AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW NEIGHBORS IF TIMES GET TOUGH

WE TOOK A SWING DOWN AROUND THE SOUTH END OF OUR PARK THIS MORNING

Another fine sunny early Autumn day with temps a little nippy earlier this morning at 44F.  No problem for us guys though.  Pheebs has her furry coat, I have my warm winter jacket, Subie has a heater, and our house has a gas furnace and fireplace.  And, Kelly has a whole wardrobe of warm toasty outfits:))

Pheebs and I slipped out to our country road spot for a short walk.  Nice to see the little yellow Butterflies flitting about along the roadside.  By the looks of the corn, I'd say the corn harvest can't be too far off so I had better get my cornbucket and shovel loaded into the car soon.  Pheebs and I will then be on the hunt for corn roadside spills and any corncobs left behind.  We'll use the corn during the winter to feed the Squirrels and Blue Jays, and any other stragglers that come along with beaks and tummies big enough to injest the corn kernels.  With the number of crows flying in lately, we might be able to help a few of those fellows through the winter too.  And maybe even a few neighbors if times get tough.

 CLEAR BLUE SATURDAY MORNING SKIES AT OUR WALKING SPOT

 THIS CORN IS ABOUT READY TO BE HARVESTED

A YELLOW BUTTERFLY AND A GREEN BUG ON A DANDELION 

 THERE ARE STILL HICKORY FLOWERS BLOOMING ALONG THE ROADSIDE

Our front yard bird traffic is picking up so I hung up a couple more bird feeders this afternoon.  Raked up some more pine needles as well.  Still no frogs in the pond.  Pheebs and I made it out for an afternoon walk around the Park's pond late this afternoon.

Talked to Aunt Jean Friday night and she said all the Dementia and Alzheimer's folks from the hurricane-damaged Plymouth Harbor Retirement Center west of Sarasota's downtown have been returned home.  A big sigh of relief from all the residents and staff at Sunnyside Village.  And no doubt an even bigger sigh of relief from the patients and staff of Plymouth Harbor to be back in their own residence again out there near St. Armands Circle on Lido Key.

IN A FARMER'S FIELD WE SAW THIS PUSSYCAT STALKING A MOUSE 

Al's Music Box:)) Poor Little Fool is a song written by Sharon Sheeley and first recorded by Ricky Nelson.  Sheeley wrote the song when she was 15 years old. She had met Elvis Presley, and he encouraged her to write. It was based on her disappointment following a short-lived relationship with Don Everly of The Everly Brothers.  Sheeley sought out Ricky Nelson to record the tune. She drove to his house, and claimed her car had broken down. He came to her aid, and she sprang the song on him. Her version was at a much faster tempo than his recording.  The song was recorded by Ricky Nelson on April 17, 1958. The recording features the background vocals of the Jordanaires. On August 4, 1958, it became the first number-one song on Billboard Magazine's then-new Hot 100 chart, replacing the magazine's Jockeys and Top 100 charts. It spent two weeks at the number-one spot.  "Poor Little Fool" became a radio hit when it was released as part of a four-song extended-play 45 rpm disc, which was excerpted from the artist's second LP, Ricky Nelson. Responding to the buzz, Lew Chudd, the founder and head of Imperial Records, rushed out a single version (on both 45 and 78 rpm). Nelson objected, however, believing that the move would hurt sales of the EP. Under his contract with Imperial, the singer had approval rights for all picture-sleeve art, so to express his displeasure with Chudd's decision, he chose not to select a photograph for the "Poor Little Fool" single. As a result, "Poor Little Fool" was the only Ricky Nelson single released by Imperial to be issued in the United States without a photo in a plain-label, cut-out sleeve.

SEEN IN OUR PARK THIS MORNING

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man takes his place in the theater, but his seat is too far from the stage.  He whispers to the usher, "This is a mystery, and I have to watch a mystery close up. Get me a better seat, and I'll give you a handsome tip."  The usher moves him into the second row, and the man hands the usher a quarter.  The usher looks at the quarter, leans over and whispers, "The wife did it."

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- I said to my wife “There’s only one thing that scares me during Halloween.”  She said: "Which is?"  I said: "Exactly"

- It may be bad manners to talk with your mouth full, but it isn't too good either if you speak when your head is empty.

- Instead of calling in sick, call in well. Tell them how great you feel not having to go to work today.

- Got home from work today to find my kids have been on ebay all day.  If they are still there tomorrow I will lower the price.

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A pastor who was badly overworked went to the local medical center and was able to have a clone made. The clone was like the pastor in every respect--except that the clone used extraordinarily foul language. The cloned pastor was exceptionally gifted in many other areas of pastoral work, but finally the complaints about the dirty language were too much.The pastor was not too sure how to get rid of the clone so that it wouldn't look like murder. The best thing, he decided, was to make the clone's death look like an accident. So the pastor lured the clone onto a bridge in the middle of the night and pushed the clone off the bridge.
Unfortunately, there was a police officer who happened by at that very moment and arrested the pastor for making an obscene clone fall.

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