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| DEER IN A CORNFIELD |
After yesterday's day-long super crappy windy, cold, and rainy day, I never guessed I would be out Thursday evening under a night sky filled with stars. But, yes it did happen, and I couldn't believe my luck when, in early evening, our cloud-studded sky began clearing, and the first dribbles of sunshine had me out the door. Subie needed gas, so I slipped into Bayfield and filled up. From there, it was down to the beach and harbor area for a few pictures. But, only a few.
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| IT WAS A COOL WIND COMING IN OFF THE LAKE |
From the beach area, and knowing it was going to be a nice sunset due to the cloud formations, I headed straightaway out into the evening countryside and found myself some rather ethereal photos.
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| HEADING OUT INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE I COULD SEE THAT IT WAS AN OMINOUS LOOKING SKY |
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| TWILIGHT'S ETHEREAL EVENING GLOW ON AN OLD BARN |
Arriving at my favorite night sky viewing place with drops of rain on my windshield, I spotted a rainbow. Pulling into my spot alongside the road at the tall communication tower, I marveled at the view over the countryside. I am usually here in the dark of night, but with the fading sunset still playing across the land, I was able to find a few more interesting photos.
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| LOOKING TOWARDS CLINTON, TWILIGHT'S YELLOW GLOW GAVE THE TREES A TOUCH OF AUTUMN GOLD |
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| PARKED AT MY NIGHT SKY SPOT WITH THE SUN SETTING OVER THE CAR |
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| WITH RAINDROPS FALLING FROM THE SKY, I SAW THIS RAINBOW |
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| A LONG TELEPHOTO SHOT OF THE CLINTON CO-OP IN THE EVENING GLOW |
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| I THOUGHT THAT PINKY GLOW ON THE EASTERN HORIZON WAS KIND OF ODD |
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| I DON'T KNOW WHY MY CAMERA SAW THE SKY AS PURPLE BECAUSE IT WASN'T |
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| LOOKING WEST IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SETTING SUN |
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| HERE'S A LARGE CLOUD GATOR SWALLOWING UP A SCHOOL OF CLOUD FISH |
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| I HAD HOPED THE CONSTELLATION SCORPIUS WOULD HAVE SHOWN UP BETTER IN THE CENTER OF THIS PHOTO TAKEN WITH MY iPHONE |
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| TO THE WEST, THIS iPHONE PHOTO SHOWS THE MOON, AND THE PLANETS VENUS AND JUPITER....PLANET MERCURY WAS NOT VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE, BUT IT WAS DOWN THERE AT THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE PHOTO |
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| THURSDAY NIGHT'S CRESCENT MOON |
Woke up this morning to brilliant sunshine flooding the living room where I sleep in my recliner. The temperature was only 55F but hey, finally no big winds to drive the windchill factor down into the high forties. I had a most enjoyable morning walk, followed by a drive to Goderich to pick up several prescriptions at the Walmart Pharmacy. Following that, it was a spin down to and around the harbor. Lake Huron was looking so blue and green today. With a Harveys coupon in my hand, I slipped through their drive-thru and emerged out the other side with a hot dog, a few onion rings, and a root beer. Not the most healthy meal of course, but hey, it was only $6 and I tried to be good for the rest of the day.
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| SPOTTED THIS DEER IN A YOUNG CORNFIELD ON THE WAY TO MY WALKING ROAD THIS MORNING |
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| PARKED OUT AT GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE |
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| HERE, LAKE HURON MEETS ONTARIO'S WEST COAST SHORELINE |
Home again, I took things slow for the afternoon and just tried to soak up some sunshine and warmer air. Filled a pocket up with peanuts and sat on the front porch for a while waiting for my furry little Pals to drop by. And, they weren't long in finding me sitting there with my pocket full of peanuts either. Chipmunks are the cutest little muffins.
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| A FEW ROADSIDE FLOWERS ALONG THE WAY TODAY |
Al's Music Box:: Smooth Operator by Sade. (pro-nounced Shawday)
GROANER'S CORNER:(( Anagrams::- Dormitory: When you rearrange the letters: Dirty Room
- Evangelist: When you rearrange the letters: Evil's Agent
- Desperation: When you rearrange the letters: A Rope Ends It
- The Morse Code: When you rearrange the letters: Here Come Dots
- Slot Machines: When you rearrange the letters: Cash Lost in Em
- Animosity: When you rearrange the letters: Is No Amity
- Snooze Alarms: Wen you rearrange the letters: Alas No More Z's
- A Decimal Point: When you rearrange the letters: I'm a Dot in Place
- Eleven plus two: When you rearrange the letters: Twelve plus one
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Little Sonia was shouting her prayers. "Please God send me a new doll for my birthday." Her mother, overhearing this, said, "Don't shout dear, God isn't deaf."
"No, but Grandad is, and he's in the next room," Sonia replied.
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A zookeeper is ordering new animals. As he fills out the forms, he types “two mongeese”. That doesn’t look quite right, so he tries two mongoose, and then two mongooses. Giving up, he types, “One mongoose, and while you’re at it, send another one.”
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When the wise company president learned that his employees were drinking no-trace vodka martinis during their lunch hours, he issued the following memo: To all employees; If you must drink during your lunch hours, please drink whiskey. It is better for our customers to know you're drunk than to think you're stupid.
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Boyfriend: "Honey, on this Valentine's Day, I want to tell you something... I'm not rich like Robert. I don't have a mansion like Gary. I don't have a Porsche like Martin. But I do love you and I want to marry you."
Girlfriend: "Oh dear, I love you too... what was that you said about Martin?"
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Two college classmates met for the first time in years. "How goes it with you, Pete?" asked one. "Not good at all," mourned Pete. "My wife ran away with the mailman, my son is a juvenile delinquent, my bank failed, and all my teeth will have to come out." "Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that," sympathized the classmate. "What business are you in now?" "Some old line," answered Pete. "Selling good-luck charms."
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