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| MY BUDDY RICHARD WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR OF THIS CAR |
I think it was a combination of clouds and smoke from the western wildfires that blotted out Monday evening's sun. On the way out to my walking road, I could see the sun in my rear-view mirror as a big reddish-orange ball about 10 degrees up off the horizon. When I made the left turn onto my gravel road and looked west, the sun had already totally disappeared. So, no sunset. Later, coffee to go in Clinton, a stop at my night sky place where I sat for a while listening to the sounds of crickets in the night. A sure sign that the summer season is rapidly moving on. It is generally mid-August when I sense the change in the air, and it's the sound of those many crickets that plays a big part in that change. I love the sound of crickets at night. I was home before ten o'clock............ I didn't take any photos today until late afternoon, and every photo I did take, except three were drive-by photos along Goderich's shoreline road.
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| A SILVERY LOOKING LAKE HURON AGAINST WHAT I THINK MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SMOKY SKY |
An earlier start this morning because I had a 9:30 appointment with my optometrist in Clinton. It wasn't a regular eye appointment this time; it was an appointment for Dr. Weaver to check the status of the cataracts in my eyes. It was this appointment that would decide if I am ready for cataract surgery. Had my fingers crossed that I would be because my sight has been in a steady decline, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to put my blog together because I have to use a magnifying glass to read a lot of smaller print I come across, etc. My left eye is compromised more than my right eye. After examining my eyes, Dr. Weaver again told me the same thing he told me six months ago. 'I can't understand how you can still see as well as you do with the state of your cataracts'. He said he would refer me to the cataract surgeon from Stratford anyway, but cautioned that I may not be accepted because this fellow is very strict about 'the numbers'. The earliest I can get an appointment with this surgeon is sometime between six and eight months from now. And, as I said, I could be turned down at that time. So, with my magnifying glass on a table beside me, I'll just have to muddle my way along until this winter or maybe next Spring or Summer sometime. It is what it is........... Following my appointment, I zipped back to the Park and picked up neighbor Monica for a ten-thirty eye appointment at the same place I just had mine, and with the same optometrist, Dr. Weaver. Luckily, I was able to get her there with about two minutes to spare.
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| AT 360'S BACK DOOR WITH THE BIKES |
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| THAT'S WOODSY'S BIKE ON THE MECHANICIC STAND |
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| PEOPLE ENJOYING SOME SUMMER WEATHER AT THE BEACH |
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| I THINK THIS SEAGULL STANDING ON A SWING SET IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THAT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT OUT THERE OVER LAKE HURON |
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| AND I EVEN GOT A QUICK SNAP OF A MERMAID SITTING ON A ROCK |
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| ALWAYS NICE TO SEE FAMILIES ENJOYING THEIR DAY |
Al's Music Box:: Walkin After Midnight by Patsy Cline.
Sign on company bulletin board: “This firm requires no physical-fitness program. Everyone gets enough exercise jumping to conclusions, flying of the handle, running down the boss, flogging dead horses, knifing friends in the back, dodging responsibility, and pushing their luck.”
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A farmer was driving along the road with a load of fertilizer. A little boy, playing in front of his house, saw him and called, "What've you got in your truck?" "Fertilizer," the farmer replied.
"What are you going to do with it?" asked the little boy. "Put it on strawberries," answered the farmer. "You ought to live here," the little boy advised him. "We put sugar and cream on ours."
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Al's Doggy World
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Al's Art Gallery
