SIGN SAID ‘WALK IN - WELCOME’ SO KELLY WALKED IN AND CAME HOME WITH A NEW LOOK:))

Another mighty fine morning here on Ontario's west coast.  Nice walk in the Hullett Marsh followed by another walk in the Bannockburn Conservation area about an hour later.  A few photos along the way and we were home before 11.  Managed to get a utility trailer load of yard waste to our recycle area before retreating into the house for a short snooze in front of my big cooling fan. 

ONE OF TWO OLD IRON BRIDGES IN THE MARSH WHERE COUNTRY ROADS ONCE RAN THROUGH

EVEN THE SHADOW COWBOY WAS SPOTTED THIS MORNING

YEP THAT’S THE PHEEBS WAY UP THERE AHEAD ON RIDGE

TOPS OF THE DYKES ARE MOWED FOR EASY WALKING

 

One of the many nice things about our area is the abundance of rural roads taking a driver through the widespread scenic and diverse countryside.  Readers would be surprised at how many of my daily photos are taken right from the driver’s seat of the Jeep.

THIS GOOGLE MAP SHOWS OUR DIGS ON FAR LEFT, BANNOCKBURN AT BOTTOM AND TODAY’S HULLET MARSH PHOTO LOCATION TOP RIGHT……TOWN OF CLINTON AT TOP RIGHT OF CENTER

Kelly, in Goderich running some errands this morning came home with a new haircut which looks great on her.  It was a spur of the moment decision after seeing a sign at a downtown hairdressing shop saying ‘Walk In - Welcome’.
  

Well here we are at the end of another month and amazingly enough we are almost into July already.  While walking in the Marsh this morning it felt like late August with cooler temperatures and a heavy due on the grass.  Mid to late August always marks the early beginnings of my favorite time of year and this morning I reveled in that thought as I shuffled along through a patch of tall wet grass.

HURON COUNTIES BANNOCKBURN CONSERVATION AREA IS JUST A SHORT DRIVE FROM OUR HOUSE

NICE BOARDWALKS THROUGH THE SWAMPY WETLANDS

SPIDER WEBS IN THE FOREST

    

BIG ROOTS

I THINK DOGGY IS NEEDING A DRINK OF WATER

Funny how after deciding to spruce up our place and not bother looking at other properties and houses for sale we still seem to get ourselves all excited whenever Kelly spots something on the Real Estate sites or I happen to see a ‘For Sale’ sign on a country property somewhere.  We both know that if a sure-fire opportunity presented itself on a quiet little country setting close to town right here in our own area we would still probably go for it………………….

UPON RETURNING TO THE JEEP WE FOUND WE HAD ANOTHER HITCH-HIKER TODAY

GROANER’S CORNER:(( Black Fellah to White Fellah.  Dear white fellah,  There's a coupla tings you orta no.  Firstly…………….
Wen I am born, I'm black.
Wen I grow up, I'm black.
Wen I get sick, I'm black.
Wen I'm cold, I'm black.
Wen I go out in the sun, I'm black.
And wen I get scared, I'm black.
And wen I die, yes, I'm still black.
But you white fellah ....
Wen you born, you pink.
Wen you grow up, you white.
Wen you get sick, you green
Wen you cold, you go blue.
Wen you go out in the sun, you go red.
And wen you get scared, you yellah.
And wen you die, you purple
And you call me coloured !!

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Q. Did you hear about the new sushi bar that caters exclusively to lawyers? A. It's called, Sosumi.

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Q: What starts with E, ends with E, and has only 1 letter in it?  A: Envelope.

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."