ALL THREE OF US OUT FOR A WALK THIS AFTERNOON

 THIS IS THE SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE PATH THAT LEADS TO OUR HOUSE FROM THE PARK'S POND

With a few things to pick up in Goderich this morning, Pheebs and headed north.  Coffee, harbor, gas, and Walmart.

 A BUSY TIME OF YEAR FOR AREA FARMERS

 YESIREE, PHEEBS AND I WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES IN LINE FOR COFFEE THIS MORNING AND REST ASSURED WE WERE ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR

 ONE OF MY FAVORITE LAKE FREIGHTERS, THE SAGINAW WAS AT THE GODERICH GRAIN TERMINAL THIS MORNING

 I THINK THIS HAS SOMETHING TO WITH DREDGING

'REMEMBER WHEN WE CAME HERE AS TEENAGERS BERT...WE WERE SURE A LOT FRISKIER IN THOSE DAYS WEREN'T WAY'

 THERE ARE ALWAYS A LOT OF DOG WALKERS ON THE BOARDWALK

 ON THE ROAD TO ROTARY COVE

 THE ALGOMA COMPASS AT THE SALT MINE DOCK

 A LOVELY GODERICH GARDEN

Our gorgeous weather has been unbelievable for this late in October and this day was a knock-out with sunny skies and a temperature that topped out at 73F.  I took advantage of it and busied myself doing nothing.  I just simply enjoyed the day.  Didn't feel like I had to rush around doing anything this afternoon.  Just a quiet day enjoying and soaking up this ambient beauty that we have been so fortunate to have this year.  Sat on our front porch for a while enjoying the warmer air.

 ALMOST HOME

 OUR STREET ON THE LEFT AND OUR DRIVEWAY ON THE RIGHT

 LOOKING FURTHER DOWN OUR STREET

 THE EAST SIDE OF OUR HOUSE IN OCTOBER

 OUR SIDE YARD

 A COLORFUL MAPLE TREE ACROSS THE ROAD

 OUR HOSTAS ARE ABOUT DONE FOR ANOTHER YEAR

Our pine needle dump is about over for another year but the next big dump to come will be all hardwood tree leaves.  In another week or so I will be raking up skads of maple, oak, bass, locust, rosebud, and mulberry leaves.  Pine needles I don't mind raking so much, but leaves are such a pain and especially so on windy days.  Maybe I'll just save the leaf raking for the Spring when the leaves are all wet and mashed down from the winter's ice and snow.  At least they are easier to work with then.  Checking the 14-day forecast the weather continues to look great right into November.  Bonus:))  Oh, and, local temperature records were broken today as well.  

 SITTING ON OUR PORCH PLAYING WITH SOME OF MY CAMERAS CREATIVE EFFECTS

 RED GLASS FLOWERS

 OUR GERANIUMS ARE STILL IN BLOOM

 RED SUMAC LEAVES

Kelly wasn't feeling the best today.  She had hoped for a good sleep last night but it didn't happen.  It might have been the addition of more pills that kept her awake and feeling kind of sickish today.  She spent a lot of time in her recliner.  So, imagine my surprise when I was about to take Pheebs for a walk and Kelly said she was coming to.  So, that's what we did, all three of us, and I couldn't help but remember the last time that the three of us had all gone for a walk together.  I'm just guessing here but it might even have been as long ago as the morning of February 27th, 2019.  We were in Borrego Springs, California boondocked at the Borrego Springs Legion.  We had decided to head for home and that morning the three of went for our usual morning walk which this time happened to be right behind the Legion.  I remember it being a sad walk that morning because even then, I had a feeling this might be our last time in Borrego Springs.  It was.  The trip home that year was probably one of the worst RV trips we'd ever had.  And an expensive one too because of all the Motorhome repairs.  But that was then and this is now, so where was I......Oh yes, it was so nice to see all three of us out walking together again this afternoon.  We even had a sit down on the 'Rest-a-Bit bench beside the Park's pond.

 OUR LAST MORNING WALK IN BORREGO SPRINGS BACK IN 2019

 LATER IN THE MORNING HEADING FROM BORREGO SPRINGS CALIFORNIA TO LAKE HAVASU ARIZONA ON OUR LONG JOURNEY HOME AND THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN PHEEBS WOULD RIDE ON KELLY'S LAP SOMTIMES

 OUT FOR AN AFTERNOON WALK TODAY

 PHEEBS IS RIGHT BEHIND KELLY

 AT THE REST-A-BIT BENCH

Al's Music Box:)) Blue Bayou is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. It was originally sung and recorded by Orbison, who had an international hit with his version in 1963. It later became Linda Ronstadt's signature song, with which she scored a Top 5 hit with her cover in 1977. Many others have since recorded the song.  "Blue Bayou" was originally recorded by Roy Orbison at the end of 1961. In the UK, it was released by London Monument as the double A- side track with "Mean Woman Blues" on a Monument Records single, where both sides peaked at number 3. It was issued as a B-side single in the US, peaking at number 29; the A-side, "Mean Woman Blues", peaked at number 5. The song also appeared on Orbison's 1963 full-length album 'In Dreans'.  "Blue Bayou" reappeared on his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live, from the 1988 television special on Cinemax.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Two delicate blossoms of Southern femininity, one from Mississippi and the other from Texas were conversing on the porch swing of a large white-pillared mansion. The Mississippian said, "When my first child was born, my husband built this beautiful mansion for me." The Texan lady commented, "Well, isn't that nice?"  The lady from Mississippi continued, "When my second child was born, my husband bought me that fine Cadillac automobile you see parked in the drive." Again, the Texas lady commented, "Well, isn't that nice?"  The first woman boasted, "Then, when my third child was born, my husband bought me this exquisite diamond bracelet."  Yet again, the Texas lady commented, "Well, isn't that nice?"  The first woman then asked her companion, "What did you husband buy for you when you had your first child?"  The Texas lady replied, "My husband sent me to charm school."  "Charm school!" the first woman cried. "Land sakes, child, what on Earth for?"  The Texas lady responded, "So that instead of saying, 'who gives a crap,' I learned to say, 'Well, isn't that nice?'"

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- Feeling a bit paranoid?  Remember, you are not alone.

- What do you call a nut that sneezes?  A cashew!

-What do you call a nut in space?  An astro-nut!

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My coworker said: “ You should not eat red meat.” I said, “My grandmother lived to be 97.   She said, “Did she eat red meat?” I said, “No. She minded her own business.”

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The new Ensign was assigned to subs, where he'd dreamed of working since a young boy.

He was trying to impress the Master Chief with his expertise learned in Submarine School.  The Master Chief cut him off quickly and said, "Listen, 'sir', it's real simple. Add the number of times we dive to the number of times we surface. Divide that number by two. If the result doesn't come out even, don't open the hatch."

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