DESPITE A STRONG WEST WIND

LAKE HURON WATERS WERE A BIT ROUGH THIS MORNING

Cold overnight rains continued through most of Saturday morning knocking out our country road walk.  My one-cup coffee maker is on its last legs so it was off to Walmart for Pheebs and I to get a new one.  While there, I picked up some milk and hand soap.  Not long afterward we splashed our way home.  Carried the milk and soap in but that was all I carried in.  What about the new one-cup coffee maker??  Well, I guess it is still at Walmart.  My mind failed to remind me while there what I was really at Walmart to get so I forgot to look for it.  Ya, so what else is new eh:((

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN

THE FALL HARVEST WILL BE HELD UP A FEW DAYS DUE TO RAIN-SOAKED FIELDS

GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE AREA

 NEEDLESS TO SAY WE DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE JEEP AT GODERICH'S DOG WALKING AREA 

 AND WE EVEN MOVED SOME WATER AROUND WITH THE JEEP

 THIS IS PART OF THE BREAKWALL AT THE ENTRANCE TO GODERICH'S HARBOR

HOME AGAIN UNDER STILL RAINY SKIES

Surprisingly, skies began to slowly clear by late morning and we soon had warm sunshine beaming through our sunroom windows.  Well, for a while anyway.  Despite a strong west wind driving our 56F temperature down Pheebs and I still managed our evening walk.  I had to dress warmly against the wind but tonight's big beautiful cloud-filled skies made the walk worth it.

GROANER'S CORNER:((  What is a Grandparent::(taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds)

Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of her own. They like other people's.

A grandfather is a man grandmother.

Grandparents don't have to do anything except be there when we come to see them.

They are so old they shouldn't play hard or run. 

It is good if they drive us to the store and have lots of money for us.

When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars.

They show us and talk to us about the color of the flowers and also why we shouldn't step on "cracks."

They don't say, "Hurry up."

Usually grandmothers are fat, but not too fat to tie your shoes.

They wear glasses and funny underwear.

They can take their teeth and gums out.

Grandparents don't have to be smart.

They have to answer questions like "why isn't God married?" and "How come dogs chase cats?"

When they read to us, they don't skip. They don't mind if we ask for the same story over again.

Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't have television, because they are the only grown ups who like to spend time with us.

They know we should have snack-time before bedtime and they say prayers with us every time, and kiss us even when we've acted bad.

A 6 year old was asked where his grandmother lived. ''Oh,'' he said, ''She lives at the airport and when we want her we just go get her. Then when we're done having her visit, we take her back to the airport.''

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