IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT I CALLED ANDREW

Our warm-to-us temperatures continue to hold, and despite a brisk wind with a touch of rain in it, I was out and about this morning on my walking road wearing a light jacket instead of a winter coat.  Of course these bonus November days won't last, but I am both mentally and physically enjoying as many of them as I can while they are here.  I would say that about 90% of our tree leaves are now lying on the ground.  Oh there are a few little bursts of color here and there, but the trees are looking more Novemberesque with each passing day.

 AREA FORESTS HAVE DONNED THEIR NOVEMBER COATS

A couple of evenings ago, it was Andrew to the rescue once again.  I had a two separate tech problem this time that I just couldn't figure out.  First, about a month ago, the sound quality on my YouTube channel began to faulter with it sounding garbled at times like it was being broadcast from underwater.  Not all the time, but enough to make it annoying.  The only way I could stop it was by pressing the pause button twice, and that would temporarily correct it, but as soon as the channel went to a commercial, the sound was garblen again.  Then, a few days ago, the sound volume and mute button on my Apple remote wouldn't work.  It was at this point that I called Andrew, and he came over.  It didn't take him long to get a handle on the two problems. It was like watching Sherlock Holmes sleuth out and methodically solve a mystery.  Searching his iPhone for answers and solutions, he soon tracked down a fix for the Apple remotes' volume and mute problem.  Press two buttons on the remote simultaneously and hold.  'Bingo', problem solved just like that.  The second problem with YouTube, however, turned out to be more perplexing, but once again Sherlock Andrew, using his phone again tracked the problem back to YouTube itself.  It wasn't my TV or my Apple Box.  He found out that a recent YouTube update probably had a bug in it, and other YouTubers were having the same problem.  There was nothing Andrew could do to fix the problem, but he showed me how to watch for YouTube updates that would hopefully solve the problem.  And guess what, when I turned on my YouTube channel the following day, the problem had been solved, and my YouTube sound quality was once again working perfectly.  All was right with the world again.  A big thank you to Andrew once again, and if you think my Sherlock reference to Andrew was applicable, it would be incorrect to think of me as Sherlock's Dr. Watson because every time he asked me a question about something, the only answer he could get out of me was, 'duh':((

A FEW PICS ON THE WAY HOME FROM MY WALK THIS MORNING

Ellen's Groove{)) Here's a short 40-second video featuring Ellen's bass guitar playing.  Quite remarkable for her young age. Live At The Sun Rose 

 THIS PHOTO SUMS UP OUR WEATHER TODAY

A LONE ROADSIDE APPLE TREE

Memories Music Box:  Answer Me, My Love by Nat King Cole.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large". Then they walk around the ranch a little, and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, " We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows". The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asked, "And what are those"? The Aussie replies with an incredulous look, "Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas"?

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Q: If there is H2O on the inside of a fire hydrant, what is on the outside?
A: K9P.

Q: How do crazy people go through the forest?
A: They take the psycho path.

Q: What do you get from a pampered cow?
A: Spoiled milk.

Q: What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A: Frostbite.

Q: Why do gorillas have big nostrils?
A: Because they have big fingers.

Q: What's a cat's favorite breakfast?
A: Mice Krispies.

Q: How does a lion like his steak?
A: Medium roar.

Q: What do frogs eat with their hamburgers?
A: French flies.

Q: How do you get a kleenex to dance?
A: Put a boogie in it!

Q: Did you hear about the man who lost his whole left side?
A: He's all-right now!

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Arizona
YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN ARIZONA WHEN:

- You notice your car overheating before you drive it.

- You can say Hohokam and people don't think you're laughing funny.

- You no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.

- You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River.

- You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.

- You can say 115 degrees without fainting.

- You can be in the snow, then drive for an hour and it will be over 100 degrees.

- You discover, in July, that it only takes two fingers to drive your car.

- You can make sun tea instantly.

- You run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.

- You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.

- You realize that Valley Fever isn't a disco dance.

- Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.

- You can pronounce the words: "Saguaro", "Tempe", "Gila Bend", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", "Cholla", and Tlaquepaque".

- It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is moving on the streets.

- You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

- Sunscreen is sold year round, kept at the front of the checkout counter, a formula less than 30 spf is a joke, and you wear it just to go to Circle K.

- Some fool can market mini-misters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them.

- Hot air balloons can't go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air inside the balloon.

- No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car.

- You can understand the reason for a town named "Why."

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D'YA EVER WISH SOMETIMES THAT YOUR HAIR WOULD STOP GROWING!!

I WONDER WHAT THIS FELLA AT GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE COULD BE WATCHING

A very much most better day.  I like it when that happens.  Another beautiful early September-like sunny day in November.  So nice, in fact, that I took my afternoon coffee outside and sat on the front porch.  It was just perfect, and I think we probably broke another temperature record with temps in the low 70s.  I especially enjoyed the sound of a wind chime hanging in a nearby cedar tree.  Years ago at our Arizona house, Kelly's brother Peter and his wife came to visit us for a week.  They gifted us an oriental wind chime that I hung on a Mesquite tree in our front yard on Ghost Town Road, and every time I hear that chime here in my cedar tree now, it takes me back to Arizona and reminds me of the lovely, fun, and memorable times we spent with Leslie and Peter, both times they visited us.

 OF COURSE WHEN I SIT ON MY FRONT PORCH I ALWAYS HAVE COMPANY

 THIS LITTLE FELLOW KNOWS I'VE GOT PEANUTS IN MY POCKET

 THIS LITTLE CHIP WAS CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT I WAS WRITING ABOUT

 THIS LITTLE GUY WAS MORE INTERESTED IN WHAT I HAD IN MY SHIRT POCKET

With a few things to pick up in Goderich earlier today, I was out the door and on my way.  Enjoyed watching the antics of a few wind surfers out at Rotary Cove.  Today's gusting winds made it perfect, with some of them reaching twenty and thirty feet in the air with their para-sails twisting and turning in the wind above them.

 IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR WIND SURFERS AT GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE TODAY

 SOME OF THESE GUYS WOULD SOAR TWENTY AND THIRTY FEET UP INTO THE AIR

 JUST CASUALLY HANGING OUT

My son Sean does a lot of music scores for various film and series productions, and one of them has been nominated at the 'Blood In The Snow' Film Festival for Best Movie Score.  Yes, I am very proud of that fine young lad. 

 THAT'S A GAL SUITING UP OVER THERE

 MAYBE SHE'S CALLING HER INSURANCE BROKER TO SEE IF SHE IS COVERED FOR WATER DAMAGE

 STRUGGLING WITH THE KITE AS A FELLOW SURFER HELPS GET HER HOOKED UP

 WITH EFFORT SHE MAKES HERE WAY TO THE WATER'S EDGE

 SHE IS SECONDS AWAY FROM LIFT OFF

 'LIFTOFF'

AND TERE SHE GOES ROCKETING INTO THE SKY

OH-OH..../SPLASHDOWN'

 NOT TO WORRY, SHE WAS SOON BACK IN THE AIR MIXING IT UP WITH THE BOYS

With all the recent rains and flooding in Arizona, I was thinking about Wickenburg and wondering how folks there are making out with the unpredictable Hassayampa River.  There is a narrowing of the river through a canyon just outside of Wickenburg that Pheebs and I liked to drive through and get the Jeep's tires wet.  Paws and boots too sometimes.  In this particular narrows, the river actually runs underground for a stretch, leaving only shallow puddles on the surface.  I imagine it's a raging torrent through there right about now and no doubt washing things out.  Here is a link for one of our drives through that narrows.....Return To Little Box Canyon And The Narrows

D'ya ever wish sometimes that your hair would stop growing!!  Probably not high on anyone's 'wish list' of course, but sometimes between haircuts, that thought does occur to me occasionally when I catch sight of myself in a mirror.  You know, on those rare occasions that for some unknown reason, your hair just looks 'just right'.  You think, why couldn't my hair just stay like this forever and not look like the whole Chinese army just marched over my head while I was sleeping. It's at that stage where it's not too short and not too long and in your mind just looks fantabulously perfect.  Now, why can't it just STAY THAT WAY!!!!

 AND THIS IS WHAT THEIR PARA-SAILS LOOK LIKE IN THE AIR

 OF COURSE NOT EVERYONE WAS PARA-SAILING THIS MORNING

Memories Music Box::  Saturday Night Fever by The Bee Gees.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( On the first day God created the cow. God said, "You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves, and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a lifespan of sixty years." The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty years and I'll give back the other forty." And God agreed.

On the second day, God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll give back the other ten." So God agreed (*sigh*).

On the third day God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year lifespan." The monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?" And God agreed again (...???...)

On the fourth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, have fun, enjoy. Do nothing, just enjoy, enjoy. I'll give you twenty years." Man said, "What? Only twenty years? No way, man. Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty cow gave back, and the ten dog gave back and the ten monkey gave back. That makes eighty, okay?" "Okay," said God. "You've got a deal."

So, that is why for the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, have fun, enjoy, and do nothing. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain our grandchildren; and for the last ten years we sit in front of the house and bark at everybody.

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- When your girlfriend comes home in a white suit covered in bee stings and smelling like honey...You know she's a keeper.

- People always ask where is Bigfoot? But never ask How is Bigfoot? Yeti never complains

- A friend told me he doesn't let his kids watch orchestra performances
cuz there's too much sax and violins.

- My friend asked me if I had ever tried blindfolded archery. I replied that I hadn't.
He said, "It's great. You don't know what you're missing!

- I am looking for someone to brush their teeth with me...I just found out that 9 out of 10 dentists say brushing alone won't reduce cavities.

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A boy was having a lot of difficulty in French class. To encourage him, his teacher said, "You'll know you're really beginning to get it when you start dreaming in French."

The boy ran into class all excited one day, saying, "Teacher, teacher! I had a dream last night and everyone was talking in French!" "Great!" said the teacher; "what were they saying?" "I don't know," the boy replied; "I couldn't understand them.

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