SNEAKING INTO OUR YARD TO SNITCH MY APPLES

The morning air was more than cool earlier today.  To me, it felt cold.  But that was okay, Pheebs and I had Subie's heater going as we slowly cruised around our Park before heading out this morning. And, I had a pair of mitts with me just in case.

OUR PARK IS BEGINNING TO LOOK A LITTLE HALLOWEENY

 IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEEKLY MEETING OF SUNDAY MORNING TRAFFIC CONES IN THE FOREST 

 THIS IS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK WHO IS GOING TO LEVEL OUT THE NEW HOUSING SITES

Heading east down Bayfield River Road we turned south on Parr Line and scooted straight through Varna to Pavilion Road where we turned west.  I knew there to be corn fields along this road and with any luck we might find us a few corn spills.  We didn't.

 A FEW COWS IN A DISTANT FIELD

STOPPED TO CHECK OUT THIS CORN FIELD FOR COBS....NOPE

Our destination was the Linwood Wildlife area where I knew the small gravel parking area there had a cornfield on two sides of it.  I crossed my fingers that we might find some corn on the ground here.  We didn't.  No matter because this is a favorite little walking spot of ours anyway.  Carrying my camera I had wished I'd put my mitts on.  Oh well, we weren't going far.

 AT THE LINWOOD WILDLIFE PARKING AREA

 OUR WALKWAY BETWEEN THE HEDGEROW AND THE CORNFIELD

 PHEEBS CHECKS TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY CORN COBS ON THE GROUND

 A LEAFY BUSH LANE

 COLORED LEAVES ALONG THE HEDGEROW

 BACK TO THE CAR FOR A BIG DRINK

Back to the car again we slowly wandered off in the direction of Bayfield.  With lots of cornfields unharvested yet, I am still optimistic that we'll find a winter supply for the squirrels, birds, and bunnies.  At Linwood, I had picked up half a dozen small apples and stuffed them into my coat pocket.  Arriving home later, I tossed all the apples out around the bird station.  An hour after that all those apples had already disappeared.  Hmmm, methinks I have a new food source for our front yard critters.  Whatever those Critters may be of course.  I just hope one of those critters isn't one of our neighbors disguised as a shrub, sneaking into our yard to snitch my apples!!

HEADING HOME

 SUNDAY MORNING FIELD WORK

 ACROSS THE ROLLING HILLS OF HURON COUNTY LAY THE BLUE WATERS OF LAKE HURON

My poorest excuse for not getting some late October yard work done today is that my new right hip is bothering me.  It's been grumbling at me for a couple days and today it has been barking.  I don't recall doing any bending, twisting, or heavy lifting this past week so I'm not sure what's going on with it.  Maybe, just maybe, it's because I haven't be doing enough bending, twisting, and heavy lifting.  In other words, it may be telling me it's sore because I haven't been doing enough walking to strengthen those lower back and upper leg muscles around that new February hip.  I'll see how the next few days go.

 A FOREST STREAM OF FALLEN LEAVES

 CRIMSON MAPLE LEAVES ALONGSIDE A CORNFIELD

 I THINK SOMEBODY IS FEELING A LITTLE SNOOZY

Undaunted, Pheebs and I headed off for an afternoon walk.  Around the  Park's pond and beyond we went until Pheebs finally stopped and indicated to me 'this is far enough Dad'.  So with that, we turned around and slowly headed home.  My hip area never bothered me once on that walk.  Hmmmm.

Ellen's Groove:)) Here's an interesting short video of Ellen and singer Nai Barghouti doing a voice and Bass exercise.  This again shows Ellen's amazing progress with her Bass as she works hard at this one.  Duet With Nai

Al's Music Box:)) Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers is originally a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the prison film Unchained (1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack.  It has since become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers in 1965.  According to the song's publishing administrator, over 1,500 recordings of "Unchained Melody" have been made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.  Of the hundreds of recordings made, the Righteous Brothers' version, with a solo by Bobby Hatfield, became the jukebox standard after its release. Hatfield changed the melody in the final verse and many subsequent covers of the song are based on his version. The Righteous Brothers recording achieved a second round of great popularity when it was featured in the film Ghost in 1990. In 2004, it was number 27 on AFI's 100 Years....100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.  

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A drunk man who smelled like booze sat down on a bench next to a priest.The man's tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began reading.  After a few minutes the man turned to the priest and asked, 'Say Father, what causes arthritis?'  The priest replies, 'My Son, it's caused by loose living, being with cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol, contempt for your fellow man, sleeping around with prostitutes and lack of a bath.'  The drunk muttered in response, 'Well, I'll be damned, 'then returned to his paper.  The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized. 'I'm very sorry.  I didn't mean to come on so strong.  How long have you had arthritis?  The drunk answered, 'I don't have it, Father.  I was just reading here that the Pope does.

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After a quarrel, a wife said to her husband, "You know, I was a fool when I married you."  And the husband replied, "Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn't notice it."

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As migration approached, two elderly vultures doubted they could make the trip south, so they decided to go by airplane. When they checked their baggage, the attendant noticed that they were carrying two dead raccoons.  "Do you wish to check the raccoons through as luggage?" she asked.  "No, thanks," replied the vultures. "They're carrion."

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{Quote} In the end, I realized the hurt never turned to hate.  No matter how much my emotions led me to feel so.  I never stopped loving people.  

'I stopped trusting them'.

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