I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD

A pinky sunrise through the pine trees started the day off on the right foot and it just carried on from there.  Well, until it clouded over later that is.  Kelly headed off to Goderich for blood work and to do some browsing in her favorite stores.  Pheebs and I headed off around our usual country roads listening to music, enjoying the scenery, and looking for a few photos.

 THIS FARMER WAS OUT COMBINING HIS CORN BUT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE I SAW DOING ANY  HARVESTING

 IT LOOKS LIKE HE FINISHED HIS WHOLE FIELD

 NOT LIVING ON A FARM I DON'T GET TO SEE MANY PIGEONS BUT HERE'S A GROUP OUT AND ABOUT IN A HARVESTED BEAN FIELD

I know I sound like a broken record here again when I say I raked up another batch of leaves this afternoon.  But, that's what I did.  Had it not been for it being very windy our 51F day would have been okay but I'm sure that wind dragged the wind chill factor down into the low 40s somewhere so I almost had to put my woolies on.  And, I noticed an obituary in the Stratford Beacon Herald late this afternoon that will be of interest to long-time residents in our Park here.  Former Park resident, Delores Kastner has passed away.  

Al's Music Box:((  The Warmth Of The Sun by The Beach Boys from their 1964 album, 'Shut Down Volume 2'.  This song was written by Beach Boy members Brian Wilson and Mike Love.  Wilson and Love began composing the song on November 22, 1963, the day of the assassination of John f. Kennedy, although the two co-authors give different accounts of the timing and whether it was begun before or after the killing. The subsequent recording of the song was informed by the emotional shock felt by its authors in the wake of Kennedy's death.  , Wilson recalled that the song was written the day of the assassination, in response to it:  When the shooting happened, everyone knew instantly. It was all over the TV and on every kind of news. I called Mike and he asked me if I wanted to write a song about it. I said sure. It seemed like something we had to think about, and songs were the way I thought about things. We drove over to my office and in a half hour we had "The Warmth of the Sun." We didn't think of it as a big song. It was a personal response. But it got bigger over time because of the history linked to it.

 NOT ALL TREES HAVE DROPPED THEIR LEAVES YET

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Bubba and Bobby Joe rented a boat and fished in a lake every day. One day they caught 30 fish. Bubba said to Bobby Joe,  “Mark this here spot so that we can come back right here again tomorrow.”  The next day, when they were driving to rent the boat, Bubba asked Bobby Joe, “Bobby Joe, did you mark that there spot like ah told ya?”  His friend replied, “Shore nuff, I put a big ole ‘X' on the bottom of the boat.”  “You stupid fool! Now, what we gonna do if we don't get that same boat today?!”

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The patient was lying in bed, still groggy from the effects of the recent operation. His doctor came in, looking very glum.  "I can't be sure what's wrong with you," the doctor said. "I think it's the drinking."  "Okay," the patient said. "Can we get an opinion from a doctor who's sober?"

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