I DIDN'T FEEL THE CLOSENESS I USUALLY DO.....SO I CAME HOME

Knowing there would be no Moon in the dark night sky, I hopped into the Subaru about 9 o'clock Thursday night and headed off out into the countryside to have a look at the night sky.  I was hoping to see a lot of stars and although the stars were up there I was disappointed in my vision to see them clearly.  I remember when on clear nights like last night I could look up years ago and clearly see multitudes of diamond-like stars as clear as a bell.  Especially in the dark desert skies of Arizona in our RVing days.  My vision has deteriorated over the years (minor cataracts) and even with glasses, I can't see near the number of stars I once could.  So disappointing.  Even more disappointing now is my inability to pick out and know by name so many of the constellations I once knew so well.  I always thought of the constellations as old friends and always looked forward to seeing them on clear dark nights.  The only ones recognizable to me were Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) and Cassiopeia.  I knew others were up there but I just couldn't see them or remember where they were.  I didn't feel the closeness I usually do.......so I came home:((   

 THIS IS A FIELD OF 'SOMETHING' BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT...MAYBE IT IS WHAT FARMER'S CALL A 'COVER CROP'

 THIS JOHN DEERE COMBINE CATCHES A BREAK FROM THE BUSY BEAN HARVEST

 AN OLD DERELICT BARN TOWERS OVER A RIPENING CORN FIELD

Under overcast skies, Pheebs and I slipped up to Goderich this morning.  I was out of Whey powder for my morning veggie shakes.  Topped up Subies gas tank, grabbed a coffee to go at Tim Hortons and down to the harbor we went.  Not much going on an it wasn't long before we were on our way home.

I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THIS ORIENTAL-LOOKING HOUSE AND IT'S LANDSCAPING IN GODERICH

 AND I THINK THIS FELLOW MAY HAVE MOST OF HIS HOUSE ON HIS BACK AND BICYCLE

Hitched up the utility trailer, and loaded up all the branches I had cut off a couple small trees yesterday and took the load down to the Park's recycle area.  And, that pretty much wound up the day.  Still no frogs in the front yard frog pond but I know those wily little green amphibians with the bulging eyes and I'm not counting them out yet.

 ALL LOADED UP AND READY TO HEAD TO THE PARK'S YARD WASTE AREA

A Blast From Our Past:)) In our RV days back in late February of 2008 on our way west we rolled into the town of Truth Or Consequences in New Mexico.  I had always thought the name of the town odd so in my February 25th post I said this,' To-morrow we will have us a look around in the colorful & artsy little town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.  Geeeeezzzzz, can't they do something about that name!!!!' (I went on in another post  to further disparage the town's name) Well, to my great surprise, it wasn't long before I received an email from the town of Truth Or Consequences.  This is the first time something like this happened regarding my blog and it wasn't the last time.  Here's the email I received........Greetings from Truth or Consequences! Love your blog & your photos of Sierra County but I feel obligated to comment on the name of our community.  It was never named "Geronimo Springs". The Spanish named it "Ojo Caliente de Las Palomas", which morphed into "Palomas Hot Springs". In 1914 we officially became "Hot Springs". It was a premier destination for the healing arts until pharmaceuticals came along after WWII - and the town's economy died. In 1950 Ralph Edwards of the RADIO show "Truth or Consequences" issued a challenge for a town to change its name for a day to celebrate the show's 10th anniversary & the town took him up on it. "T or C" earned so much free publicity over this that it saw a renewed burst of tourism, so they voted to change the name permanently. There have been votes to change the name back to "Hot Springs" that have failed.  Many towns in America are called "Hot Springs" but there is only one "T or C". People seek us out because of our quirky name. They get here & fall in love with the even quirkier town! Thanks again! Great blog!!! Gina Kelley Director of Tourism Sierra County Tourism BoardT or C, NM  My personal thanks to Gina for her nice email & letting me down easy.  With inaccurate facts & mistakes like that I just might be very qualified for a job at the National Enquirer.   And a word to my fellow bloggers........better get it right guys because you never know who the heck is out here reading our blogs!!

I LIKED THE STYLE AND COLOR OF THIS CLASS A MOTORHOME IN THE WALMART PARKING LOT THIS MORNING....IT SET MY TRAVELING HEART A FLUTTER

Al's Music Box:)) I Say A Little Prayer is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick.  Intended by lyricist Hal David to convey a woman's concern for her man who's serving in the Vietnam War, "I Say a Little Prayer" was recorded by Dionne Warwick in an April 9th 1966 session. Although Bacharach's recordings with Warwick typically took no more than three takes (often only taking one), Bacharach did ten takes on "I Say a Little Prayer" and still disliked the completed track, feeling it was rushed.  The track went unreleased until September 1967, when it was introduced on the album The Windows of the World and it was Scepter Records owner Florence Greenberg rather than Bacharach who wanted "I Say a Little Prayer" added to that album.  When disc jockeys from the United States began playing the album track in October 1967, significant airplay led Scepter Records to release the track as a single. The brisk sound of "I Say a Little Prayer" that Bacharach disliked proved to be a million-selling hit for Warwick, as "I Say a Little Prayer" reached No. 4 that December on the Billboard Hot 100. "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls", the B-side would become another hit for Warwick reaching No. 2 in February 1968 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Record World chart. Warwick's "I Say a Little Prayer" single would receive gold certification from the RIAA for sales of a million units in January 1968. "I Say a Little Prayer" b/w "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" became one of the most successful double-sided hits of the rock era.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( During a Papal audience, a businessman approached the Pope and made this offer: Change the last line of the Lord's prayer from "Give us this day our daily bread" to "Give us this day our daily chicken," and Kentucky Fried Chicken will donate $10,000,000 to Catholic charities. The Pope declined.  Two weeks later, the man approached the Pope again - this time with a $50,000,000 offer. Again, the Pope declined. A month later, the man upped the price to $100,000,000, and this time the Pope accepted.  At a meeting of the Cardinals, the Pope announced his decision in the good news/bad news format. "The good news is: We have $100,000,000 for charities. The bad news: We lost the Wonder Bread account."

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Confucius Proverbs::

- Man who run in front of car get tired.
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
- Man with one chopstick go hungry.
- War doesn't determine who is right, war determines who is left.
- Man who drive like hell bound to get there.
- Man who lives in glass house should change clothes in basement.
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Two drunks are walking along. One drunk says to the other, "What a beautiful night. Look at that moon!"  The other drunk stops and looks at his drunk friend. "You are wrong. That's not the moon; that's the sun!"

Both continued arguing for a while when they came upon another drunk walking along. So they stopped him and said, "Sir, could you please help settle our argument? Tell us what that thing is up in the sky that's shining. Is it the moon or the sun?"  The third drunk looks at the sky and then looked at them and said, "Sorry, I don't live around here."
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