I SIMPLY DIDN'T QUITE SLIDE INTO MY NORMAL WRITING ROUTINE TODAY

It's unusual for me not to have at least two-thirds of my daily post written out in a rough draft by suppertime each day, but here I sit tonight at 7 p.m. writing this first paragraph.  I wasn't in one of my down moods or too tired to write anything, I simply didn't quite slide into my normal writing routine today for some reason.  Pheebs and I did get out for our morning country road drive and upon returning home I continued putting more garden things away as well as cutting some front yard shrubs and trees way back.  Despite watching for them, I didn't see any frogs in our front yard frog pond all day, and later this afternoon Pheebs and I took ourselves for an afternoon walk around the Park's pond.  So, with only one paragraph tonight, I will leave you with a few of this morning's photos.

PHEEBS AND I TOOK A DRIVE DOWN AROUND THE SOUTH END OF OUR PARK

LOTS FOR NEW HOMES ARE BEING CLEARED

 EVEN OUR PARK'S RECYCLE AREA LOOKS GOOD

LEAVING THE PARK WE TOOK A SHORT DRIVE UP PORTER'S HILL LINE WHERE WE SAW THESE SILHOUETTED PIGEONS ON AN OLD CRUMBLING BARN ROOF

 THESE BEANS WILL BE HARVESTED ANY DAY NOW

Al's Music Box:)) Mr. Sandman is a popular song written by Pat Ballard and published in 1954.  The Chordettes' recording of the song was released on the Cadence Records label, on both 78 RPM and 45 RPM formats. Cadence's founder, Archie Bleyer, was the orchestra conductor on the recording, and provided a rhythmic beat on the recording using his knees.  Bleyer's voice is heard in the third verse, when he says the word "Yes?" The piano is played by Moe Wechsler. Liberace's name is mentioned for his "wavy hair".  Pagliacci is mentioned for having a lonely heart, which is a reference to the opera Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.  In the United States, the Chordettes' single reached No. 1 on all three of Billboard's popular music charts, and was ranked No. 9 in Cash Box's ranking of "1955's Top Pop Records.  In 2002, the 1954 recording of the song by The Chordettes was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink. "Why of course," comes the reply.  The first man then asks: "Where are you from?"  "I'm from Ireland," replies the second man.  The first man responds: "You don't say, I'm from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland."  "Of course," replies the second man.  I'm curious, the first man then asks: "Where in Ireland are you from?"  "Dublin," comes the reply.  "I can't believe it," says the first man. "I'm from Dublin too! Let's have another drink to Dublin."  "Of course," replies the second man.  Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks: "What school did you go to?"  "Saint Mary's," replies the second man, "I graduated in '62."  "This is unbelievable!", the first man says. "I went to Saint Mary's and I graduated in '62, too!"  About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar. "What's been going on?" he asks the bartender.  "Nothing much," replies the bartender. "The O'Grady twins are drunk again."

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As the storm raged, the captain realized his ship was sinking fast. He called out, "Anyone here know how to pray?" One man stepped forward. "Aye, Captain, I know how to pray." "Good," said the captain, "You pray while the rest of us put on our life jackets. We're one short."

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The owner of a drug store walks in to find a guy leaning heavily against a wall.  The owner asks the clerk, "What's with that guy over there by the wall?"  The clerk says, "Well, he came in here this morning to get something for his cough. I couldn't find the cough syrup, so I gave him an entire bottle of laxative."  The owner says, "You idiot! You can't treat a cough with a bottle of laxatives!"  The clerk says, "Of course, you can! Look at him; he's afraid to cough!"

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