I THINK WE SHOULD PACK UP OUR SOCKS AND MOVE TO NOVA SCOTIA

WHAT THE HECK COULD THIS GUY BE LOOKING AT????

Needed a few pics for tonight's post so under bright blue sunny skies Pheebe and I headed out about 8:30.  For some totally unknown reason I was not feeling well when I woke up this morning so our Jeep drive was not a long one.  I had thought once I was up for awhile and spent some time out in the fresh air I'd feel better but it never happened.  Did manage a few photos before heading back home whereupon I spent a beautiful mid August day crumpled up in my recliner.  It was too hot and humid to go outside anyway.  And more of that hot sticky crap Thursday!!  I hear summers are predicted to get hotter and stickier & if that is the case which I have no doubt it is I think we should pack up our socks and move to Nova Scotia where Real-estate is way cheaper and the cooling North Atlantic ocean breezes are much more refreshingly comfortable……………………….

SPOTTED THIS GOAT LOOKING UP INTO THE AIR SO I STOPPED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LOOKING AT

COULD IT BE A U.F.O.??

‘HEY WHATCHA LOOKIN AT BUDDY’!!

‘A-HA’ THEN I SAW WHAT THIS STRETCHY NECK FELLOW WAS UP TO

 

SURE LIKED THOSE WILLOW TREE LEAVES

 

QUITE A JIG HE WAS DOING

  

WE ALSO SPOTTED US A WHOLE MESS OF WILD TURKEYS TOO

NOTICE HOW THE YOUNG FELLERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAUGHT TO KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN

I FIGURE THERE WERE MAYBE 2 IF NOT 3 FAMILIES TRAVELING TOGETHER HERE

AND WE EVEN SAW OURSELVES A SNAIL ON A LILY PAD….NOW HOW’S THAT FOR A MIGHTY FINE MORNING EH:))

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A man is driving down a country road, when he spots a farmer standing in the middle of a huge field of grass. He pulls the car over to the side of the road and notices that the farmer is just standing there, doing nothing, looking at nothing. The man gets out of the car, walks all the way out to the farmer and asks him, "Ah excuse me mister, but what are you doing?" The farmer replies, "I'm trying to win a Nobel Prize." "How?" asks the man, puzzled. "Well I heard they give the Nobel Prize to people who are out standing in their field."

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A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office. 'Is it true,' she wanted to know, 'that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?'  'Yes, I'm afraid so,' the doctor told her.  There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, 'I'm wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked 'NO REFILLS'.'

ONCE NEVER MUCH OF A SECOND THOUGHT

NO NOT A FRONT YARD FROG POND BUT A FRONT YARD POND FROG

'If it doesn't rain it pours' is an old saying that fortunately came true for us these past few days.  The ground is well saturated and brown lawns are quickly turning green again.  Our recent plantings are happy and so am I now that Mother Nature as taken the time to water them for me.  She does a much better job than I do.

OUT FOR A STROLL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GODERICH HARBOR SUNDAY MORNING

Despite intermittent drizzly rains this morning Pheebs and I went for a short drive around Bayfield.  Kelly had a hair appointment in Goderich. (thanks for sending her home with that Orange-Banana-Strawberry drink from Zehrs for me Karen:)).  Seems funny but I saw a few sections of Bayfield this morning I had never seen before despite having lived here for nearly 14 years.  Didn't know Bayfield had a Croquet Club and a drive through the local cemetery was only my second time there.  Poked our nose down a couple dead end streets that didn't ring any memory bells and came across the Woodland Hiking Trail which I had never seen before.  The trail looked enchantingly interesting so will have to return there for a few photos on a brighter day.

CAN YOU SEE A LARGE REPOSING FIGURE LYING ON A BED OF CLOUDS??

Didn't write a post Monday simply because I didn't feel up to it.  Very unusual for me but neither the inspiration or interest were there.  I struggled with it again today but by late afternoon after sitting around twiddling my thumbs I noticed skies beginning to clear and I felt a little better about things.

SUNDAY MORNING CLEAN-UP

HEY HOW’S ABOUT A LITTLE PRIVACY HERE EH

PRIVACY SCHMIVACY I’M JUST GONNA HAVE MYSELF A LAZY DAY

Maitland Medical Center phoned Monday to say the results of another routine medical test I recently had was clear and everything was normal.   It's funny now at this age and stage of life how one thinks more about their eventual mortality.  Once never much of a second thought it seems nearly every little medical bump in the road has one asking oneself the question, 'well is this IT!!'.  Nothing to dwell on so to speak but I'm finding the question has a habit of cropping up more often than it once did.  Just one of life's little natural realities.

SURE IS A SMALL SAILBOAT

 

A COUPLE OF GODERICH LOCALS

AND OF COURSE 1 SLEEPY BACK SEAT BAYFIELD LOCAL AS WELL

October can't come fast enough for me again this year.  So much looking forward to once again sliding into our semi-annual Snow Bird lifestyle change.  A welcome switch of routines, new scenery, new things to photograph and write about each day.  A healthy chunk of apprehension mixed with just about the right dose of excitement works wonders for me every time as new challenges and opportunities present themselves along the way.  I'm talking about our RV winter travels of course and oh how I so look forward to getting those big wheels rolling again.  Just sitting here typing these few lines I can feel the excitement stirring inside as I happily think of seeing many of our old familiar Southwest haunts again plus all the new places we haven't seen or been before:))

NO MATTER HOW STRESSFUL LIFE MAY BECOME ALWAYS REMEMBER TO STOP AND SMELL THE THISTLES

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A circus owner walked into a bar to see everyone crowded about a table watching a little show. On the table was an upside down pot and a duck tap dancing on it. The circus owner was so impressed that he offered to buy the duck from its owner. After some wheeling and dealing, they settled for $10,000 for the duck and the pot. Three days later the circus owner runs back to the bar in anger, "Your duck is a ripoff! I put him on the pot before a whole audience, and he didn't dance a single step!"  "So?" asked the ducks former owner, "did you remember to light the candle under the pot?"

I WAS OUT OF THAT CHAIR BEFORE I KNEW I HAD EVEN LEFT IT

Well, my recliner nearly got me this morning.  It was 7:15 and there I was stretched out slumped and grumped groveling along through my mind trying to hit upon a reason interesting enought to turf myself out of that chair.  Didn't look to promising with gray skies and a dusting of rain.  And then it happened right in front of me.  A bright patch of inspiration suddenly appeared on the living room floor.  Sunshine:))  I was out of that chair before I knew I had even left it.  Like a 'Jack-In-The-Box (Seniors version) I was on my feet and my day was underway.

AFTER SATURDAY’S STORMS AND HEAVY RAINS SUNDAY MORNINGS SKY CLEARED NICELY

Needed a few things at Goderich's Wally-World so Pheebs and I were off as cooler skies slowly cleared overhead.  Turned out to be a beautiful morning as we swung down around the south harbor stopping for a few photos. 

BEAUTIFUL CLOUD FORMATIONS LOOKING DOWN THE LAKE TOWARDS DETROIT MICHIGAN

WATCHED THIS YOUNG FELLA STRUGGLING WITH HIS KITEBOARD

I COULD TELL HE WAS NEW AT IT

TRY AS HE DID HE JUST COULDN’T GET HIMSELF UP AND GOING

FINALLY ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH & HE PULLED HIS BOARD UP ONTO THE BEACH

THE HARBOR’S PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WAS AGAIN HEAVY THIS MORNING AND BELOW THAT SECOND FELLA IS REALLY SHOWING OFF HIS HIGH STEPPING ‘GOOSE STEP’

From the harbors south side we swung on over to the north side for a few more photos and a leg stretch.  It’s a beautiful harbor here in Goderich with all it’s shapes and colors.

THERE’S A LITTLE PHEEBERS IN THIS PHOTO

LOVE ALL THE SHAPES  AND COLORS

SUNDAY MORNING FISHERMEN AND BELOW IS A CLOSE-UP OF THE FELLA ON THE LEFT FROM BEHIND

YEP THAT’S A TIM HORTONS COFFEE THIS OLD FELLER HAS ALRIGHT:))

DRIVING BACK UP OUT OF THE NORTH HARBOR

Rather than a long leisurely Sunday morning drive Pheebs and I decided to head back home and get us a little work done in our front yard. 

CUT THIS FLOWER BED AND THE ONE BELOW IN HALF WITH A PATH

TORE THIS BED APART AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF RE-DOING IT

I LATER RE-DID THAT PILE OF ROCKS AND MOVED ALL THAT ELECTRICAL STUFF FURTHER AWAY FROM THE POND

CLEARED THIS OVERGROWN AREA OUT AS WELL AND NOW WE CAN WALK THROUGH IT

The heat wasn't quite as bad as the past several days so I was actually able to get about 4 hours in transplanting half a dozen Hostas, cleaning the frog pond, rebuilding the waterfall and relocating a few electric sockets near the pond.  Our front yard is slowly changing shape and it's a nice feeling having some of my outdoor creative interests up and running again.

KELLY GETS A KICK OUT THIS HUGE SHIRT I WEAR WHICH IS ABOUT 3 TIMES TO BIG FOR ME

I’M IN THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING SOME OF THE ROCKS AROUND THE POND

OH-OH I MIGHT NEED A FRONT END LOADER TO GET ME BACK UP ON MY FEET AGAIN

MAYBE I’LL JUST ROLL OVER AND SLEEP UNDER MY TENT SHIRT TONIGHT

HEY WHO SAID I COULDN’T GET MYSELF BACK UP >>>>>>>>

How nice tonight to step outside into cooler evening air.  Looking forward to once again getting back out for some walks on our pine forest trail.  Soon the bugs will be out of the air as the forests begin to transition from Summer to Fall.  The shortening of daylight is already upon us and soon the great constellation Orion will begin his long Winter trek across the starry night sky.  Oh how I am looking forward once again to those crystal clear and cool desert nights.  What an absolutely wondrous place all of America’s great Southwest is and how truly fortunate we really are to be a part of it each Winter. 

GROANER'S CORNER:(( If you love something, set it free.  If it comes back, it will always be yours.  If it doesn't come back, it was never yours to begin with.  But, if it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money, and doesn't appear to realize you set it free... You either married it or gave birth to it.

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Why did the cross-eyed teacher get the sack?Because he couldn't control his pupils.

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Televangelism is all about false profits.  (Amen to that one for sure!!)