WELL KELLY DID, I DIDN'T

Pulling back our living room curtains in the morning, I love to see sunshine filtering through our tall pine trees and setting the Autumn leaves on fire.  

A short car ride for Pheebs and I this morning and yet I was still late for a residents/landlord meeting at our Park's clubhouse.  I thought the meeting was at 10:30 but it was at 10.  I hate being late for things!!  Kelly was already there so she was able to fill me in later on what I had missed.  The information meeting was about issues in the Park and plans for the future.  Kelly's back has been giving her a hard time this week and she was in pain at the meeting from sitting so we left the gathering shortly before it was over.  I think we are very fortunate to have the caring and attentive Park owners that we do.

  PHEEBS AND I HEADED EAST DOWN BAYFIELD RIVER ROAD THIS MORNING

 A WEEK AGO I COULD HARDLY SEE THIS BARN FOR ALL THE LEAVES

NOT ALL TREES LOSE THEIR LEAVES AT THE SAME TIME BUT HERE ARE A FEW EARLY BIRDS

 NOT TO WORRY, WE STILL HAVE COLOR ALONG THE BUSH LINES

 TRANSFERRING CORN FROM A GRAIN WAGON TO A TRUCK ON THE ROAD AHEAD

  NOT A FARM VEHICLE BUT MAYBE THIS FARMER DRIVES HIS CHICKENS AROUND IN IT AT EASTERTIME

Definitely on the colder side today compared to earlier in the week but that's okay.  For me, this cooler, fresh, and healthier air is way better than that heavy heat and humidity of summer.  Again, I noticed a change in the landscape from yesterday.  Wednesday's gusting winds brought a lot of leaves down. 

A nice afternoon walk for Pheebs and I on this sunny and crisp Autumn afternoon.  I like the sound we made as we shuffled our way along through the leaves.

A FINE LATE OCTOBER DAY FOR AN AFTERNOON WALK AROUND OUR PARK'S POND

A NEIGHBOR'S BACK YARD THAT OVERLOOKS THE POND

A month ago I switched back to my morning veggie shakes after a 6 month period of hot dog breakfasts.  This is normal for me.  I just got tired of the hot dogs and 6 months from now I'll likely tire of the veggy shakes and go back to hot dogs, or porridge, or spaghetti and ice cream....or maybe no breakfast at all except for an occasional piece of toast.  Anyway, here is the latest version of my morning shake....  Into my large blender, I put in two scoops of Protein Whey Powder (vanilla) a big dash of cinnamon, half or a quarter of a green banana, a couple romaine lettuce leaves, a handful of spinach, one stalk of celery, and half an unpeeled apple. To that, I add an 8-ounce glass of skim milk and half a glass of orange juice.  That's it.  I don't bother pouring this concoction into a glass, I just drink it right out of the blender because I am the only one using the blender.  If this all sounds familiar to some readers it's because of my Sounds Yukky - Tastes Yummy post back in 2007 when my shakes were more complex. 

 THIS IS MORE THAN I USUALLY MAKE....I MUST HAVE HAD A SENIOR MOMENT AND THREW IN AN EXTRA COUPLE HAND FULLS OF SPINACH.....I BE STRONG LIKE POPEYE NOW

We had a bit of an iPhone dilemma at our house this week.  Well, Kelly did, I didn't.  When we arrived home from the hospital a few days ago, Kelly realized she had left her phone's charging cord plugged into the wall in her room at the hospital.  Yesterday, Kelly's iPhone 15's power ran out.  She had ordered a spare cord from Apple and FedEx was to have delivered that yesterday.  They didn't.  Today?? nope!!  So, with shaky iPhone withdrawal setting in, Kelly desparately sent out a cry for help on our Bayfield Pines Facebook page.  Did anyone have a compatible iPhone charging cord????  Well by golly, somebody did.  Thanks to Shirley and Brian Kilmer for responding.  Kelly drove her phone over to their place and they plugged it into their charger.  Kelly said she would pick it up after supper.  About 7 o'clock a white car pulled into our driveway.  It was the Kilmers delivering Kelly's fully charged iPhone.  Yep, nice folks we got here in our Park:))))

 NONE OF THESE SUNBURST LOCUST LEAVES WERE IN OUR FROG POND YESTERDAY

LOOKING UP FROM OUR SUNROOM COMPUTER I SAW THIS YELLOW BELLY WOODPECKER SITTING HERE MOTIONLESS.....AND IT REMAINED FROZENLY MOTIONLESS FOR THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES UNTIL I WALKED OUT TO SEE IF I COULD HELP THE LITTLE FELLER.....WHEN IT SAW ME IT QUICKY FLEW AWAY....I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BIRD SIT THAT LONG WITHOUT MOVING SO MUCH AS A FEATHER

THIS MACHINE IN OUR PARK IS LOOKING UNUSUALLY CLEAN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS PAST MONTH, BUT THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE PHOTO BELOW

 THAT'S PARK OWNER ADAM POWER WASHING IT YESTERDAY

Al's Music Box:)) Come Monday is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album 'Living & Dying in Three-Quarter Time.'  Buffett wrote the song to his future wife while he was on tour.  At a live performance in 1974, Buffett mentioned that he had written the song heading out to California the previous year, meaning that it would have been written as he was "heading up to San Francisco for the Labor Day Weekend show" in 1973. He opened those Labor Day Weekend shows for Country Joe cDonald at the Lion's Share club in San Anselmo, California.  He wrote the song at the Howard Johnson's buffett while he was staying at in Mill Valleu, California. The single version replaces the third line, "I've got my Hush Puppies on," with "I've got my hiking shoes on."  It is one of Buffett's more popular songs, and is part of "The Big 8" that he played at almost all of his concerts, typically changing the line "I just can't wait to see you again" to "It's so nice to be in...(location of show)...again".  "Come Monday" was Buffett's first Top 40 hit single, reaching No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as No. 3 on Easy Listening  and No. 58 on Country . It also reached number 12 in Australia and was his most popular song there.

 RIPPLING REFLECTIONS ON THE PARK'S POND

GROANER'S CORNER:(( One night, a man on his way home happened upon a drunk, down on his hands and knees searching for something under a street light. The man asked the drunk what he was looking for so diligently and the drunk said he had tripped and his Rolex wrist watch had broken loose from his wrist. The man, being a kindhearted soul, got down on his hands and knees and began assisting the drunk looking for his watch. After about ten minutes without any success, the man asked the drunk exactly where he tripped. "About a half a block up the street," the drunk said. "Why, pray tell," the man asked the drunk, "are you looking for your watch here if you lost it a half a block up the street?" The drunk replied, "The light is a lot better here."

--------------------------------------------------

- I wanted to marry an English teacher when she got out of jail...But you can't end a sentence with a proposition.

- An insurance agent's wife was learning to drive when the brakes failed. "What should I do?" she cried. "Brace yourself, and try to hit something cheap."

- How many birds does it take to change a lightbulb?  Ideally three, but Toucan.

- Which dog could breathe underwater? Scuba Do.

-------------------------------------------------
I stopped at the local Burger King for a cold drink and was reading the menu over the counter. I noticed a sign to the side that stated “Picture Menu Available”.  I had to ask the clerk what it was for and she told me that they had a number of customers who couldn't read and they used that.  Of course I asked how they would know this picture menu was available and her answer was the classic, “Well, it says so on the sign, doesn't it?”

---------------------------------

Meanings =========================

                         Al's Art Gallery:))

 OUR FUTURE??:((