AND ITS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY AT A FRIGHTENING PACE

Beautiful looking sunny day but it was a strong icy east wind blowing that knocked the stuffings out of our mid 50's temperatures.  With all our surrounding trees blocking the wind I was okay this afternoon being outside putting away summer yard things but it was cold along the lakeshore in Goderich this morning.

PHEEBS AND I TOOK A DRIVE AROUND OUR PARK'S YARD WASTE RECYCLING AREA FIRST THING THIS MORNING

FINALLY OUT OF THE PARK AND HEADED EAST OUT OF THE DARK FOREST INTO THE SUN

Despite it being a Thanksgiving Sunday morning roads were quiet as we headed north to Goderich enjoying October's scenery all the way.  One really has to appreciate these short Autumn days while forests and hillsides are ablaze with color. A month from now all this spectacular scenery will be gone and replaced with a dull, gray, cold, and damp depressing landscape.  No colorful shrubs and flowers.  No leaves on the trees, no warm sunshine in the air.  Okay, I better get off this subject before I find myself in the dumpster.

A FARMER HAULS A COUPLE GRAIN WAGONS LOADED WITH BEANS

The usual McDonald's coffee to go and down to the harbor we went expecting Rotary Cove road to be closed due to more ongoing shore restoration.  However, the road was open so we slowly drove along the lakeshore checking the current work project. 

A NEWER SECTION OF THE BOARDWALK 

WORK ON THE BOARDWALK IS PROGRESSING WELL

LOOKS LIKE MORE LARGE BOULDERS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO REINFORCE THE SHORELINE

DROVE OVER TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HARBOR

GODERICH HARBOR RESTAURANT

THE COAST GUARD VESSEL CAPE DISCOVERY WILL SOON BE LEAVING GODERICH'S HARBOR FOR IT'S WINTER WINTER STORAGE BIRTH SOMEWHERE UP ON GEORGIAN BAY I THINK

WITH THIS MORNING'S ICY EAST WIND THOSE GUYS HAVE GOT TO BE COLD OUT THERE IN THE GODERICH HARBOR

Tried unsuccessfully to talk myself into a forest walk out of the wind somewhere but just couldn't get my mind wrapped around the idea and ended up heading back home taking in Autumn's beautiful scenery along the way.

GORGEOUS SCENERY IS EVERYWHERE THIS TIME OF YEAR

Our good neighbor Monica a few days ago called over and said she would like to take us out for Thanksgiving dinner.  Of course with this Covid thing going on that is easier said than done these days so rather than going to The Docks for a sit-down Monica ordered up 3 take-out dinners which Kelly and I picked up and brought back to Monicas late this afternoon.  We sat down to our turkey dinner about 4:30 and thoroughly enjoyed it.  Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, and gravy is one of my all-time favorite meals.  A big thank you to Monica:))I wonder why in these turbulent times so many people are so gullible.  Not something I should care about I suppose.  But I do.  A Google search tells me 'Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence'.  And its sweeping the country at a frightening pace.

GROANER'S CORNER:((    A fourth-grade teacher was giving her pupils a lesson in logic.  "Here is the situation," she said. "A man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance, falls in, and begins splashing and yelling for help. His wife hears the commotion, knows he can't swim, and runs down to the bank. Why do you think she ran to the bank?"    A girl raised her hand and asked, "To withdraw all his money from his savings account?"

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While shopping in a food store, two nuns happened to pass by the beer, wine, and liquor section. One asked the other if she would like a beer.  The second nun answered that, indeed, it would be very nice to have one, but that she would feel uncomfortable purchasing it.  The first nun replied that she would handle it without a problem. She picked up a six-pack and took it to the cashier. The cashier was surprised, so the nun said, This is for washing our hair.  Without blinking an eye, the cashier reached under the counter and put a package of pretzel sticks in the bag with the beer.  The curlers are on me.

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