Friday, August 28, 2015

INUKSHUKS…..ARE THEY ‘INUKS’ OR ARE THEY ‘SHUKS’ & A PLEASANT MORNING DRIVE THROUGH AMISH COUNTRY

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STOOKS OF WHEAT ON AN AMISH FARM

Didn't take long for Pheebs & I to head out the door & get ourselves on the road this morning.  After 4 cloudy rain soaked days behind us another one ahead of us on Saturday we knew today was our only chance to get out & get us some good old back road country road dust on ourselves.

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SOME FOLKS OUT FOR A PADDLE ON HURON COUNTIES LAKE WAWANOSH TODAY

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PHOTOGRAPHERS OFTEN KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE CLASSIC ‘S’ CURVE IN A PHOTOGRAPH & OFTEN IT IS A ROAD WANDERING IN ONE SIDE OF A PHOTO & OUT ANOTHER SIDE…..THERE IS  AN ‘S’ CURVE IN THIS PHOTO BUT IT’S NOT THE ROAD…..CAN YOU FIND IT:))

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Our usual swing through Tim Hortons this time in Goderich, a drive down around the harbor area with a walk at the end of the beach road for Pheebs.  Again surprised at how fast those shoreline Inukshuks are growing & there seems to be some talk of those stone structures being a liability & may have to be taken down.  Someone questioned about them being called Inukshuks in the first place.  Maybe they are just ‘Inuks’ or just plain ‘Shuks’.

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A LADY STANDS AMONG THE INUKSHUKS

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SOME OF THEM ARE EVEN WEARING HATS

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HANDSOME LITTLE DEVILS I’D SAY

Wandered through Amish/Mennonite territory enjoying all there is to always see up there in that neck of the woods.  A stop near Dungannon for Pheebs to see her Alpaca Pals but there seems to be only a few left.  The property is for sale & I think all the animals are probably being sold off.  After a stop at Lake Wawanosh for a leg stretch we pointed Libby's nose south arriving back home about four & a half hours after we had left.  Just an overall relaxing morning spent doing things I like to do in an area I like to do them in.

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AN AMISH SAWMILL

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A FEW MORE BARN PHOTOS TODAY AS WELL

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Not a whole lot more to write about tonight so rather than sit here staring blankly out the sunroom window trying to think of something I'll cut this post loose & let it go........................:)) 

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GROANER'S CORNER:(( After a long day out, my Mother and I stopped at our local grocery store on the way home. I ran in to pick up just a few things, leaving her in the car.
As I approached the checkout, I was surprised to find her standing there, waiting for me.
"Mom," I said, "what are you doing here? I left the motor running."
"I know, dear," Mom replied, "and it's all right. I locked the doors."

6 comments:

  1. Gotta love his area of southern Ontario. But we got lucky had no rain where we were at.

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  2. I had to read through your whole post and then go back to find the S curve. Dang, it's right there and I don't know how I missed it the first time.

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  3. I had to enlarge the picture of the Inukshuks to see the lady

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  4. Like those fields of wheat stools, and your nice red barns.

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  5. We were so impressed with the order and cleanliness of the Amish farms when we saw them down in Pennsylvania. These people are working really hard and it shows.

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