SUNNY COLD DAY

 

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Dad," said Little Johnny, "I'm late for football practice. Would you please do my homework for me?"  Little Johnny's father said irately, "Son, it just wouldn't be right."  "That's okay," replied Little Johnny. "You could at least give it a try, couldn't you?"

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WE'RE LIVING IN THE 'NOW' NOT THE 'THEN'

WEST OF DUNGANNON ONTARIO

It was a short drive into Bayfield and back for Pheebs and I this morning.  Had to pick up some milk at Foodland and while there I could see lots of construction activity at the adjoining new Tim Horton coffee shop site.  I thought they had begun paving the parking lot but later in the day when editing my photos, I realized it wasn't a paving machine I saw it was a cement curb forming machine I had seen.

LOTS OF ACTIVITY ON THE TIM HORTON SITE THIS MORNING

THAT'S THE CURB MAKING MACHINE I MISTOOK FOR THE PAVING MACHINE...'DUH'

THEY ARE CURBING IN THE 'DRIVE-THRU' LANE

Dropped Pheebs and the milk off at home and headed over to Richard's place to pick him up for our semi-monthly country road coffee tour.  Our travels this morning took us north and east of Goderich through Dungannon and Ben Miller.  We were back about 11:30 after solidly talking our way through yet another couple of enjoyable hours.

RICHARD AND I TRAVELED SOME NICE SCENIC ROADS TODAY

Our skies remained cloudy with a bit of drizzle.  With temps in the mid 50's and windy, it felt cold and damp with nothing in that forecast to entice me back outside.  Cranked on a little heat in the sunroom, settled into my recliner, tipped back, cracked open my Kindle Reader, and enjoyed the Autumn colors in our front yard from the nice comfortable warmth of inside our house.  

Weather forecast for next week has changed and I'm now seeing a lot of rain most days which in other words means it's not likely we will go anywhere in the Winnie-Wagon.  Our chances for nice weather are fast running out for us now.  Just a few short years ago we would only be a couple days away from leaving our annual trek south for the winter.  But don't get me started on all that again.  We're living in the 'now' not the 'then'.

DARK LAKE HURON WATERS UNDER THIS MORNINGS MOODY SKY

GROANER'S CORNER:((   A woman went into a bank to get a check cashed, but she didn't have an account with them. When the teller asked for some identification, the woman showed her several charge cards, her social security card, and a library card.  The teller told her they needed a driver's license, but the woman said she didn't have one.  "Don't you have anything with your picture on it?" the teller asked.  "Oh, sure," she said, as she flipped to a family photo in her wallet. "That's me in the back row."

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The old man approached a young stranger in the post office and asked, "Sir, would you address this postcard for me?"  The man gladly did so, and then offered to write a short note for the old fellow.  Finally, the stranger asked, "Now, is there anything else I can do for you?"  The old man thought a moment and said, "Yes, at the end could you add, Please excuse the sloppy handwriting."

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PHOTOS ARE PLENTIFUL, WORDS NOT SO MUCH SOMETIMES

AN APPLE ORCHARD SOUTH OF VARNA ONTARIO

As well as a few readers, I too found the smaller font I used in Monday's post too small.  And it was the second-largest font available.  What I am using now is Blogger's version of 'extra-large' which I was using before and of course is easier to read.  If the Blogger editing program continues to sporadically change my font sizes then I guess that will be the way it is:((

DARK APPLES

CRAB APPLES

Short drive with Pheebs into Bayfield and back this morning and then it was off to Seaforth Ontario to meet my good buddy Jim at Tim Horton's coffee shop for a brew.  We managed to fill up our nearly 4 hours with all kinds of our usual stuff.  We've been doing this for over forty years now.

PROPER SPACING TIM HORTON COFFEE SHOP STYLE

WAITING FOR JIM TO GET HIS COFFEE

I'M STILL WORKING AWAY AT PUTTING ALL OUR SUMMER YARD ORNAMENTS INTO STORAGE

GETTING READY TO DO SOME SERIOUS PLOWING

HEY THERE'S THAT MAMA BEAR-PAPA BEAR RIG AGAIN

SEEN IN CLINTON ONTARIO AND I'M GUESSING IT AS A 1959 PLYMOUTH

AND BY GOLLY THERE'S OUR PREVIOUS 'SHORTLY OWNED' LEISURE VAN AGAIN

Didn't get around to taking any photos today but I have a few left from a couple days ago.  Photos are plentiful, words not so much sometimes.........

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A little girl and a little boy were at day-care one day. The girl approached the boy and said, "Hey Billy, want to play house?"  He said, "Sure! What do you want me to do?"  Sally replied, "I want you to communicate your feelings."  "Communicate my feelings?" said a bewildered Billy. "I have no idea what that means."  The little girl nods and says, "Perfect. You can be the husband".

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A FEW PHOTOS ON ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN DAY

GODERICH'S MENESETUNG BRIDGE AS VIEWED FROM THE MAITLAND TRAIL NORTH OF TOWN

ON THE MAITLAND TRAIL NEAR THE TIGER DUNLOP TOMB

THIS TRAIL THROUGH THE WOODS LEADS TO TIGER DUNLOP'S TOMB

HARD TO IMAGINE OLD RAILROAD STEAM ENGINES ONCE CHUGGED THROUGH HERE

OAK LEAVES

HIGHWAY 21 NORTH OF GODERICH AS SEEN FROM THE MAITLAND TRAIL

A VIEW LOOKING TOWARDS GODERICH AND LAKE HURON FROM BESIDE TIGER DUNLOP'S TOMB

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A woman was trying hard to get the catsup to come out of the bottle. During her struggle, the phone rang, so she asked her four-year-old daughter to answer it.  "It's the Minister, Mommy," the child said to her mother. Then she said to him, "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle."

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I sell plastic pens. I'm kind of a Bic deal.

Teacher: Billy, name two pronouns.
Billy: Who, me?
Teacher: Very good!

"Hey officer, how did the hackers escape?"
"No idea, they just ransomware!"

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