NADA, NOTHING, ZERO, AND ZILCH.....RATHER DISTURBING I'D SAY!!

Saturday night about 10:30 Pheebs and slipped out into the quiet countryside to have ourselves a look at the clear starry night sky.  A needed and welcome change from all the hollering and hooting and exploding of fireworks near our house.  Oh, how I wish we were back at the old neighborless Weenie Roast Ranch sometimes.  Luckily, it only took us a few minutes to reach our nocturnal location in the countryside.  Didn't see much moving around in the sky tonight.  One satellite and one jet aircraft far off in the distance.  Took a few pics but mainly just enjoyed the night air with the peace, and serenity it always it brings.  Oh how I would love to see something unusual in the night sky. 

 THE CONSTELLATION SAGITTARIUS (TEAPOT) IS VISIBLE ON THE LEFT AND  THE CONSTELLATION SCORPIUS  (SCORPION) IS VISIBLE ON THE RIGHT....THE DOUBLE STARS AT THE END OF THE SCORPIONS TALE ARE VISIBLE BOTTOM CENTER JUST ABOVE THE FOREST LINE AND THEY ARE CALLED SHAULA AND LESATH

 SHADES OF THE MILKY WAY ARE VISIBLE HERE

 THOSE RED LIGHTS ON THE HORIZON ARE WIND TURBINE TOWER LIGHTS

 THE TWO STARS OF CONSTELLATION LIBRA ARE VISIBLE TOP RIGHT

AND OF COURSE THIS IS THE BIG DIPPER IN THE CENTER HANGING BY ITS HANDLE

A very much most mighty fine summer Sunday morning and especially so out in the quiet rural countryside here in southwestern Ontario's dairy heartland.  Not a lot of miles covered again but the furry Kid and I did get a couple stops in along the way.    

 ANOTHER NICE MORNING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

Home again and with the day heating up I later tipped back in my sunroom recliner around 1 o'clock with my Kindle in hand.  A few minutes later my eyes fluttered open and the clock had skipped ahead to 4 p.m.  I am always amazed at how that happens.  Kelly had just baked a fresh out of the oven delicious raspberry/blueberry cobbler.  Now, I don't normally eat things like this anymore but with a big scoop of french vanilla ice cream on top I made an exception.  Glad I did but for the next 3 days I will now have to go out and run around the house 25 times a day to get rid of all those extra fat cells.  

 WE VENTURE INTO ANOTHER DARK FOREST

 PHEEBS ALWAYS LIKES TO LEAD THE WAY

 IT'S A THICK CANOPY OF LEAVES OVERHEAD

 PHEEBS CHECKING THE TRAIL

 CAME ACROSS THESE CURIOUS FUNGI ON AN OLD ROTTING LOG

 IT WAS HERE THE MISERABLE MOSQUITOS FOUND US

 WE MAKE FAST TRACKS BACK TO THE JEEP

 NOW WHERE DID THAT DARN PATH GO

Well, in less than 24 hours I did it again.  In Saturday's post, I mentioned my going to retrieve a plastic bin and then forgetting about what I was looking for.  Last night when I went to download Bill Bryson's 'A Walk In The Woods' I got a message from Amazon saying I had already downloaded and read that book in 2015.  What!!!!  I have absolutely no recollection of ever reading that book.  Nada, nothing, zero, and zilch!!  Rather disturbing I'd say!!

 STAGHORN SUMAC

GROANER'S CORNER:((  The answers to these 20 yesteryear questions are at the end.  See how many of them you can remember.  No peeking:))

 01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, "Who was that masked man?"  Invariably, someone would answer, "I don't know, but he left this behind."  What did he leave behind?___________.

02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on __ ________ Show.

 03. "Get your kicks, on _____ __!"

 04. The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to _______ ___ _______.'

  05. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ___ ____ ______ _______.'

  

06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the '_____.'

  

  

07. Nestle's makes the very best... _________.'

  

08. Satchmo was America 's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was ____ _________.

  

09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? ___ _____ _____.

  

10. Red Skeleton's hobo character was named ______ ___ __________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '___ ____ .'

  

11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their ____ _____.

  

12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ______ or ___.

  

13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to _____ _____.

  

14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called _______.

  

15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ____ ____.

  

16. Remember LS/MFT _____ ______ /_____ ____ _______.

  

17. Hey Kids! What time is it? It's _____ _____ ____!

  

18. Who knows what secrets lie in the hearts of men? Only The ______ Knows!

  

19. There was a song that came out in the 60's that was "a graveyard smash". It's name was the _______ ____!

  

20. Alka Seltzer used a "boy with a tablet on his head" as its Logo/Representative. What was the boy's name was ______.

  

 ANSWERS:

  

01. The Lone Ranger left behind... A silver bullet

 02. The Ed Sullivan Show

 03. On Route 66

 04. To protect the innocent

 05. The Lion Sleeps Tonight

 06. The limbo

 07. Chocolate

 08. Louis Armstrong

 09. The Timex Watch

 10. Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'

 11. Draft Cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)

 12. Beetle or Bug

 13. Buddy Holly

 14. Sputnik

 15. Hoola-hoop

 16. Lucky Strike/Means Fine Tobacco

 17. Howdy Doody Time

 18. Shadow

 19. Monster Mash

 20. Speedy

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