HAD TO PUSH HARD

 A PRICKLY THISTLE ABOUT TO BLOOM

I had to get behind myself and push hard to break my routine of simply going home after our morning walk.  Under cloudy skies, Pheebs and I did make it over to the Hullett Marsh.

 AMAZINGLY ENOUGH PHEEBS AND I MADE IT TO THE HULLETT MARSH THIS MORNING

 I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW DANDELIONS STILL IN BLOOM

 BURDOCK

 TEASEL

 A WELCOME DRINK IN THIS HOT AND HUMID WEATHER

 ON OUR WAY HOME

GROANER'S CORNER:((  I was driving my father and grandfather down a rough country road. My inexperience in handling Grandpa's four-wheel-drive vehicle made for a particularly bouncy ride.  Embarrassed, I offered a lame excuse, “The sun shadows through the trees make it hard for me to see all the potholes.”  “Don't worry,” Grandpa said. “You're gettin' most of ‘em.”

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Eating greasy high cholesterol food gives me stage fright. I get butter fries in my stomach.

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