Wednesday, June 17, 2026

TELEPORT ME TO THAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL PEANUT BUTTER PLANTATION IN THE SKY

HAD MYSELF A LITTLE PROJECT GOING ON TODAY
With thunder, lightning, and rain Tuesday evening and through the night, I was fully expecting a cloudy, wet day today.  But, not so.  Once again, bright sunlight beamed through the living room window.  And that was enough to get me up and out the door.  Well, after tending to all my daily morning computer stuff, that is.  However, by the time I made it out to my walking road, the sky had become cloudy again, but fortunately, it didn't last, and we were once again back to blue skies until late afternoon, when the cloud cover returned, bringing rain with it.  I'll not be slipping out for an evening cruise around the countryside tonight.

 HEAVILY CLOUDED SKIES ABOVE MY WALKING ROAD THIS MORNING
Deciding not to succumb to my tiredness yet again today, I decided to boot myself out the door and take care of another little project I had been putting off.  Earlier in the Spring, I had decided to continue parking the utility next to a decorative trailer in the area where we always parked our RV's over the years.  Lately, I have been parking the utility trailer in a different spot under a bunch of trees, and that spot has proved to be more easily accessible for yard waste.  I decided this morning that I am quite satisfied with it sitting there all the time and not at the pea stone spot near the divider.  So, that only left one thing for me to do.  Remove that pea stone and plant grass in its place,  So, that is what I did today. But, I didn't do it with all the energetic vim and vigor I had going on a month or two ago.  I had to push myself today to finish the job.  And, by the time I made it back into the house, I think I was almost sleepwalking.  Say, you don't suppose it's too many peanut butter and honey sandwiches and not enough broccoliees and asparagasses.  If that's the case, just beam me up and get me out of here Scotty, I'm ready to go.  Teleport me to that big, beautiful peanut butter plantation in the sky:))  

I RAKED AND SHOVELLED OUT MOST OF THE PEA STONEAND HAVE NOW SEEDED THE AREA
THIS IS THE NEW SPOT FOR THE UTILITY TRAILER ALONGSIDE THE DRIVEWAY
Al's Music Box:: No More Cloudy Days by The Eagles.

 SAT ON THE FRONT PORCH THIS AFTERNOON WITH A POCKET FULL OF PEANUTS FOR MY FURRY LITTLE PALS AND AUNT JEAN WILL RECOGNIZE THESE TWO CHAIRS
GROANER'S CORNER:(( What If Dr. Seuss had been a Technical Writer?  Here are some easy things he might have said::  If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, and the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!

If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash, and your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash, then your situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash!

If the label on the cable on the table at your house, says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, but your packets want to tunnel on another protocol, that's being repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall.

And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of a louse and your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse, then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang, 'cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!

When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk, and the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk, then you have to flash your memory and you'll want to ram your rom. Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom!
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- We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk, and the next twenty-four years telling them to sit down and shut up!

- The economy is so bad that: The Mafia is laying off judges

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Datsun!
Datsun who?
Datsun old joke!

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Deanna!
Deanna who?
Deanna-mals are restless, open the cage!

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Dawn!
Dawn who?
Dawn leave me out here in the cold!
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Two Irishmen robbed a bank and messed it up, managing to escape with two sacks that they found on the floor. And they take one sack each.  After a while, they meet again, and one asks the other, "What did you find in your sack?" "Fifty thousand dollars!"
"Wow... that's a lot! What did you do with the cash?" "I bought a new car. How about your sack?"  "Bah... it was full of bills.  "And what did you do with them?"  "Well... little by little, I'm paying them off..."

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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

SPRINKLED WITH DOUBT

 ANOTHER NICE MORNING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Monday evening turned out to be lovely, with wondrous cloud patterns in the sky.  I strapped on my shoes, fired up Subie, and we went out to my gravel road walking spot.  The sun was already low on the horizon and beginning to set when walking.  

 MONDAY EVENING'S TWILIGHT GLOW FROM MY WALKING ROAD
CAN YOU SEE THE TWO CLOUD GEESE
Following my walk, I slipped into Clinton and picked up a coffee and a donut to go.  Instead of heading out along some gravel roads, I slipped west out of Clinton on Highway 8.  I had a destination in mind, and moments later, I entered the long winding driveway leading to the Huron Hospice center, known as The Bender House.  This is where Kelly passed away on December 10th, of 2024.  It was about a year ago now that I last stopped here and sat quietly in the empty parking lot in front of the building.  There is such a peaceful feeling that envelopes me each time I come here, remembering her last few days, hours, minutes, and seconds.  It all seems so long ago now and my memories are becoming wispy.  But my feelings are still here and as close to my heart today as they were then.  Finally, it was another sad goodbye as I slowly drove down the long, lonely driveway and lost myself once again in the embracing arms of the comforting night.

IN THIS PHOTO, ONE OF MY AUNT JEAN'S FAVORITE CONSTELLATIONS, SCORPIUS, CAN FAINTLY BE SEEN
Today dawned once again with sunshine pouring through my living room window, delicately settling on the carpeted floor, scattering its warming beams of light all the way across the carpeted floor to Kelly's chair.  Again, it was a nice way to start the day, and a mere hour later, I was once again on my walking road with my feet heading north.

ANOTHER NICE SKY MORNING ON MY WALK
 WHETHER IT BE MORNING, NOON, OR NIGHT, I LOVE MY RELAXING COUNTRY ROAD DRIVES
 THIS PAVED MODEL AIRPLANE RUNWAY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF KITCHIGAMI ROAD, JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS EAST OF PORTER'S HILL LINE
 ALWAYS NICE TO SEE PEONIES IN BLOOM
With three prescriptions in my pocket needing to be filled, I next headed for Goderich.  With a coffee to go, it was down to the harbor and beach areas I went, snapping a few pics along the way.  After that, with a stop at Walmart to drop my prescriptions off at the Pharmacy and pick up a few groceries, I was soon merrily on my way home. 

SUNNY SKIES OVER LAKE HURON WERE BEAUTIFUL TODAY
 HEADING HOME ON PORTER'S HILL LINE, THE DARK GREY SKIES ON THE SOUTHEASTER HORIZON WERE LOOKING LIKE MOTHER NATURE MIGHT BE BREWING UP A STORM
The rest of the afternoon was rather uneventful.  Picked me up some extra-strength Vitamin D today to see if it helps with this overall tiredness I have been feeling as of late.  I was very fortunate to have gotten so much done around the outside here earlier this Spring because I sure don't have the energy or enthusiasm lately to do much of anything some days.

HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF MY LITTLE HELPER YESTERDAY
 AND HERE'S A PHOTO OF MY E-BIKE'S HEAVY BATTERY THAT I FORGOT TO INCLUDE YESTERDAY. 
With my failing memory continuing to throw roadblocks in my path, all day Monday, I could not remember the last name of a fellow RV Blogger friend from back in our RVing days.  He passed away a couple of years ago, and we last talked to John at a boondocking spot on Yellowbird Road just outside of Bouse, Arizona.  It was our last RVing year.  His blog was once called 'Dog Pound South.'  He and his wife, Brenda, were ranchers in Alberta, Canada.  I can see John plainly in my mind's eye.  A tall, good-looking fellow, always with a cowboy hat and looking every bit like the true cowboy he really was.  I think he was more at home on a horse than on a tractor.  All day, I had been trying to come up with John's last name, and my mind would simply not help me out.  I know there are readers out here who knew John and will remember his last name.  Update:: Upon waking this morning, John's name popped into my mind....'Brown'.  John Brown.  At least I think that was John's last name.  It seems like so many things in my mind these days are sprinkled with doubt.

 I ALWAYS ENJOY SEEING FARM ANIMALS IN THE RURAL COUNTRYSIDE
Al's Music Box:: That Boy by The Beatles

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A cat dies and goes to Heaven. God meets him at the gate and says, "You have been a good cat all of these years. Anything you desire is yours; all you have to do is ask."  The cats says, "Well, I lived all my life with a poor family on a farm and had to sleep on hardwood floors."  God says, "Say no more." And instantly, a fluffy pillow appears.  A few days later, 6 mice are killed in a tragic accident and they go to Heaven. God meets them at the gate with the same offer that He made the cat. The mice said, "All our lives we've had to run. Cats, dogs and even women with brooms have chased us. If we could only have a pair of roller skates, we wouldn't have to run anymore."  God says, "Say no more." And instantly, each mouse is fitted with a beautiful pair of tiny roller skates.
About a week later, God decides to check and see how the cat is doing. The cat is sound asleep on his new pillow. God gently wakes him and asks, "How are you doing? Are you happy here?"  The cat yawns and stretches and says, "Oh, I've never been happier in my life. And those Meals on Wheels you've been sending over are the best!"
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- Have you heard about the elephant with diarrhea?  It's all over town!

- I got a big envelope in the mail that had written on the front, "Photographs: Do Not Bend."  Underneath the mailman wrote, "Oh, yes they do."

- I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.

- Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
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An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been any interest in his paintings on display at that time.  "I have good news and bad news," the owner replied. "The good news is that a gentleman enquired about your work and wondered if it would appreciate in value after your death. When I told him it would, he bought all 15 of your paintings."  "That's wonderful!" the artist exclaimed. "What's the bad news?"  "The guy was your doctor...."
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Two men got out of their cars after they collided at an intersection.  One took a flask from his pocket and said to the other, "Here, maybe you'd like a nip to calm your nerves."  "Thanks," he said, and took a long pull from the container.  "Here, you have one, too," he added, handing back the whiskey.  "Well, I'd rather not," said the first. "At least not until after the police have been here."

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