURTLE RELEASE STOP

 

THIS AUTHENTIC WORKABLE DUTCH WINDMILL LESS THAN A MILE EAST OF OUR PARK IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED

Our next project was to see if our ‘new to us’ leather recliner would fit well in the Motorhome.  It had past my sleeping test for 2 nights in a row and for sure was totally comfortable so knew we were going to keep it.  Recliners can be heavy and this one of course was no exception but we both surprised ourselves when the time came to move it to the rig.  I had measured the door width in the Motorhome and of course I could see the recliner was too wide to fit through but I also knew I should never be allowed to measure anything.  With that thought in mind we took the easy to remove back off the chair then carried it out onto our back porch where we lifted it down into the wheelbarrow and wobbled our way over to the rig.  Knowing it wouldn’t fit plus also knowing it would be a heavy uphill lift I had no confidence in our move at all with just the 2 of us.  Of course I always underestimate Kelly’s super powers and before you could say ‘Jack Splatt’ we had that recliner out of the wheelbarrow, through the narrow impassable door that ‘I knew wouldn’t fit’ and up 4 steps onto the Motorhome’s living room floor.  Seconds later we had it in place on the slide where it fit perfectly.  Minutes after that we had a new plan.

RECLINER WITH THE SLIDE IN AND COACH CONFIGURED FOR TRAVEL

Fortunately my old recliner was still in the house so rather than take the newer recliner back out of the Motorhome and back into the house we decided to leave it in the rig and I would continue using my old recliner until at some point it disintegrates into the floor.  Of course that was quite fine with me as I was kinda missing my old recliner Pal these past couple days anyway.  If our Congress house sells this coming winter and we end up boon-docking our way around the Southwest again like we used to do I’ll sure be happy for that totally comfortable newer Lazy-Boy recliner in the rig which also doubles as a bed for me.  When I sat in it later today after moving it to the rig I definitely felt that good old ‘Hitch-Itch’ just a tuggin at me for sure.  Hey, a month from now we will already be a month closer to getting the big wheels a rollin again for another winter’s season and if I can keep that thought and attitude foremost in my mind maybe I can even manage to pull myself out of these hot weather summer doldrums…..Ya think:))

GROANER’S CORNER:((   A lawyer's dog, running about unleashed, beelines for a butcher shop and steals a roast.  Butcher goes to lawyer's office and asks, "If a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store, do I have a right to demand payment for the meat from the dog's owner?"  The lawyer answers, "Absolutely." "Then you owe me $8.50. Your dog was loose and stole a roast from me today." The lawyer, without a word, writes the butcher a check for $8.50. In a few days, the butcher opens the mail and finds an envelope from the lawyer………$20 due for a consultation.

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Did you know that heaven and hell are actually right next to each other? They are separated by a big chain-link fence. Well, one day hell was having a big party and it got a little out of hand. God heard the ruckus and arrived to find his fence completely smashed by the wild partiers. He called the devil over and said "Look, Satan, you have to rebuild this fence." Satan agreed. The next day God noticed that the devil had completely rebuilt the fence...but it was 2 feet further into heaven than before.  "Satan!" beckoned God. "You have to take that fence down and put it back where it belongs!"
"Yeah? What if I don't?" replied the devil.
"I'll sue you if I have to," answered God.
"Sure," laughed Satan. And just where would you ever find a lawyer?"

REFRESINGLY COOL

Refreshingly cool and very welcome mid 50’s temperatures enabled Kelly and I to get a bunch of things done outside today.
 

GROANER’S CORNER:(( An elderly couple was attending church services.  About halfway through she leans over and says to her husband, "I just silently passed gas - what do you think I should do?"  He replied, "Put a new battery in your hearing aid."

AND THEN WE ALL GOT INTO A GREAT BIG GIGGLING FIT

A FEW RAINDROPS LEFT ON SOME LEAVES AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT’S STORM ROLLED THROUGH….PHOTO TAKEN EARLY THIS MORNING
Old home town buddies and brothers Jim and John Eifert picked me up this morning about 9:30 and we headed straight away for a downtown Bayfield coffee shop called the Charles Street Cafe (on mains street)  Think this was only the 2nd time in nearly 14 years that I actually sat down for coffee in a Bayfield coffee shop believe it or not.  We got 1 muffin between us and proceeded to fight over it like 3 cackling sea gulls fighting over a French fry in a parking lot.  I think I won:))

JOHN AND JIM EIFERT

A STOP AT BAYFIELD’S PIONEER PARK THIS MORNING

“HEY JOHNNY LET’S RUN DOWN TO THE BEACH AND BACK”

“ARE YA NUTS”!!!!
Long time readers will remember Jim and John from a tour we took down around Port Franks, Ipperwash beach and Kettle Point on July 27th 2015 last summer and longer time readers may remember the previous summer's visit to say good-bye to a dying friend (Saturday's Day Of Sadness And Laughter) who the summer before was responsible for getting us all back together again. (Some Of The Old 1960's Gang)

THINGS ARE GROWING SO FAST WE CAN HARDLY FIND OUR SHED ANYMORE



As usual we had a lot of laughs coupled with even more old memories of days and antics gone by.  At one point we all ended up giggling like a bunch of young school girls and I cannot remember the last time that has happened to me except for once when smoking some wacky tobacky back in the late 70's.  And what kicked off our little giggle fest??  Well, not much really we were just trying to figure out why we didn't remember each other from public school despite being the same age and only living a block apart.  I said it was probably because I had failed grade one and I don’t know what it was about that but that's all it took to somehow trigger our laughing gaggle of giggles.  And that's the way it was back in the old high school and small town days as well when we and others all hung out together.  I later wondered what anyone would have thought had they walked into that coffee shop this morning & saw these 3 old white haired guys clustered in a near corner having giggle fits with 3 cups of coffee and 1 muffin.  Bet they would have thought it was a wacky tobacky muffin eh…….:))

A FEW PHOTOS FROM RECENT DAYS WHICH DIDN’T MAKE IT INTO MY OTHER POSTS

AND HERE’S THE MACHINE THAT MAKES THOSE BIG ROUND HAY BALES


CAN YOU GUESS WHICH PART OF THE SOUTH-WEST THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN??

A COUPLE SHED BARNS ALONG THE WAY


WELL, THAT PHOTO ABOVE WAS TAKEN RIGHT HERE IN OUR VERY OWN ‘SOUTH-WESTERN’ ONTARIO IN A GRAVEL PIT NORTH OF CLINTON SUNDAY MORNING

WE HAVE LOTS OF GRAVEL PITS IN OUR AREA

SPOTTED THIS BUS CONVERSION WALLY-DOCKING IN GODERICH SATURDAY MORNING


ALSO SPOTTED SATURDAY MORNING WAS THIS NICE 1956 FORD CROWN VICTORIA

LOVE THE SOUND OF THOSE THROATY BIG V8 ENGINES AND DUAL MUFFLERS WAY BACK WHEN

NICELY LANDSCAPED GARDEN CORNER ON A LOCAL FARM

THIS FELLA WAS OUT SPRAYING HIS BEANS

ALWAYS LIKE DRIVING DOWN THESE FORESTED BACK ROADS

CORNS UP ALMOST A COUPLE FEET ALREADY

THIS FARMER IS OBVIOUSLY A TRUE BLUE ‘TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS’ FAN

SPOTTED THESE 2 FELLERS SUNDAY MORNING DOING A LITTLE FISHING IN THE MAITLAND RIVER JUST SOUTH OF BALLS BRIDGE WEST OF LONDESBOROUGH

SEEN AT BAYFIELD’S BEACH MONDAY MORNING Brothers Jim and John took Kelly and I out for lunch at the Docks before heading off back to Stratford where John lives and London where Jim lives.  Always nice to see these guys and we may have some plans in the works for maybe meeting in Tavistock at some point to look up another old friend or two. 
PEONIES IN PORT ALBERT SATURDAY MORNING
 
POPPIES TOO Think it was about 12 years ago that Kelly and I bought my current recliner from a Sears Outlet store in London Ontario.  Got a good deal on it because it had some kind of a flaw which we never did figure out.  I've put a lot of miles on my old faithful recliner and now that it doubles for my bed those miles have begun taking their toll.  Kelly spotted a used Lazy-boy leather recliner for sale in Londesborough Ontario so Sunday we drove over and had a look at it.  This afternoon we went back to Londesborough and bought the chair.  It fits me perfect and is not as big and heavy as my old recliner.  We're thinking this leather recliner will also work well in our Motorhome for winter travels too.  It rocks and also swivels.  Now here's the funny thing.  Years ago in several of my posts I talked about how much I disliked leather furniture and why.  Now including the 2 leather captains chairs in our Motorhome we have a total of 6 leather chairs.  Guess it just goes to show you can still teach an old dog a few new tricks.  A willing old dog that is............................. 
NO PROBLEM FITTING THE RECLINER INTO THE BACK OF THE JEEP

RECLINER FITS FINE RIGHT HERE IN MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD

I did finally make a start on our 2nd shed clean-up and with much cooler weather in the forecast I’m hoping to finish that project and finally get myself started on the big Motorhome clean-up shortly. GROANER'S CORNER:((  An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman were trying to get in to see the Olympics without tickets. So they got to the stadium during one of the main events and discussed how they would be able to attend without paying.  The Englishman walked around the stadium and saw a pole lying on the ground and picked it up. He walked to the entrance and said to the guard, "Peter. England. Pole Throwing." The guards let him in without hesitation.  While walking, the Scotsman sees a manhole. He picks up the cover, carries it under his arm to the entrance and says, "McGregor. Scotland. Discus Throwing." The guards let him in also. The Irishman is very frantic, since both his friends are now inside. He walks around the stadium and finds a roll of barbed wire. He picks it up, walks to the entrance and says, "Murphy. Ireland. Fencing." -------- Women are like telephones ... They love to be held. They love to be talked to. But, if you press the wrong button, you're DISCONNECTED. ------- Q: What's the difference between a guitar and a fish?
A: You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish.