Thursday, October 29, 2020

YOUR CONCERNED AND NEIGHBORLY FRIENDS JUST ACROSS THE BORDER

WE STILL HAVE COLOR IN OUR FRONT YARD
For our semi-monthly country road coffee tour it was Richards turn to drive and he picked up at 9 a.m. sharp.  Cloudy and cold but at least it wasn't raining.  However, snow is predicted over the next few days.  Looks like it could be a looooooong winter.  Our travels this morning took us up around the Goderich area whereupon we loaded ourselves up with an ample supply of McDonalds coffee and carrot muffins.  Okay, one coffee and one muffin apiece.  For us two old guys I would say that was ample:))

OUR HOSTAS ARE DONE FOR ANOTHER YEAR

BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE
I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER AT OUR FEEDER

With winter fast approaching I'm trying to decide whether to put on the Jeep's heavy-duty tires or not.  If Pheebs and I stuck to paved roads all winter in the 4 wheel drive Jeep we might be alright but of course, that is not what we are in the habit of doing.  It's basically a hundred dollar bill to switch tires in the Fall and another hundred dollar bill to switch them back again in the Spring.  I guess maybe that should be my answer. 

DID YOU SEE THE FROG??

Kind of a dull afternoon with a short Pheeber walk thrown in to brighten the day.  Hadn't taken any photos this morning so I took my camera for a walk around our yard late this afternoon.  No matter what, there are always photos to be found if one has the interest to look for them.  Sometimes that interest can be a wee bit hard to find.

NICE AFTERNOON FOR A WALK ALONG THE FOREST FLOOR TRAIL

RHODODENDRON LEAVES

Not much going on in our neck of the woods these days and in this day and age of tumultuous stressful events, I guess we should be very thankful for not having a lot of that stress going on right here where we are.  Next week about this time many folks might be wishing we could turn the clock back a week to what might seem like simpler times.  Good luck America in holding your great country together through the approaching storm now swiftly bearing down on you and darkening your doorstep.  Just know you have your concerned neighborly Canadian friends just on the other side of the border from you.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Children's Logic: "Give me a sentence about a public servant," said a teacher. The small boy wrote:  "The fireman came down the ladder pregnant."  The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. "Don't you know what pregnant means?" she asked. "Sure," said the young boy confidently. 'It means carrying a child."

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They say that an apple a day will keep the doctor away...Why stop there?  An onion a day will keep everybody away!

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13 comments:

  1. Your fall colors are lovely. Everything around here, East of Algonquin, is long gone.

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  2. Your little piece of heaven always has so much to enjoy! Tire change a lot cheaper than a trip to the southwest so go for it!! Love your shy chickadee :-)

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  3. Beautiful Fall photos Al. This election is the most important one in many years. Hoping for and expecting a large voting turn-out.

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  4. Sigh, we can only hope for the best and live with worst if it turns out to be so...

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  5. If you could find an inexpensive set of rims, then tire changes can be less expensive. Not much more to store, just more weight. That is what I did for a long time, then went to BFG A/T which I can use year around.

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  6. Thanks for the wonderful photos in spite of having to summon up interest...you have done quite well I'd say. Just wonderful fall foliage. And thanks for your best wishes for all of us below the border to get through the coming days. I don't want to interject nasty politics here on your wonderful blog, but I'm old and am ready for a change. Sigh.
    Well, we'll see. If you want to delete this, feel free. Couldn't help myself.

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  7. Love the photo of Miss Pheebs walking on the carpet of leaves. Beautiful.

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  8. I thank you for your well wished for us on this side of the boarder. It's got to get better it just has to.

    Loved the pictures as always

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  9. Al, thank you for your wishes. We are hoping we do not descend into another 4 years of chaos and darkness and corruption, but who knows?

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  10. I have faith in my fellow Americans that we will do the right thing. I could almost smell the leaves on your walk.

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  11. Thank you, Al and your followers, for your kind thoughts. Americans love our Canadian neighbors and always will.

    The fortunate here have already lived through the worst, so far. If it continues, I will not forgive those that have fed into and supported the chaos that has done so much damage to the people and this great country. If they bothered to look and listen any day for more than six years, they would have been able to see that there is something very wrong here, and it isn't just politics.

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  12. $200 is a small price to pay to be able to roam wherever you wish! Maybe we will all chip in $20 each just so we can see the lovely pictures you will show us :)

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  13. Your photos are beautiful as usual! They are a bright spot in my day! Thanks for sharing.

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