STILL CAUGHT UP IN A WEB OF INDECISION

As much as I hate washing windows, washing windows is what I did today.  Well at least the gray foggy ones I simply got tired of trying to look through.  I figure the more dirtier a window gets the greater the instant ‘see-thru- reward one has when it’s all sparkly clean.  Well that’s my poor excuse anyway.

WE HEAR ABOUT BIG TEXAS, MONTANA, AND ARIZONA SKIES SO HOW ABOUT A FEW BIG OLD ONTARIO SKIES

More rain in the night but it was under gradual clearing skies Pheebs and I headed out with each passing hour becoming clearer than the hour before.  Standing on the shores of Lake Huron this morning it was an icy blast of wind coming down the lake from the frigid North.  We didn’t linger at Goderich’s Rotary Cove doggy walking area very long and were soon back into the Jeep with the heater going and Pheebs window down of course.  It wasn’t a long drive in the sunny country side we took though.  I just could not seem to get myself into my normal beautiful countryside mode this morning.  Maybe it was the early morning cold air reminding me of Winter.  So home we came.  Think we got up into the low 50’s today.

A BOARD WALKER STOPS FOR A REST AND A PHOTO OF THE LAKE

SPOTTED A FEW COLORFUL TREES IN AN OLD GRAVEL PIT

No phone calls by noon so Kelly called her London Doctor’s office again and at least this time she got hold of the Doctor’s secretary who was able to enlighten us a bit about what’s going on.  We already knew that Kelly’s doctor had submitted her scans to a Tumor Board and that board met last week.  Secretary said the Doctor does not have the report from the Tumor Board yet and until he does there is no point in him calling.  So we are not much further ahead today than we were a week ago today.  We have no choice but to sit tight and await the Doctor’s phone call maybe tomorrow, maybe a couple weeks.  Until that time everything is kinda on hold for us.  Hey, it’s Canada eh………………

It’s funny how this indecision has disorganized me.  I’ve got two busy lists of things to do with one being a ‘staying home’ list and the other a ‘going away’ list.  Although these two lists do overlap in a few areas I cannot seem to get myself focused or interested as to where to start.  My enthusiasm level for either seems to be in the dumper and I figure that is my mind working away to protect itself from disappointment.  Also in there overshadowing everything is my overall concern for Kelly’s health.  I haven’t been in this exact situation before and these are uncharted waters for me.  Unlike the past eleven years at this time I am not bustling about with my usual energized excitement and straining impatience to get the big wheels rolling South.  Yes, things are definitely different this year…………………….

GROANER’S CORNER:((  Two young men were out in the woods on a camping trip, when the came upon this great trout brook. They stayed there all day, enjoying the fishing, which was super.  At the end of the day, knowing that they would be graduating from college soon, they vowed that they would meet, in twenty years, at the same place and renew the experience.
Twenty years later, they met and traveled to a spot near where they had been years before. They walked into the woods and before long came upon a brook. One of the men said to the other, "This is the place!".  The other replied, "No, it's not!".  The first man said, "Yes, I do recognize the clover growing on the bank on the other side.
To which the other man replied, "Silly, you can't tell a brook by it's clover."

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Knock Knock
Who's there?
Alaska!
Alaska who?
"Alaska to open the door again."

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WARM, WINDY, AND WET, BUT IT’S ANOTHER DAY BEHIND US

Warm, wet, and windy pretty much sums up our weather day but Pheebs and I luckily escaped the wet part on our two hour Jeep ride.  Gravel roads were muddy but at least we didn’t get rained on for the time we were out.

A LATE EASTERN SUNRISE

NOW THAT IS ONE LONG BARN

GREYING CLOUDS OVER A RIPENED CORN FIELD

YES INDEED TIS THAT TIME OF YEAR ALRIGHT

I DON’T THINK WE EVEN ENCOUNTERED ONE VEHICLE ON THE BACKROADS TODAY

Ambled ourselves over to the Hullett Marsh then north up through the small town of Blyth Ontario.  Heard there was a big ‘Harry Potter’ thing going on there but we didn’t see any wizards or muggles anywhere.  Saw a couple large white tents with flaps flopping in the wind at the fairgrounds but not a soul around to be seen.

I LIKE THIS NEW BUILDING IN BLYTH ONTARIO BUILT BY THE COWBELL BREWING COMPANY

 

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE A MIGHTY FINE COWBELL KITCHEN RESTAURANT IN THERE TOO

Warm enough again today to have the Jeeps windows down and I couldn’t help wonder if that might be the last time for this year.   Still not a lot of color in the trees and with today’s winds bringing leaves down I’m wondering if this might turn out to be the least colorful Autumn of ever.

WINTER WHEAT

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF CROP THIS FOOT TALL RED TUFTED GRASS COULD BE

AND THIS IS HOW THEY TRANSPORT AROUND THE DIFFERENT HARVESTER HEADS OFF THE COMBINES

Pheebs and I were home shortly after 11 and spotted a note on the counter.  Kelly and our good neighbor Monica had slipped on down to Grand Bend for lunch.  Half an hour later sitting at the computer the following photo came in:))

In a post a few days ago I had a few photos of what appeared to be a tree fungus.  Drove by that same tree this morning and remembered a comment from ‘Max in Illinois’ in which he said. “Al, about that fungi pouring out of that tree, around here in Illinois we call them elephant ears and think they are delicious. Of course you have to get them before the bugs find them. Fried or made into soup is our favorite way to eat them”.

MUST BE A PRETTY OLD ELEPHANT WITH ALL THOSE WRINKLES IN IT’S EAR

It’s kinda bad when a Blogger can’t even leave a comment in his own Shout Box.  Trying to respond to Gary B to let him know I tried 2 bottles of St. Johns Wort I keep getting a message saying something about not enough characters or something and it won’t publish.  Didn’t feel any change in myself Gary so I didn’t take any more.  Have to remember to try some D3 I guess.  Maybe if I ate myself a whole box of ‘Smiley Face’ buttons it might perk me right up eh… 

LOTS OF WOOD STACKED IN FOR THE WINTER’S FIREPLACE

GROANER’S CORNER:(( Panicking when her toddler swallowed a tiny magnet my sister Betty rushed him to the emergency room.  "He'll be fine," the doctor promised her. "The magnet should pass through his system in a day or two."
"How will I be sure?" she pressed.  "Well," the doctor suggested, "you could stick him on the refrigerator and when he falls off you'll know."

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- To heck with marrying a girl who makes biscuits like her mother--I want to marry one who makes dough like her father.

- The days just before marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.

- Shotgun wedding: a case of wife or death.

- A lady walked into a boutique and asked the sales lady "May I try on that cute dress in the window?"   The sales lady replied; "Sure, but wouldn’t you be more comfortable in a dressing room?"

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Knock Knock
Who's there?
Amazon!
Amazon who?
Amazon of a gun.

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