AND THEN WE ALL GOT INTO A GREAT BIG GIGGLING FIT

A FEW RAINDROPS LEFT ON SOME LEAVES AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT’S STORM ROLLED THROUGH….PHOTO TAKEN EARLY THIS MORNING
Old home town buddies and brothers Jim and John Eifert picked me up this morning about 9:30 and we headed straight away for a downtown Bayfield coffee shop called the Charles Street Cafe (on mains street)  Think this was only the 2nd time in nearly 14 years that I actually sat down for coffee in a Bayfield coffee shop believe it or not.  We got 1 muffin between us and proceeded to fight over it like 3 cackling sea gulls fighting over a French fry in a parking lot.  I think I won:))

JOHN AND JIM EIFERT

A STOP AT BAYFIELD’S PIONEER PARK THIS MORNING

“HEY JOHNNY LET’S RUN DOWN TO THE BEACH AND BACK”

“ARE YA NUTS”!!!!
Long time readers will remember Jim and John from a tour we took down around Port Franks, Ipperwash beach and Kettle Point on July 27th 2015 last summer and longer time readers may remember the previous summer's visit to say good-bye to a dying friend (Saturday's Day Of Sadness And Laughter) who the summer before was responsible for getting us all back together again. (Some Of The Old 1960's Gang)

THINGS ARE GROWING SO FAST WE CAN HARDLY FIND OUR SHED ANYMORE



As usual we had a lot of laughs coupled with even more old memories of days and antics gone by.  At one point we all ended up giggling like a bunch of young school girls and I cannot remember the last time that has happened to me except for once when smoking some wacky tobacky back in the late 70's.  And what kicked off our little giggle fest??  Well, not much really we were just trying to figure out why we didn't remember each other from public school despite being the same age and only living a block apart.  I said it was probably because I had failed grade one and I don’t know what it was about that but that's all it took to somehow trigger our laughing gaggle of giggles.  And that's the way it was back in the old high school and small town days as well when we and others all hung out together.  I later wondered what anyone would have thought had they walked into that coffee shop this morning & saw these 3 old white haired guys clustered in a near corner having giggle fits with 3 cups of coffee and 1 muffin.  Bet they would have thought it was a wacky tobacky muffin eh…….:))

A FEW PHOTOS FROM RECENT DAYS WHICH DIDN’T MAKE IT INTO MY OTHER POSTS

AND HERE’S THE MACHINE THAT MAKES THOSE BIG ROUND HAY BALES


CAN YOU GUESS WHICH PART OF THE SOUTH-WEST THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN??

A COUPLE SHED BARNS ALONG THE WAY


WELL, THAT PHOTO ABOVE WAS TAKEN RIGHT HERE IN OUR VERY OWN ‘SOUTH-WESTERN’ ONTARIO IN A GRAVEL PIT NORTH OF CLINTON SUNDAY MORNING

WE HAVE LOTS OF GRAVEL PITS IN OUR AREA

SPOTTED THIS BUS CONVERSION WALLY-DOCKING IN GODERICH SATURDAY MORNING


ALSO SPOTTED SATURDAY MORNING WAS THIS NICE 1956 FORD CROWN VICTORIA

LOVE THE SOUND OF THOSE THROATY BIG V8 ENGINES AND DUAL MUFFLERS WAY BACK WHEN

NICELY LANDSCAPED GARDEN CORNER ON A LOCAL FARM

THIS FELLA WAS OUT SPRAYING HIS BEANS

ALWAYS LIKE DRIVING DOWN THESE FORESTED BACK ROADS

CORNS UP ALMOST A COUPLE FEET ALREADY

THIS FARMER IS OBVIOUSLY A TRUE BLUE ‘TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS’ FAN

SPOTTED THESE 2 FELLERS SUNDAY MORNING DOING A LITTLE FISHING IN THE MAITLAND RIVER JUST SOUTH OF BALLS BRIDGE WEST OF LONDESBOROUGH

SEEN AT BAYFIELD’S BEACH MONDAY MORNING Brothers Jim and John took Kelly and I out for lunch at the Docks before heading off back to Stratford where John lives and London where Jim lives.  Always nice to see these guys and we may have some plans in the works for maybe meeting in Tavistock at some point to look up another old friend or two. 
PEONIES IN PORT ALBERT SATURDAY MORNING
 
POPPIES TOO Think it was about 12 years ago that Kelly and I bought my current recliner from a Sears Outlet store in London Ontario.  Got a good deal on it because it had some kind of a flaw which we never did figure out.  I've put a lot of miles on my old faithful recliner and now that it doubles for my bed those miles have begun taking their toll.  Kelly spotted a used Lazy-boy leather recliner for sale in Londesborough Ontario so Sunday we drove over and had a look at it.  This afternoon we went back to Londesborough and bought the chair.  It fits me perfect and is not as big and heavy as my old recliner.  We're thinking this leather recliner will also work well in our Motorhome for winter travels too.  It rocks and also swivels.  Now here's the funny thing.  Years ago in several of my posts I talked about how much I disliked leather furniture and why.  Now including the 2 leather captains chairs in our Motorhome we have a total of 6 leather chairs.  Guess it just goes to show you can still teach an old dog a few new tricks.  A willing old dog that is............................. 
NO PROBLEM FITTING THE RECLINER INTO THE BACK OF THE JEEP

RECLINER FITS FINE RIGHT HERE IN MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD

I did finally make a start on our 2nd shed clean-up and with much cooler weather in the forecast I’m hoping to finish that project and finally get myself started on the big Motorhome clean-up shortly. GROANER'S CORNER:((  An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman were trying to get in to see the Olympics without tickets. So they got to the stadium during one of the main events and discussed how they would be able to attend without paying.  The Englishman walked around the stadium and saw a pole lying on the ground and picked it up. He walked to the entrance and said to the guard, "Peter. England. Pole Throwing." The guards let him in without hesitation.  While walking, the Scotsman sees a manhole. He picks up the cover, carries it under his arm to the entrance and says, "McGregor. Scotland. Discus Throwing." The guards let him in also. The Irishman is very frantic, since both his friends are now inside. He walks around the stadium and finds a roll of barbed wire. He picks it up, walks to the entrance and says, "Murphy. Ireland. Fencing." -------- Women are like telephones ... They love to be held. They love to be talked to. But, if you press the wrong button, you're DISCONNECTED. ------- Q: What's the difference between a guitar and a fish?
A: You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish.