AT THE RISK OF GETTING TOSSED OUT ON MY EAR

 OUR PARK'S ENTRANCEWAY FLOWERBEDS ALWAYS LOOK SO LOVELY

Definitely cooler dryer air this morning at 49F. and that was quite alright with me.  For a change, my chin wasn't uncomfortably sticking to my neck when I woke up.  

 A FEW PICS AROUND OUR PARK THIS MORNING

Checking ahead to the 14-day weather forecast I can see we are finally turning the corner from Summer's heat to Autumn's cool.  And that also means the slow transition of wardrobe.  On and off I will begin slipping into T-shirts and long sleeve shirts.  Pants, socks, and footwear will remain the same for a while yet until Winter's cold sets in.  At that time it will be lined pants, warmer socks, heavier winter footwear and winter coats.  The transition back from all that will not begin until maybe mid-April of next year.  I'm already looking forward to those early Spring days:))

 A SMALL GROUP OF HARD-WORKING CREATIVE LADY VOLUNTEERS IN OUR PARK GO OUT OF THEIR WAY  TO KEEP OUR PARK LOOKING NICE

A short drive down Bayfield River Road and back for Pheebs and I this morning.  With a few more prescriptions to pick up, Kelly needed the car to head for the Walmart Pharmacy in Goderich.

AN ALREADY HARVESTED BEANFIELD

 A DOZEN BUZZARDS ON A BARN ROOM

 ON ANOTHER ROOF WORKERS BRICK UP A CHIMNEY ON A NEW HOUSE

 A LONG FARM LANE

With the cool air and sunshine, it was the perfectly perfect morning to be outside doing something, anything.  Now, had I been in a perfectly perfect mood it would have made for a perfectly matching day.  However, it took a while to get myself outside because I just didn't feel like going outside.  Oh my, I thought....what a waste of a perfectly good day.  I dozed out in my recliner while reading but after that, my mind re-booted itself and I was out the door scanning our frog pond for frogs.  I spotted and caught the little feller first and then sure enough, there was the big jolly green frog back again.  It took me three tries but I finally had him in the big white pail and off to the Park's pond I went with both the little guy and the big guy.  I don't expect the little frog to hop back but I'm sure that big jolly green will be back in our pond by morning.  'Ho-Hum'. I also began gathering up a few outside garden ornaments to put away for winter.  Not all of them but I like to make an early start and not leave it until the weather suddenly turns nasty.  With emphasis on the word 'suddenly'.  Nasty wet and cold weather and me being outside doing anything is a 'No-No'!!

 MY FROG CATCHING BUCKET AND NET ARE NEVER TOO FAR AWAY THESE DAYS

 GATHERING UP A FEW OUTSIDE THINGS TO PUT AWAY FOR THE WINTER

 I MOVED OUR BLUE GAZING BALL OVER TO THE FAIRY PATH YESTEERDAY

At the risk of getting tossed out on my ear, I took a chance late this afternoon and switched our thermostat from 'cool' to 'heat'.  Yup, I turned our furnace on.  Kelly, who was in her room having a snooze is the one here who generally controls our inside climate and she likes things 'cooler' than I do.  I was hoping she wouldn't notice the change in temperature when she woke up, but she did.  In my defense, I told her I was just testing the furnace to make sure it was in good working order before the snow is upon us.  Surprisingly, in her room resting, she was feeling cold too and was glad when all of a sudden the heat came on.  Who would have ever thunk it.  Hey, chalk one up for my side:))))

 A FEW MORE PICS IN OUR PARK

 THIS IS OUR FRONT YARD AND YOU CAN SEE HOW HARD IT IS FOR ME TO CATCH THE FROGGIES WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THE NET AND QUICKLY LEAP INTO THE JUNGLE

There was a time when Kelly would begin taking her 'itching' pills in the evening an hour or so before going to bed.  Now, she has to begin taking those pills not long after getting up in the morning and the itching goes on all day.  She came home from the Pharmacy this afternoon with 270 anti-itching pills with an 810 refill pending..........

 CROWS AND A BUNNY IN OUR YARD THIS AFTERNOON

Al's Music Box:)) Rock Me Baby is the debut single by American singer George McCrae. Written and produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band, "Rock Your Baby" became an early landmark recording of disco. The song spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1974.  The single has sold over 11 million copies, making it one of fewer than forty singles to have sold 10 million physical copies worldwide.  The backing track was recorded in 45 minutes as a demo, with Casey on keyboards, Finch on bass guitar and drums, and their fellow Sunshine Band member Jerome Smith on electric guitar. The song became one of the first pop hits to use a drum machine.  The track was not originally intended for McCrae, but he happened to be in the studio at the time and added his distinct falsetto vocals. Music critic Rovert Christgau has described the result as "irresistibly Memphis-cum-disco-with-a-hook."  "Rock Your Baby" influenced John Lennon's "Whatever Gets You thru the Night", released a few months later.  In a 1975 interview, Lennon said of "Rock Your Baby" that "I'd give my eyetooth to have written that."  Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have also cited the song as an inspiration for ABBA's 1976 song "Dancing Queen".

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A famous art collector is walking through the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store and he does a double take. He recognizes that the saucer is extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually into the store and offers to buy the cat for two dollars.  The storeowner replies "I'm sorry, but the cat isn't for sale.  The collector says, "Please, I need a hungry cat around the house to catch mice. I'll pay you twenty dollars for that cat."  And the owner says "Sold," and hands over the cat.  The collector continues, "Hey, for the twenty bucks I wonder if you could throw in that old saucer. The cat's used to it and it'll save me from having to get a dish."  And the owner says, "Sorry buddy, but that's my lucky saucer. So far this week I've sold sixty-eight cats."

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Wife: Okay, today's Friday. Where's your pay envelope?

Man: I already spent all my pay. I bought something for the house.
Wife: What? What could you buy for the house that cost $480?
Man: Eight rounds of drinks.

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An airline stewardess was giving the standard safety briefing to the passengers. She had just finished saying 'In the event of a water landing, your seat cushion may be used as a flotation device,' when a man remarked, "Hey! If the plane can't fly, why should I believe the seat can float?"

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