Tuesday, July 25, 2017

A NICE MORNING’S DRIVE THROUGH AMISH-MENNONITE COUNTRY

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If someone were to ask me what my favorite color was I would probably be hard pressed to come up with an answer.  Depends where the color is I suppose but if it’s in the sky then my favorite color for that area is blue.  And blue it was this morning as Pheebs and I again headed out for another couple hours of country road ramblings.

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NORTH OF GODERICH EMPTY FARM WAGONS STAND IN A HARVESTED FIELD OF WINTER WHEAT

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ALL PHOTOS AGAIN TODAY TAKEN FROM THE DRIVER’S SEAT

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PHEEBS LOVES TO STOP AND WATCH COWS

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Stopped at the Goderich Power Center and picked up the remaining money from the motorcycle sale so that completes that whole transaction.  Am I missing my motorcycle yet?  No not at all but they did have a nice little Harley Sportster sitting in their that caught my eye.  But only for a second or two and it was out the door with me and gone on down the road we was.

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LOOKING HARD OUT OVER LAKE WAWANOSH I COULD SEE SOMETHING WAY OUT IN THE WATER TOP LEFT

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YEP, LOOKS LIKE A CANOE WAY OUT THERE ALRIGHT

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THREE FISHERMENT METHINKS

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OFF TO MY RIGHT I COULD HEAR YOUNG PEOPLE’S VOICES BUT THE ONLY THING I COULD SEE WAS THIS FISHING LINE COMING OUT OF THE BUSHES

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‘OH-OH’ THOSE FELLERS IN THE CANOE ARE HEADED OUR WAY, TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE

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Our wanderings this morning took us up through Amish/Mennonite country where I was hoping to find a few photos of wheat sheaves stooked up in the fields.  Looks like I was about a week or two late with most of the fields having been cut, stooked, loaded up on wagons and hauled off to local barns.  Only stooked wheat photo I managed to find was a telephoto shot of a field half a mile or more away.DSC_2778

THIS FAR AWAY FIELD WAS THE ONLY ONE I SAW WITH WHEAT SHEAVES STACKED UP IN STOOKS…..DID YOU SEE THE WINDMILL?

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‘HEY DON’T YOU WALK AWAY WHEN I’M TALKIN TO YA JUNIOR!!’

Had us what I would call a perfect weather day Blue sunny skies with a few clouds, low to no humidity in the earlier morning air and a wisp of a breeze with a high of 70F.  Sure is a beautiful world we live in when the weather’s nice:))

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OLD FARM MACHINES OF YESTERYEAR ARE STILL IN USE HERE IN MENNONITE COUNTRY

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I THINK THESE AMISH FOLKS HAVE SOME OF THE BEST GARDENS

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BRAND NEW MENNONITE HOUSE AND BARN

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IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE ALL 4 OF THE HORES HOOVES ARE OFF THE GROUND

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HANGIN AROUND THE BARN ON A WARM SUMMER’S MORN

Kelly’s London Doctor phoned her this past Saturday morning and after consulting with 2 other specialists regarding her last June CT-scan told her he wants her to have another CT scan in early October.  Yes we have definitely entered our Senior years alright.

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I ALWAYS ENJOY SEEING THE NICE FARMS THESE OLD ORDER MENNONITE AND AMISH FOLKS HAVE

GROANER’S CORNER:((  Everybody on earth dies and goes to heaven.  God comes and says "I want the men to make two lines -- one line for the men that dominated their women on earth, and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women. Also, I want all the women to go with St Peter."  The next time God looked, the women are gone, and there are two lines. The line for the men who were dominated by their women was 100 miles long, and in the line of men who dominated their women there was only one man. God got mad and said "You men should be ashamed of yourselves. I created you in my image and you were all whipped by your mates. Look at the only one of my sons who stood up and made me proud. Learn from him! Tell them, my son, how did you manage to be the only one in this line?" The man replied "I don't know, my wife told me to stand here."

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- We’ve begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet, so we bought a dog.  It’s cheaper, and you get more feet.

- “Did you hear about the nun who procrastinated doing her laundry? She had a filthy habit.”

- "So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?'
And a voice said 'You are.'"

- What's the difference between a man and a bottle of whisky?  Whisky improves with age.

- Why does a man have a clear conscience?Because it is unused.

- What do you call a man who has suddenly lost 98 percent of his brain?  Divorced.

- What do UFOs and caring men have in common?  You keep hearing about them but you never see any for yourself.

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Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Stopwatch.

Stopwatch who?

Stopwatch you’re doing and pay attention!

 



Monday, July 24, 2017

A VERY COOL AND WINDY GRAY DAY BUT MANAGED A FEW PHOTOS ALONG THE WAY

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With a short sleeve summer shirt on I stepped out the door this morning, wheeled around and marched myself back to my bedroom where I exchanged that short sleeve shirt for one of my long sleeve wintery shirts.  And I threw a light jacket over that.  We were in the low 60’s with a northerly wind blowing creating a wind chill factor so we had to throw a touch of heat on in the Jeep.  A bit of rain on the windshield on our way to Goderich and a wee bit of Lake Huron on the front of my camera lens later while taking a few photos around Goderich’s harbor and beach area.   Nothing serious.  Pheebs and I were back home again by 10:30 and that was about it for us guys.   My mood was about as gray as the day but with sunshine forecast for Tuesday I’m looking forward to a brighter morning.   I’ll leave you tonight with a few photos……………………..

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WHILE TAKING THESE PHOTOS MY HAT WAS BLOWN OFF SEVERAL TIMES AND THE WIND GUSTS ROCKED ME BACK ON MY HEELS

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OH-OH DOGGY GOT HER PAWS WET

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IT WAS ABOUT THIS POINT WE GOT RAINED ON A WEE BIT TOO

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GROANER’S CORNER:(( Two golden-agers were discussing their husbands over tea. "I do wish that my Elmer would stop biting his nails. He makes me terribly nervous." My Billy used to do the same things," the older woman replied, "but I broke him of that pesky habit."  "How?"   "I hid his teeth!"

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A Jewish guy walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder. Bartender says, "Hey where'd you get that?" Parrot says, "In Brooklyn, they're everywhere.”

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A Canadian psychologist is selling a video that teaches you how to test your dog’s IQ.
Here’s how it works: If you spend $12.99 for the video, your dog is smarter than you.

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Boo.

Boo who?

Well you don’t need to cry about it.