AN IMPORTANT FEELING FOR ME IN THESE SENIOR YEARS

SOUTHEAST OF SEAFORTH ONTARIO

My spirits were immediately lifted early this morning when Kelly, looking out our east-facing living room window said, "I can see some pink sky through the pine trees."  Alas, our rains had ended and skies were clearing.  Even our temperatures were coming up.  We had a fine-looking day ahead of us.  

MORNING MISTS

Determined not to follow one of our usual morning Jeep ride routes we decided to change the scenery up a bit and headed down around the Seaforth area.  Had been a while since we traveled some of those roads.

PHEEBS HAS A BIRTHDAY COMING UP THIS WEEK, SHE WILL BE ELEVEN, AND SHE'S BEEN A PART OF OUR FAMILY FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS.....PHEEBS AND I HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE DAYS FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY WE MET

'AW SHUCKS DAD'

Later on the way home, we stopped into the Hullett Marsh for a walk along one of the pond berms enclosing the Whistler Pool.  Not much moving around but we did hear and see a few birds.  When the weather is good this is one of the finest times of the year to be outside.  No bugs or humidity in the air and no high temperatures.  And Autumn scenery at it's very finest.

HEADING INTO THE MARSH

THIS BODY OF WATER IN THE MARSH IS CALLED WHISTLER POND

A GRUMPY OLD OGRE LIVES IN A CAVE ON THAT FAR AWAY ISLAND

CLEARING SKIES REFLECTED IN WHISTLER POND

Not sure if we'll get out with our Winnie again.  Looking ahead to next week I see a lot of rain forecast.  Generally, after our Canadian Thanksgiving weekend our weather quite often goes right into the dumpster but who knows, maybe this year we'll get a nice weather break like we did a few years ago when it stayed nice all the way into December.  We'll be keeping a close eye on our weather channel.

CLEARING SKIES OVER A GOLDEN CORNFIELD

I generally wait until after our Thanksgiving weekend before beginning the big Fall clean-up outside here.  All the summer ornaments, flower pots, and summer chairs, etc. that came out of winter storage have to all go back into storage and that is quite a juggling act every Autumn.  Pots have to be emptied of flowers, some plants dug up and relocated, pond pump out of the water, all liquids, like car cleaners, and paints, have to be moved inside the house out of freezing winter temperatures.  Outside water has to be turned off before freezing temps set in.  The rig has to winterized, and my list goes on.  I don't mind doing all that because it not only gives me something to do it is something that I still can do and that gives me a nice little simple feeling of accomplishment.  And that is an important feeling for me in these senior years.

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A farmer was driving along the road with a load of fertilizer. A little boy, playing in front of his house, saw him and called, "What've you got in your truck?"  "Fertilizer," the farmer replied.  "What are you going to do with it?" asked the little boy.  "Put it on strawberries," answered the farmer.  "You ought to live here," the little boy advised him. "We put sugar and cream on ours."

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"What is your baby brother's name?"  Little Jane: "I don't know yet. We can't understand a word he says."

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Father looks hard at a teenage son, “James, you’ve been adopted.” James jumps up, “Adopted! I knew it! I want to meet my biological parents!” Father laughs, “No no, James, we are your biological parents. But you need to get packing, your adoptive ones will be here in an hour.”

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