THE DREADED DEER FLIES WERE WAITING FOR US:((

I SEE A COLORFUL ROOSTER ON THE RIGHT PREACHING TO HIS EQUALLY COLORFUL FLOCK ON THE LEFT

Thought Pheebs and I would get an earlier start this morning but it wasn't early enough to beat the heat.  No Mosquitos but the dreaded Deer Flies were airborne and waiting for us at the Hullett-Marsh.  Had hoped to walk along atop one of the berms and maybe get a few long-range Blue Heron photos with my Nikon CP900 but Deer Flies ruled the day and we had to beat a hasty retreat back to the Jeep.  Didn't figure there was any point in going anywhere else so we headed home.  Finished up a few things outside then retreated into the house and cranked up my cooling fans.  And that was it for my day with the exception of an afternoon doggy walk paying particular attention to staying in the cool shade out of the hot Sun.

NOT MUCH GOING ON AT THE MARSH THIS MORNING AND ONLY TOOK THESE FEW PHOTOS....RED WING BLACKBIRD BELOW

ACTUALLY, THIS WAS A SHRUB ALONGSIDE THE ROAD BACK-LIT BY THE MORNING SUN

GROANER'S CORNER:((  If the refrigerator and TV weren't so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.
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- Never, under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

- Did you hear about the paper cowboy? 

He was caught rustling.

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The owner of a drug store walks in to find a guy leaning heavily against a wall. The owner asks the clerk, "What's with that guy over there by the wall?" The clerk says, "Well, he came in here this morning to get something for his cough. I couldn't find the cough syrup, so I gave him an entire bottle of laxative." The owner says, "You idiot! You can't treat a cough with laxatives!"  The clerk says, "Oh yeah? Look at him, he's afraid to cough!"

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