COMPANIES COMING SATURDAY SO KELLY BUSIED HERSELF CLEANING THE RIG…..WELL ME TOO BUT NOT NEARLY AS MUCH PLUS BEN, BRI, DARION AND KAI

THIS LITTLE SMART CAR BROUGHT IT’S MOM AND DAD TO THE BEACH TODAY

My normal morning routine is to be dressed and out the door doing something or going somewhere by 7:30 a.m.  It was after 8 and there I was still in my pajamas and still in my recliner.  Not good and I can't remember the last time I ever got my day started so late.

ROOF TRUSSES HAVE ARRIVED FOR A NEW HOUSE ON PORTAL HILL LINE

Wednesday night rains had left us with a Thursday morning gray overcast.  Temperatures were already 72, air was dead calm and the humidity had already turned brutal.  What to do what to do.  It was pointless to work on my front yard project, couldn't seem to get interested in a Pheebers Jeep ride and the thought of sitting around in the house in the house was well, unthinkable.  Best of the 3 options of course was a Jeep ride so when I asked Pheebs what she thought we should do the obvious answer was immediately apparent and off we went.   With Libby's windows down the morning air felt good.

HERE’S A GODERICH COUPLE ENJOYING A DAY ON THE BOARDWALK

A NOVEL FLOWER PLANTER ON THE FRONT WALL OF A GODERICH BOAT BUILDING PLACE

Snagged us a Burrito at McDonalds and cruised ourselves down to Goderich's south harbor.  Short walk by the water and we slowly headed for home. 

ONLY GREAT LAKES FREIGHTER IN PORT WAS THE ALGOLAKE PICKING UP A LOAD OF SALT

A COUPLE DUCKS FLOATING ON LAKE HURON’S CHOPPY WATERS

NOTICE ANYTHING AMISS IN THIS PHOTO??  I WAS JUST PULLING AWAY FROM THE DOG WALKING AREA WHEN I NOTICED IT

Stopped to check out a walking area in Goderich's south end that I had heard about but had never checked out before.  Due to the heavy humidity and mosquitos we only ventured along the path far enough to take a few quick photos before retreating back to the Jeep.  Looked like a great well maintained trail so we will definitely be back when cooler weather is once again upon us.

 

Kelly’s youngest son Ben with his wife Bri and their two boys Darion and Kai are spending a couple days at Deer Park Lodge here in Bayfield on the shores of Lake Huron.  Long time readers may remember Kelly worked at Deer Park for 10 years spending most of those years as manager.  We slipped over to see Ben, Bri and the boys around supper time tonight and will be having breakfast with them in the morning.  I’m including a bunch of photos here for members of Kelly’s family in various locations around the land such as Vancouver BC, Cambridge and Guelph Ontario plus Spencerport and Webster NY along with Clearwater Florida.  It’s much easier for family members to see the photos here rather than trying to send pics by email here and there etc.

KELLY, BRI, BEN, DAMION AND KAI

GEE GRAMMA I CAN TELL YOU ARE VERY HAPPY TO SEE US GUYS

OK ALL YOU NOISY KIDS LISTEN UP,  OFFICER DARION IS HERE!!

I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN EAT THIS WEINER BUT I DO KNOW IT WOULD MAKE A GOOD NIGHT STICK AND I MIGHT JUST TRY IT OUT ON MY LITTLE BROTHER IN A MINUTE

“CALLING ALL CARS – CALLING ALL CARS I AM BEING ATTACKED BY A GIANT HAMBURGER”

“REALLY KELLY, YOU LIKE TO PUT MAPLE SYRUP ON YOUR SALAD”??  “WELL YES SOMETIMES I DO”

WITH RECENT RAINS IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND ANYTHING DRY ENOUGH TO START A FIRE WITH….HEY, WHAT’S KAI UP TO BACK THERE!!

THE WATERS OF LAKE HURON ARE VISIBLE THROUGH THOSE TREES

PSSSSSST, DON’T TEL KAI BUT I JUST STEPPED ON THAT MARSHMELLOW BEFORE

 

DESPITE A GALLANT EFFORT THE FIRE NEVER DID GET GOING GOOD AND INSTEAD OF TOASTED MARSHMELLOWS THEY ALL ENDED UP WITH SMOKED MARSHMELLOWS

HEY I THINK THE MARSHMELLOW POLICE ARE HERE TO INVESTIGATE A SMOKE COMPLAINT

<<< HEY DID SOMEBODY SAY SMOKY THE BEAR IS OVER THERE IN THE BUSHES??

With company coming for the week-end we spent a bit of time in the Motorhome getting things cleaned up and organized.  Slides out, awning down, etc.  Not sure if it will be the company or Kelly and I staying in the rig yet but I'm sure we'll figure that out over the next couple days.  It's Kelly's youngest daughter Rebecca and husband Ricardo along with their daughter little 'cutesy patootsy' Ella coming for a couple days.  They will be here Saturday morning.

THIS YOUNG GANG OF WILD TURKEYS MADE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE ROADSIDE FOREST WHEN I STOPPED TO TAKE THEIR PICTURE THIS MORNING

GROANER'S CORNER:((  An Anagram, as you know, is a word or phrase made by transposing or rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. The following are exceptionally clever.

Dormitory:   Dirty Room

Evangelist:   Evil's Agent

Desperation:   A Rope Ends It

The Morse Code:   Here Come Dots

Slot Machines:   Cash Lost in 'em

Animosity:   Is No Amity

Mother-in-law:   Woman Hitler

Snooze Alarms:   Alas! No More Z's

Alec Guinness:   Genuine Class

Semolina:   Is No Meal

The Public Art Galleries:   Large Picture Halls, I Bet

A Decimal Point:   I'm a Dot in Place

The Earthquakes:   That Queer Shake

Eleven plus two:   Twelve plus one

Contradiction:   Accord not in it

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A Few Sunday Morning Bloopers::

- The Fifth Commandment is humor thy mother and father.

- A Christian should have only one wife. This is called monotony.

- The epistles were the wives of the apostles.

MY GOOD FRIEND JIM’S ROUTINE CHECKUP AND HAVING AT MYSELF WITH A SUPERTURBO MEGA NITRO TNT BIC HYBRID 3

PHEEBS WAITS PATIENTLY IN THE GRASS WHILE I TAKE A FEW PHOTOS AT THE MARSH THIS MORNING

I use a lot of peat moss when I am planting things.  Our sandy loam soil drains so well that I like to surround the roots of transplanted or new plants with peat moss to hold moisture in longer.  Almost out of peat moss Pheebs and I had a destination this morning and it was off to Canadian Tire’s garden center in Goderich.  A quick stop at Walmart for a few things and a swing through Tim Hortons soon had us back out into the countryside.  A nice cool sun and cloud morning had all the makings of a nice day.

PEACEFUL MORNING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

ANOTHER FINE MORNING IN THE HULLETT MARSH WITH 2 BLUE HERONS VISIBLE

LOOKS LIKE A WHITE EGRET FAR OFF AS WELL

ONE OF THE HERONS LIFTS OFF AND FLYS PAST THE EGRET

JUST A BIG OLD LOG IN THE WATER

Had my eye out for some Bulrushes and sure enough we found some in an area ditch as well as some wild Asters, Queen Anne’s Lace and a couple clumps of unknown tall yellow flowers.  By the time I got everything loaded into the Jeep along with a big bag of Peat Moss, 3 bags of black dirt, 1 triple bag of milk, 2 jars of peanut butter, 1 pkg of razors, 1 dog, 2 DSLR cameras, 1 tub of honey, 1 jug of Cran-Raspberry juice, 8 bars of Ivory hand soap, 1 pkg of whole wheat flat bread and a box of Kelloggs Mini-Wheat cereal I had myself quite a of a load in addition to what I usually carry in the Jeep.

QUITE A TUMBLED JUMBLE IN THE BACK OF LIBBY THIS MORNING

WILD ASTER

My good friend Jim (Lifetime Sentences) and I often think alike about many things and his earlier post today ‘The Routine Checkup’ is a good example of that.  In fact I think there may be a lot of us fellers and maybe some gals too who have the same logical concerns when it comes to a Doctor’s checkup…………. 

AND NO THIS IS NOT A PICTURE OF MY GOOD FRIEND JIM ALTHOUGH HE MAY DISAGREE IN SOME RESPECTS

BEANFIELDS CONTINUE TO RIPEN

HURON COUNTY CORNFIELDS STRETCH FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

ONE CAN ALWAYS FIND THINGS FOR SALE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

The package of razors I bought this morning was the 2nd pack of razors I bought in a week.  I never seem to learn one of of the basics of buying.  ‘Cheaper is rarely ever better’.  A week ago I stopped at the razor shelf in Walmart and of course was overwhelmed by all the different choices of razors.  Turbo this and Superhypercharged that.  Mega 3, 4 and 5 with MaxXLT and Sonic Magnum TNT blades.  Saw one TurbosuperhyperchargedmegamaxXLT with 49 SupersubsonicNitroTNT blades in it.  Prices ranged from $2.98 to $11,149.  Of course being the cheapskate I can be sometimes I grabbed the $2.98 package with about 453 razors inside.  Next day after a shower I hastily opened the package, extracted one of the blue handled things, lathered up my cheeks and chin and had at myself.  Well I could have saved the $2.98 had I simply gone out to our silverware drawer, grabbed a utensil and gone at my face with a dull spoon.  The cheapo tiny bladed razor never even put a dent in the first hair it encountered.  In fact I think the hair put a dent in the blade.

This morning at the same Walmart razor shelf I was again faced with the big razor buying decision fiasco so opted to splurge and go for the next best thing at $5.98.  Came home with an orange packaged Bic Hybrid 3 Comfort one handle razor with 6 cartridges.  Count em, ‘6’.  After planting the mornings bulrushes etc I was heated up enough to pile into the shower again and soon as I was out I went at my face with a fully loaded Bic Hybrid 3.  Well I knew right away I had made the right choice this time when I tore out a chunk of my left cheek right off the bat.  Hey that at least told me this triple bladed Mossmagator of a razor was at least sharp.  Never read the writing on the package till later of course and here’s what it said.  My new super razor had an ‘ergonomic handle with a pivoting head’.  Wow, I was immediately impressed but there was even more.  I’ll bet it’s not every man’s razor that has an ‘enhanced lubricating strip for extra glide’.  No Sireeeee, I got me a good one this time for sure.  Knocked all that stubble of my face real darn quick it did.  Say, anybody wanna buy my old package of razors with long blue handles.  Well that’s what it says on the package, they have ‘long handles’.  A necessity for sure if your under 5’ tall I would think……Oh wait a minute maybe I better not sell those 453 cheapo blue handle razor blades afterall…….I figure if I can separate all those blades from their handles I might have enough steel to melt down and make myself the pointy end of a thumb tack:))

TOTALLY FOCUSED ON THIS MORNING’S CARROT MUFFIN

GROANER’S CORNER:((  Ron, an elderly man in Australia, had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond at the back. It was properly shaped for swimming, so he fixed it up nice with picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some orange and lime trees. One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as he hadn't been there for a while, and look it over. He grabbed a five-gallon bucket to bring back some fruit. As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer, he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his pond. He made the women aware of his presence, and they all went to the deep end. One of the women shouted to him, "We're not coming out until you leave!" Ron frowned, "I didn't come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the pond naked." Holding the bucket up Ron said, "I'm here to feed the Alligator."