Wednesday, May 26, 2010

NO FLOWER PICS TONIGHT....I PROMISE!!

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1956 FORD FAIRLANE

At the risk of totally OD'ing on flower photos I've decided to dig into the files & pull out some old memory photos from last summer's car show in Goderich.  You can see all the cars here......CRUISE DAY IN GODERICH

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1930 FORD HOT ROD

Another scorcher today & from what I read on other people's blogs it's a scorcher pretty much all over the place.  Hot summer weather like this can trap you inside just as easily as those cold winter days can but if I had a choice I would take the summer heat over the winter cold.  Don't have to shovel the results of hot weather.

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1946 CHEVROLET TRUCK

Hadn't erased my brain software from the mobility van run Tuesday so when I plugged myself into the van this morning my brain computer programmed in my Tuesday run & headed me off in the wrong direction.  About half way to town A  the brain recalibrated itself & flashed me a message saying, "hey dummy, your supposed to be heading for Town B.

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1960 CHEVROLET IMPALA

As I said in yesterday's blog I always head out on the early side & that served me well this morning as I was able to cut across country on some back roads & still arrive on time for my pick up.  Thursday morning I am heading for London Ontario which is totally in the opposite direction so hopefully I will have my brain software correctly re-programmed for that.  I don't ever recall heading for a wrong town before!!  But then again, I probably don't recall a whole lotta things:((

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1952 DODGE TRUCK

I've noticed a lot less bird activity these past few days with the hotter weather so I guess their appetites are down too.  That's OK because it will give us a financial break from having to buy so much birdseed.

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1956 CHEVY BEL-AIR

In keeping with today's car theme pics I figured I'd throw in a link to a post I wrote a couple years ago.  It's about the days when you could buy & sell cars for just a few hundred bucks sometimes.  And, I sure had my share of cars back in those days.  Check them all out here at, LOTS OF OLD CLUNKERS.

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1959 CADILLAC

GROANER'S CORNER:((   As we get older we sometimes begin to doubt our ability to "make a difference" in the world. It is at these times that our hopes are boosted by the remarkable achievements of other "Seniors" who have found the courage to take on challenges that would make many of us wither. Harold Schlumberg is such a person.
Q. "What do you old folks do now that you're retired Harold?"
A. "Well...I'm fortunate to have a chemical engineering background and one of the things I enjoy most is converting beer, wine and whiskey into urine. I do it everyday and I really enjoy it. "  Atta boy Harold, you go guy!!

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12 comments:

  1. With pictures of those cars, you are forgiven for leaving out the flowers! :c)

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  2. Awesome car pics. My uncle used to have one of those Chevy Impalas (59 or 60 I think) and his had one of those huge spare tire covers on the back bumper. My aunt hated that car! It was a real "boat car" for sure.

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  3. Love the cars. We haven't hit 100F yet. I started my blog again. :)

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  4. Those old Chevy's were gorgeous! Too bad they will never make them like that again.

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  5. Great looking cars and great sounding weather!

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  6. Al, all I can say is if it get too cold you can put on more clothes. When it gets tooooo hot (forecast is 100°F tomorrow) you can only take off what you put on. Boy, that would keep the neighbors away for sure.

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  7. Doesn't really matter if your pictures are birds, scenes, desert landscape, cars .... they are all terrific. I never tire of them. Great stuff!

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  8. Soo, did your brain GPS say "recalculating!" :0

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  9. Al, the truck Mike is restoring for a friend is just like the blue 1946 Chevy one in your photo--I'm not sure the one in our garage will ever look that good!! I for one love the flower photos and here in Montana we can only wish for a heat wave!!! It is still so rainy and miserable here, I have a fire in the fireplace this morning.

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  10. We never tire of your pics no matter what you choose to send our way.
    Love those cars! They are just awesome. We used to have an Impala sort alike the one in the pic. It was alot more fun when cars weren't the price of small houses....you could trade, swap and buy more often. Oh well!!

    Oh Harold...I didn't know you needed a background in chemical engineering to convert beer, wine and whiskey into urine. I bet I've been doing it wrong! LOL

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  11. What fun to mosey around those old cars. Your photo angles and aspects are a source of inspiration for a lot of us. Teaches us to really look at things, rather that just point and shoot!

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  12. Steveio LOVED your car pics... keep any pics coming, whether they are your travels, your flowers and varmints in the yard, or anything else you find interesting. Chances are that we will find it interesting too!

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