TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOU, WHAT DO YOU SEE

Highway 21 runs right through Bayfield and crosses the Bayfield River in doing so.  The bridge over the Bayfield River has been in place for a long time and a few years ago a decision was made to replace it.  That work has now finally begun.  A new temporary bridge first has to built while the old one is torn down and the new one constructed.  Think I heard it is a two year project and I figure that new bridge will be well in place long before Bayfield's Tim Horton coffee shop ever opens up.

BAYFIELD'S BRIDGE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY

I'M GUESSING THE TEMPORARY BRIDGE WILL GO HERE

Because it's mid October I'm increasingly having to wear warmer clothes now and that is Okay.  I would sooner put on a few extra duds as opposed to having to shed clothes because of the heat.  And I like the feeling of a warm cozy house after coming in from the outside's cool and cold temperatures.  We were in the low 40's when Pheebs and I headed out this morning.

ANOTHER FINE AUTUMN MORNING FOR A DRIVE

LOVELY CLOUDS TODAY

With each passing day our Autumn colors are becoming more prevalent.  We're still not in Autumn's glorious splendor yet but it's coming.  Maybe another week will turn the tide.

ALWAYS NICE TO BE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

REFLECTIONS IN A MUD PUDDLE

I OVER SATURATED THIS PHOTO TO PUNCH OUT THE COLORS

I recall someone asking me if I used a tri-pod on my Bee photos a few blogs back.  Wished I had the patience to use a tri-pod but I never do.  Those bee shots were done 'hand held' at a full 300mm.  I know I could greatly improve my photos if I were to use a tripod and wasn't so lazy.  I do have a good Manfrotto tri-pod but with the exception of night shots I hardly ever use it.  Like I've said before I am kind of a one shot Charlie who doesn't have enough patience to spend time perfecting a photo.  Truth be known I probably take more than half my photos right from the driver's seat of the Jeep.  And another question about what lenses I use.  All my photos are done with one lens and it is a  an AF-S Nikkor 18-300mm 3.5-6.3G-DX-VR.  In other words it is an 18mm wide angle right up through to a 300mm telephoto all in one lens.  I have that lens on my Nikon D7200 camera.  This lens and camera combination is very convenient for me for the type of photos I take and not being a perfectionist it suits me just fine.

KERR'S CAMPGROUND PROPERTY

KERR'S CAMPGROUND IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BANNOCK BURN LINE AND CENTENNIAL ROAD

THIS CAMPGROUND IS A NICE PLACE FOR A WALK AND THAT'S THE JEEP BOTTOM RIGHT

Up until a few months ago I had been keeping tabs of my book (Kindle) reading and listing them here in my blog sometimes with comments.  From that point to this I have read so many more great books and subsequently fallen behind in my listings.  I'll try to catch you up to where I think I might have left off last time.
- With The Old Breed by E.B. Sledge
- Amazing Airmen: Canadian Flyers in the Second World War by Ian Darling
- Squadron Leader Tommy Broom by Tom Parry Evans
- Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice by Adam Makos
- The Biggin Hill Wing 1941 by Peter Caygill
- Green Ink: Memoirs of a Fighter Pilot
- No Ordinary Men: Special Ops by Bernd Horn
- The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman
- A Pilot's Story by Irwin D Lebow
- Spitfire by Squadron Leader B.J. Ellan
- Things I'll Never Forget: Vietnam Marine by James M. Dixon
- Through A Pilot's Window by Lt. Col. William McKean Gilbert
- Angels Ten: Spitfire Pilot by Richard Gilman
- Scramble: Battle of Britain by Norman Gelb
- Anatomy of a Song by Marc Myers
- Baa Baa Black Sheep by Gregory Boyington
- Atlantic Nightmare by Richard Freeman
- Air War in the Pacific by  General George C Kenny
- Skies of Fire by Alfred Price
- A Penguin in the Eyrie by Hector Bolitho
- The Big Show: WW2 by Pierre Clostermann
- Journeys Into Night by Don Charlwood
- Check Six: A Thunderbolt Pilot by Jim Curran
- Flying in Defiance of the Reich by Peter Russell
- Two-Man Airforce by Philip Kaplan
- Sky Warriers by Alfred Price
- Alone I Fly by Bill Bailey
- Tail Gunner by Richard C. Rivaz
Okay I think that might catch me up.  What I like so much about these books is they are fact not fiction.  I enjoy reading about how these people started out in their younger years, grew into their teen years then made the decision to join the Armed Forces.  I find it so interesting to read how they made their way through the war years and how those years affected them in later years after the war when they came home.  Many had very successful careers.  It was a way different world than it is now and I look back at these people from that era with great respect and awe.  Not only the pilots and air crew but the soldiers, civilians, sailors and the general moxie of most people from that era.  Over and over I read of these folks and the more I read the more I understand the term, 'The Greatest Generation'.  Being born in 1944 and although I didn't understand it I was part of that generation for a short while until the 50's evolved into the 60's and things began to change.  Change is inevitable I guess but sometimes it doesn't exactly head off in the best direction.  Through these books I read I see a different character of people in those years up to the late fifties.  And then it all began to change and here we are now.  Take a look around you, what do you see.................

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Ma & Pa were on the porch & Pa said, " You know, Ma, I'd sure like a big bowl of ice cream."  "OK, Pa", she said, as she shuffled off toward the kitchen. "Write it down," he said, "...you'll forget" "Oh, Pa, don't be silly" "Write it down" he said, "cause I want some chocolate syrup on it.", he insisted."Ice cream..with chocolate syrup" she said, as she walked into the kitchen. 10, 15, 20 minutes passed and finally Ma came out & handed Pa a big bowl of oatmeal. "See, Ma, what'd I tell you....you forgot the toast."
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Tony had just finished reading a new book entitled, 'You Can Be The Man of Your House.  'He stormed to his wife in the kitchen and announced, 'From now on, you need to know that I am the man of this house and my word is Law. You will prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, you will serve me a sumptuous dessert.  You are going to draw me a bath so I can relax. You will wash my back and towel me dry and bring me my robe. Then, you will massage my feet and hands. Then tomorrow, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?' His Sicilian wife Gina replied, "The funeral director would be my first guess."
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