PHEEBS TOOK ME FOR A WALK AROUND THE PARK'S POND

 RAKING MORE LEAVES TODAY

A short drive into Bayfield and back for Pheebs and I this morning.  A light cloud cover on this windless 51F day gave way to sunshine shortly before noon.

SATURDAY MORNING FISHERMEN ON BAYFIELD'S SOUTH PIER

LOOKING WEST TOWARDS LAKE HURON ALL THE BOAT DOCKS ARE OUT OF THE BAYFIELD RIVER

 LOOKING EAST UPRIVER THERE ARE MAYBE A DOZEN DOCKS LEFT TO BE REMOVED

SAW THIS FELLOW MOTORING ALONG BY THOSE DOCKS

 I THEN SPOTTED THESE TWO FELLERS DISMANTLING THE DOCKS

 THE FELLOW IN THE BOAT PULLS UP TO THE END OF A DOCK

AND THERE HE GOES TOWING THE DOCK DOWNRIVER TO THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THIS SECTION OF DOCK WILL BE LIFTED OUT OF THE WATER AND STORED ASHORE FOR THE WINTER

After lunch, there was still sunshine in our yard and that was enough to haul me outside for a couple of pleasurable hours doing.....well you know about the leaves and stuff eh.  With a sunny day forecast for Sunday, I will likely hook up my utility trailer and haul another load of yard waste off to the Park's recycle area.  I would have done that today except for two things.  I ran out of energy and after last evening's rain, the recycle area would be too muddy.  However, I did have enough energy later for Pheebs to take me for an afternoon walk around the Park's pond.  

 IT WAS A NICE DAY TO BE OUTSIDE WORKING AROUND THE YARD

 THAT RAKED-OUT PATH I KEEP SHOVELLED IN THE WINTER FOR PHEEBS

 TWO OF SIX  SMALL LEAF PILES TO BE PICKED UP SUNDAY

 SINCE MOVING HERE OVER 21 YEARS AGO I HAVE ALWAYS KEPT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CABLE TV BOX ON THE CORNER ACCESSIBLE AND FREE OF  GRASS, WEEDS, AND TREES

 ON THIS FLOWERBED I PUT A LAYER OF LEAVES ON TOP OF MY LAYER OF PINE NEEDLES

Kelly is having an increasingly hard time with the Pruritus. (itching)  It's not just later in the day and overnight now, it is non-stop 24 hours a day.  The half dozen or so over-the-counter and prescription pills are no longer working.  Creams have no effect and even the frozen water bottles wrapped in towels for her arms as a last defense are failing.  Fortunately, with a sleeping pill and some other stuff she was able to have a full night's sleep last night.  Contrary to the bad night before.  Her next appointment at London's University Hospital is November 21st.   

 I HAVEN'T DECIDED IF I WILL RAKE THE LEAVES OF THIS PATHWAY OR NOT

 WITH THE LEAVES STILL WET FROM FRIDAY EVENING'S RAIN THEY ARE MUCH MORE MANAGEABLE THAN WHEN THEY ARE DRY 

Al's Music Box:)) Talking In Your Sleep by The Romantics was a 1983 single released on their album, 'In Heat'.  I liked a lot of the music that came out of the 80s and this is one of my many favs.  You can crank up your bass and rattle the windows with this one.  I always do:))  

 CANADA GEESE ON THE BAYFIELD RIVER THIS MORNING

GROANER'S CORNER:(( NASA was interviewing professionals they were planning on sending to Mars. The touchy part was that only one guy could go and it would be a one-way trip, and the guy would never return to Earth.  The interviewer asked the first applicant, an engineer, how much he wanted to be paid for going.  "One million dollars," the engineer answered. "And I want to donate it all to my alma mater -- Rice University."  The next applicant was a doctor, and the interviewer asked him the same question.  "Two million dollars," the doctor said. "I want to give a million to my family and leave the other million for the advancement of medical research."  The last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted, he whispered in the interviewer's ear, "Three million dollars."  "Why so much more than the others?" the interviewer asked.  The lawyer replied, "You give me three million, I'll give you one million, I'll keep a million, and we'll send the engineer."

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“Did you hear about the submarine industry? It really took a dive.”

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One night a teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to meet her parents, and they were appalled by his appearance: leather jacket, motorcycle boots, tattoos and pierced nose.  Later, the parents pulled their daughter aside and confessed their concerns. "Dear," said the mother diplomatically, "he doesn't seem very nice."  "Oh please, Mom," replied the daughter, "if he wasn't nice, why would he be doing 500 hours of community service?"

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Clocks go back this week-end, hopefully to the time when we could afford groceries.