HOW CAN TWO GUYS HAVE SO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON

A FEW PHOTOS TAKEN AROUND THE FRONT YARD THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONE OF MY DONATED SONY CAMERAS

I picked up my good friend Richard at 8:30 this morning and we were off on another one of our bi-monthly country road coffee tours.  How can two guys have so much to catch up on in only two weeks.  I don't know either but we always manage to enthusiastically get things up to speed right quick.  And we even managed a walk in a scenic hilltop countryside cemetery southeast of Hensall Ontario.

THAT THERE BE RICHARD HIMSELF

THIS UNIQUE CEMETERY CAN BE FOUND AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF HURON COUNTIES MCTAGGART LINE AND OAK ROAD

IN OUR COMBINED 156 YEARS ON THE PLANET NEITHER RICHARD OR I HAVE EVER MET ANYONE WITH THE NAME ICHABOD UNLESS YOU CONSIDER PERHAPS 'THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

AN INTERESTING BRONZE PLAQUE ON THIS TOMBSTONE

With our overnight temps dropping into the 60's and next weeks highs mainly in the low to mid 70's I am greatly encouraged to think maybe our usual mid August seasonal shift may have started early this year.  Hope so but I'll not be surprised to see Summer's heat and miserable humidity come roaring back with a vengeance.  Fingers crossed that won't happen.

CONE FLOWERS ARE MY FAV

LOOK CLOSELY, THERE IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT ABOUT THESE FLOWERS

HOSTA LEAVES

A FROG IN OUR FROG POND

OUR LARGEST HOSTA CALLED 'BIG BLUE'

HOSTA FLOWERS

PART OF OUR SOUTHWEST ROCK COLLECTION

Not much going on this afternoon so I kinda poked around at not doing too much of anything.  Not easy to do some days.  Palmerston folks contacted us and said the Leisure Travel van is done so we're going to pick it up Saturday morning.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( New Elements On The Periodic Table::
Element: WOMAN Symbol: Wo
Atomic Weight: 120 (more or less)
Physical Properties: Generally round in form. Boils at nothing and may freeze anytime. Melts whenever treated properly. Very bitter if not used well.
Chemical properties: Very active. Possesses strong affinity to gold, silver, platinum, and precious stones. Violent when left alone. Able to absorb great amount of exotic food. Turns slightly green when placed beside a better specimen. Ages rapidly.  
Usage: Highly ornamental. An extremely good catalyst for disintegration of wealth. Probably the single most powerful income reducing agent known.  
Caution: Highly explosive in inexperienced hands.

Element: MAN Symbol: XYCommon Name(s): Varies anywhere from John to !@#$&*!

Atomic Weight: 180 +/-100 

Physical Properties: Solid at room temperature, but easily gets bent out of shape. Fairly dense and sometimes flaky. Difficult to find a pure sample. Due to rust, aging samples are unable to conduct electricity as easily as young, fresh samples.

Chemical Properties: Attempts to bond with Wo any chance it can get. Also, tends to form strong bonds with itself. Becomes explosive when mixed with Kd (element Kid) for a prolonged period of time. Neutralize by saturating with alcohol.

Usage: None really, except methane production. Good samples are able to produce large quantities on command.

Caution: In the absence of Wo, this element rapidly decomposes and begins too smell.

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