DIABETES DRUG METFORMIN RE-CALLED AND MORE CHANGES TO MY EATING HABITS

I am back into my warm T-shirts, long-sleeve flannel shirts, and light jacket again and that is all perfectly fine with me.  I don't mind this cooler mid 50's weather at all unless of course, we have a cold drizzly rain falling on us.  And that is exactly what we had falling on us this morning:((

A SLIGHT SATURDAY MORNING DRIZZLE ISN'T STOPPING THIS FARMER FROM DOING  A LITTLE SPRAYING

COULD THIS MACHINE BE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD OR THROUGH A FIELD??....NOPE, NEITHER

IT WAS MOVING ALONG AHEAD OF THIS MACHINE IN LINE WITH SEVERAL OTHER MACHINES AND A COUPLE PICK-UP TRACKS WITH ONE LEADING AND ONE FOLLOWING

IT WAS A RAILROAD WORK CREW HEADING OFF TO DO SOME RAILWAY WORK

IMAGINE THAT....A TRUCK ON THE RAILS BRINGING UP THE REAR

Wanting to have a look at a few solar lights for our front flower bed by the road Pheebs and I rolled up to Goderich's Canadian Tire Store this morning.  I was surprised at the heavy traffic on highway eight leading into Goderich's east end and the amount of vehicles playing 'bumper cars' in the large parking lot areas of Canadian Tire/Walmart/ and Zehrs Supermarket.  It was like everybody was so happy to be out they were mad about it.  Crazy!!  Found a few solar lights and quickly got the heck out of town.  Had planned on a walk this morning but not in the cold drizzling rain.  

SPOTTED THIS 59 OR 60 PLYMOUTH AT GODERICH'S DOWNTOWN TIM HORTONS

THE ALGOMA BUFFALO WAS IN THE PORT OF GODERICH THIS MORNING

SPOTTED THIS FACE IN A GROVE OF TREE EARLIER TODAY

Home again around 11 I stayed in out of the dreary wet weather.  Even had to flick on a small electric heater under the computer desk  for a short while to take the chill out of the sunroom air and would you believe 6 hours later skies cleared, temps came up, and I had to have my fan blowing on me.

NICE TO SEE THIS OLD BARN UNDER RESTORATION

AND EVEN A BARN BLOCK QUILT

THIS BARN IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM OUR PARK

PRYING OFF THE OLD BARN BOARDS

Friday I mentioned about making some rather drastic diet changes to my eating habits these past couple days.  Based on a no-nonsense video (Dr. Eric Westman at Duke University) we watched and the credibility and common sense expressed in that video and the fact they were not looking for money I set about immediately making changes.  One of those changes started with my morning shakes.  I replaced the skim milk with unsweetened Almond milk, only a quarter of a banana instead of a half, no more apples or carrots in my shake and I have doubled the Romaine lettuce and celery.  Four shakes of cinnamon instead of two and a quarter scoop of Whey protein powder instead of half.  Shake still tastes great and I may even drop the quarter banana.  Ocean Spray has a recommended diet Cranberry drink and I have switched to that for my go-to hot weather drink.  I mix it with water.  Two parts water and one part Cranberry juice.  No more potatoes, bread, or corn, etc.  Increased my water intake as well.  I am determined this time to rid myself of this excess weight I carry around with me every day.  No wonder my legs are complaining so much.  I have made other cuts and changes as well which I may mention in future posts.  Thanks to reader Ann for the above helpful website.

 

A FEW CREATURES IN OUR FLOWERBEDS TODAY

NO CREATURES HERE....JUST OUR FRONT YARD FLOWERING WEIGELA BUSH

Also, by the looks of what was said on May 29th 2020 by the FDA about the diabetes drug Metformin and recent contamination problems I had maybe better not be getting my hopes up about that drug helping me.  You can read about this now re-called problem drug HERE.  Thanks to Sandra Merrikan for this heads-up.

KELLY'S BEEN ADDING MORE COLOR TO OUR FRONT FLOWER BED BY THE ROAD

Nice afternoon walk back through the forest for Pheebs and I.  A different forest now with roads bulldozed through it but at least the whole forest hasn't been wiped out yet and we'll continue our walks for as long as we can along roads where only a short while ago forest trails once meandered along.

A WINDING FOREST TRAIL ONCE LED THROUGH HERE RIGHT TO MY FAVORITE TREE WHICH ONCE STOOD  DOWN THERE AT THE FAR END

PHEEBS STANDS ON THE SPOT WHERE MY TREE ONCE STOOD

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ROAD HAS GOUGHED THE EARTH DOWN ABOUT FIVE FEET

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A hungry lion was roaming through the jungle looking for something to eat. He came across two men. One was sitting under a tree reading a book; the other was typing away on his typewriter. The lion quickly pounced on the man reading the book and devoured him. Even the king of the jungle knows that readers digest and writers cramp.
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 Son: "Dad, did you go to Church when you were little?" Dad: "Yes son, every single Sunday." 
Son: "I thought so. Bet it won't do me any good either."
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