Tuesday, October 22, 2019

CHASING DOWN AUTUMN COLORS ON A MAINLY CLOUDY MORNING

NORTH OF GODERICH ON THE MAITLAND TRAIL
Our overnight rains left us with a mainly cloudy morning and it wasn't until Pheebs and I were back from our morning Jeep ride around eleven that skies finally cleared.  Autumn leaves really need sunlight to highlight their colors and aside from a few brief sun splashes I missed some nice shots this morning.  But cloud or no cloud I took a few photos anyway. 
THE TOWN OF GODERICH IS ON THE HORIZON WITH THE MENESETUNG BRIDGE TOP RIGHT
AND TO THINK BIG STEAM LOCOMOTIVES ONCE RAN THROUGH HERE YEARS AGO
Our travels earlier today took us up to Goderich with a swing down around the harbor then north of Goderich to the Maitland Trail in the area of Tiger Dunlop's tomb.  A swing by the Goderich airport nearby showed a couple planes on the ground.


YOU CAN SEE HOW THE SHORELINE HAS ERODED RIGHT INTO THE PATH LEADING TO THE DOG WALKING AREA 
ENJOYING A LATE OCTOBER MORNING BY THE LAKE
TWO LARGE FREIGHTERS AT THE SALT MINE THIS MORNING
IT APPEARS LAKE WATERS HAVE DROPPED AGAIN
Home again I tackled a Jeep clean-up.  Vacuumed and washed it.  Those wet gravely roads can make such a mess of things and now that I have cleaned it up we can be guaranteed rain again tomorrow.
PASSED SOME NICELY LANDSCAPED HOMES TODAY
HEADING FOR THE TIGER DUNLOP TOMB
THIS WALKWAY BRIDGE SPANS HIGHWAY 21 RUNNING NORTH SOUTH ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE HURON
LOOKING SOUTH TO GODERICH ON THE HORIZON
THIS PROTECTIVE WIRE FENCE KEEPS KIDS FROM THROWING THINGS OVER THE RAILING ONTO THE HIGHWAY BELOW
LOOKING WEST
LOOKING EAST
THIS IS A RAILS TO TRAILS  PROJECT AND TO THINK BIG STEAM LOCOMOTIVES USED TO RUN THROUGH HERE
For supper Monday night I fixed myself up a mighty fine banana and apple shake complete with a dash of cinnamon, a few squirts of orange juice, a dollop of coconut yogurt and skim milk.  I like stuff like that.  For lunch today I boiled me up a chicken TV dinner and for supper I'll probably have a big bowl of Harvest Crunch with a few slices of banana.  Yep, getting along real fine here.
AND HOLY KA-SMOLLEY CAN YOU BELIEVE THERE IS ACTUALLY SOME ACTION AT THE TIM HORTONS COFFEE SHOP SITE AGAIN...WILL WONDERS EVER CEASE
THEY ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING THE ROOF ON
My numerous trips to the washroom are easing up a bit and I am cautiously optimistic this may not be a permanent thing.  I may find more things out in November when I have a meeting with both my Urologist and Oncologist.  At this point I have no idea if my radiation treatments worked or not.  
GROANER'S CORNER:((  A man and a beautiful woman were having dinner in a fine restaurant. Their waitress, taking another order at a table a few paces away suddenly noticed that the man was slowing sliding down his chair and under the table, but the woman acted unconcerned. The waitress watched as the man slid all the way down his chair and out of sight under the table. Still, the woman dining across from him appeared calm and unruffled, apparently unaware that her dining companion had disappeared.  After the waitress finished taking the order, she came over to the table and said to the woman, "Pardon me, ma'am, but I think your husband just slid under the table." The woman calmly looked up at her and replied firmly, "No he didn't. My husband just walked in the door."
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14 comments:

  1. Your fall color photos are superb!!! Just believe your treatments worked. You are doing great. Looks like a black bear going down the trail.

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  2. Beautiful pics! Our trees in NC never look that good.
    Hope your feeling better. Cheryl

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  3. Fall color photos look really good Al. Our color is passed, I call it brown and down.

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  4. Sure love seeing your photos, and finally getting my google fixed so I can comment again.

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  5. Oh lovely, lovely autumn. Thank you. Hope your nights continue to improve. Thanks for posting.

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  6. So enjoying my arm chair traveling along with you and Miss Pheebs through your spectacular autumn wonderland. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Your fall pictures are beautiful sun or no sun.

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  8. Looks like Fall is in your area now. Beautiful photos. I sure would have a sugar high if I ate what you ate today.

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  9. Loving your fall colors so vivid. Nice to see your Timmies is moving right along.
    Some gourmet meals you are cookin up there now

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  10. Amazing photos. Isn't Mother Nature wonderful?

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  11. Praying those radiation treatments worked for you Al!!
    Loved your photos of Fall, even without the sun.

    (In case you are wondering who we are, you were kind enough to bring us Shreddies down to Arizona several years ago. Our favorite cereal from Canada! :)

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  12. Yes I remember you folks at the Kartchner Caverns near Benson Arizona. Nice to hear from you again:))

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  13. Love the twin red trees in Bayfield's Clan McGregor Square. Think this is my favorite photo tonight. All the photos are really wonderful.

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