MORE WORDLY PROBLEM SOLVING TODAY AND WHY DO SO MANY AMISH-MENNONITE FOLKS PAINT THEIR BARNS RED??

ALL PHOTOS IN THIS POST ARE FROM OUR WEDNESDAY MORNING DRIVE THROUGH AMISH-MENNONITE COUNTRY

My good buddy Richard and I spent another couple of quality hours in the fresh cool air of the countryside this morning once again trying to resolve the ever-growing unending problems of the world.  We are beginning to think and believe it is a hopeless situation we on Earth here live in.  However, we'll give it another go in a couple weeks or sooner if need be.

WHAT'S A DRIVE THROUGH AMISH-MENNONITE COUNTRY WITHOUT A STOP AT LAKE WAWANOSH

Purposely didn't take any photos today so I could catch-up my Wednesday photos.  Pheebs, my camera, and I will be out again Friday morning prowling the countryside for more pictures.  It's what I love to do these days so I had better keep on doing it if I know what's good for me:))

Thankfully, under sunny skies, our temperatures are remaining in the low 60's so it was another enjoyably comfortable weather day for me.  Bit of humidity on our afternoon walk but as long as Pheebs and I stayed in the forest's shadows we were fine.

DID YOU SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE GARDEN

At a pre-arranged time early this afternoon, my Nurse Practitioner called to check on how I was doing and I was able to tell her I was doing a lot better than a month ago when she last called.  A month ago I was still suffering from the lingering dregs of an inactive Winter so my well being was still very susceptible to mood swings and depression.  I was able to tell her I was feeling much better now that Spring and Summer weather was upon us and I've been able to get outside and be an active part of nature again.  I am one of those people who needs to be actively doing something and going somewhere.  I am convinced my ancient ancestors must have been early explorers of some kind.  Anyway, I have more blood and urine tests coming up so I'll see where I land after all that and we'll go from there.  This aging business is quite a thing eh!!  Not what I wanted to imagine as a younger person but definitely like what every person older than me warned me about for years:((

CHILDREN AT PLAY AND NOTICE THE BARE FEET

Anytime I drive through Amish/Mennonite country I am always puzzled by something.  They dress in dark colors like black, dark purples. blues and greens.  Their houses are usually plain white with generally a dark green roof.  I know these folks do not like to attract attention to themselves and I assume their dark colors are somehow religiously connected.  I can understand that but.......would not the color red be symbolic with the Devil in their culture?? I  don't know, just curious......Okay, so after typing that last line about being curious it dawned on me, 'why not ask Google.  So that's what I did and here's the answer, Why Are Barns Painted Red??  And I wasn't even close with my Devil question.

AND YES, THIS RED WAS REALLY AS RED AS IT LOOKS

GROANER'S CORNER:(( According to the Knight Rider News Service, the inscription on the metal bands used by the US Department of the Interior to tag migratory birds has been changed. The bands used to bear the address of the Washington Biological Survey, abbreviated as "Wash. Biol. Surv."; until the agency received the following letter from an Arkansas camper: Dear Sirs: While camping last week I shot one of your birds. I think it was a crow. I followed the cooking instructions on the leg tag and want to tell you it tasted horrible. The bands are now marked "Fish & Wildlife Service."

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- What should you do if you are addicted to seaweed?  Sea-kelp!

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