I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN BIG TROUBLE

WE GOT GATOR FROGS HERE:))

Always nice to wake up and see sunshine pouring through the window onto the living room floor.  It kinda gets things started off on the right foot.  Sometimes, days get started off on the left foot, but that's okay, my feet are ambidextrous.  With temps a touch below freezing, and a breeze, I skipped my morning walk again, and headed straightaway outside and fired up my garden tools.  Lots to do.  For the most part, the word 'multi-tasking' is not a friendly term for me anymore, except when I am outside working away at all my little hobby projects.  I am in my element as I enjoyably bounce around between all my various yard tasks.  And, once again, today was no exception.  Sunshine, fresh air, warming temps, birds singing in the trees, chipmunks scattering about, and the sounds of trickling water over a small waterfall from our front yard frog pond.  Yup, I put the pond pump in yesterday.  All are good and I'm a hap-hap-happy camper:))

As busy as I was outside, I was even a bit busier in the house for a while, too.  Lorraine was due to roll in later this afternoon so that meant I had to get myself on the end of the Dyson (vacuum cleaner) and get the floors done.  Had some dishes to do, a kitchen sink to clean, plus a half dozen other little household chores.  I didn't want to be in big trouble when she got here.  And, somewhere along the line, I managed to get a load of laundry done too.  Not only was I a hap-hap-happy little camper today, I was a busy little camper as well:))

Al's Music Box::  By The I Get To Phoenix by Glen Campbell.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( My mom has a lead foot, so I was not surprised when a highway patrolman pulled us over as we were driving along the freeway. Hoping to get off with a warning, Mom tried to appear shocked when he walked up to the car.  "I have never been stopped like this before," she said to the officer.   "What do they usually do, ma'am," he asked. "Shoot the tires out" my Mom said!!

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Mahatma Gandhi often walked barefoot which produced an impressive set of callouses on his feet. He also ate very little, making him rather frail and with his odd diet he often suffered from bad breath. This made him a super calloused fragile mystic hexed with halitosis.

-  Did you know an unbreakable toy is always useful for breaking other toys!!

Children were called upon a classroom to make sentences with words chosen by the teacher. The teacher smiled when Jack, a slow learner, raised his hand to participate during the challenge of making a sentence with the words "Defeat," "Defense," "Deduct," and "Detail."  Jack stood thinking for a while, all eyes focused on him while his classmates awaited his reply. Smiling, he then proudly shouted out, "Defeat of deduct went over defense before detail."

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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD GRASS SEED GIGGLING

 ANOTHER BAYFIELD SUNSET

Thursday: A beautiful, sunny, blue sky with temps reaching 63F.  I took full advantage of that and wore myself out with the take down of our back yard lattice work arbor, plus a few other little projects.  By the end of the day, I didn't have enough energy left to even think about putting a blog post together.  However, all was not lost, when after a hot shower I felt revitalized enough to hop in the car and drive myself to the now open Thursday to Sunday Woodland Drive-In.  With $2.25 in hand, I soon had my face into a small soft ice cream cone, called a 'Twister'.  Following that, it was down to the beach to catch the day's sunset.  Not wanting to go straight home, I slipped into Bayfield for a few more photos.  Bolstered by the evening air, and with my driver's window down, I slipped out of Bayfield and headed for my night sky spot on Tower Hill Road, northwest of Clinton, Ontario.  And, I brought my thoughts with me this time as I stood on the country road gazing skyward.  A nice way to wrap up another day.

 PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH PIER

 THIS LADY MAY BE THE FIRST BEACH GOWER OF THE SEASON

 AND,  BEHIND HER IS THE NEW BREAKWATER WALL THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS

AND, BY GOLLY I EVEN SEE A LITTLE DOGGY OUT THERE WITH THE FOLKS AT THE END OF THE PIER

 IT WAS ANOTHER FIREY SUNSET

DARKNESS FALLS ON A FISHING BOAT

 BY THE TIME I REMEMBERED TO TAKE A PHOTO OF MY CONE, IT WAS ALMOST HALF GONE

 A SLOW DRIVE ALONG BAYFIELD'S MAIN STREET

 AT MY NIGHT SKY SPOT i TOOK THIS iPHONE PIC OF WHAT I THINK IS THE PLANET JUPITER

Friday: Rain began shortly after I got up and that was Okay because I was thinking of all the grass seed I have recently spread about.  Have you ever heard grass seeds giggling?  I did this morning.  Needing a few groceries, I followed my windshield wipers to Goderich with a stop at McD's for a coffee and a carrot muffin to go.  This was the first McDonald's carrot muffin I've had in over a year, with the last time being with my good buddy Richard on one of our last Thursday morning country coffee drives.  After a quick stop at Walmart and the Canadian Tire Store, I headed for home.

IT WAS A DULL GRAY RAINY DAY OUT AT GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE THIS MORNING

With sunshine breaking through the clouds early this afternoon, I was soon out into our back yard to take the remaining arbor framework down.  Luckily, it didn't give me too much of a problem.  Once down, I then roto-tilled the area to get more roots out of the ground.  Following that, I raked it all level and then rolled it.  Tomorrow I will sprinkle the area with grass seed.  I would have done that today, but by late afternoon, I barely had enough energy left to walk back into the house.  A good sleep tonight will take care of that, and tomorrow I will get that grass seed in.

 I WAS GLAD I SCREWED THIS FRAME TOGETHER INSTEAD OF NAILING IT TOGETHER YEARS AGO

 FINALLY DONE AND TOMORROW I WILL TOSS SOME GRASS SEED IN THERE

Al's Music Box:: A Horse With No Name by the group, America.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Scene: A courtroom in Oklahoma where a person is on trial for murder. There is strong evidence indicating guilt; however, there is no corpse. In the defense's closing statement, the lawyer, knowing that his client is guilty and that it looks like he'll probably be convicted, resorts to a clever trick. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you all," the lawyer says as he looks at his watch. "Within 1 minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this court room," he says and he looks toward the courtroom door. The jury, somewhat stunned, all look on eagerly. A minute passes. Nothing happens. Finally the lawyer says: 'Actually, I made up the previous statement. But you all looked on with anticipation. I, therefore, put it to you that there is reasonable doubt in this case as to whether anyone was killed and insist that you return a verdict of not guilty." The jury, clearly confused, retires to deliberate. A few minutes later, the jury returns, and a representative pronounces a verdict of guilty. "But how?" inquires the lawyer. "You must have had some doubt; I saw all of you stare at the door." The representative answers: "Oh, we did look. But your client didn't."

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A motorist caught by a speed camera received notification of a fine in the mail, plus a picture of his vehicle. Duly impressed, he sent back the notification along with a photo of a $100 note to pay the fine.

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When I asked my boss for a salary raise because I was doing the work of three men,

he said he couldn't increase my pay, but if I told him the names of the three men he'd fire them.

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Two golden-agers were discussing their husbands over tea. "I do wish that my Elmer would stop biting his nails. He makes me terribly nervous." My Billy used to do the same thing," the older woman replied, "but I broke him of that pesky habit." "How?" "I hid his teeth!"

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