BECAUSE OF FAULTY MEMORIES BEING THE NORM NOW

With rumbles of thunder coming in over Lake Huron, the sky opened up this morning shortly after 8 a.m. and began dumping torrents of rain upon us.  I knew that there would be no outdoor Plowing Match festivities today.  Oh, and of course our power had to wink out for a few seconds so here I go resetting all the clocks and timers again.  

 THIS WAS THE ONLY VEHICLE LEFT THIS MORNING FROM THE HURON COUNTY PLOWING MATCH

Pheebs and I drove over to Richard and Gayle's place whereupon Richard and I were able to get caught up on all the recent and distant happenings we have interests in.  This Thursday would have been our usual country road coffee tour but due to medical appointments and a hospital procedure for Richard on Tuesday, we weren't sure we'd make it out for coffee later in the week.  At this age and stage of the game, it's important to keep in touch because with faulty memories being the norm now, either one of us at any time could forget where the other one even lives.

 THE REMAINING PHOTOS ARE CATCH-UP PICS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS

 OUR PARK'S LOG PILES

 PARK OWNER ADAM IS BUSY WITH THE TREE-CUTTING CLEAN-UP

 THE PARK'S FIBER OPTIC INSTALLATION CONTINOUS

Home again and with a 93% humidity factor in the air, my day was spent inside again.  Called Aunt Jean Friday night and she continues to grow stronger.  So much so that she has been out in her Toyota this past week mixing it up with fellow Sarasota Florida drivers.  Her appetite has returned and she has been enjoying her nightly dish of ice cream once again.  

 A LOT OF QUEEN ANNE'S LACE GROWING IN THIS FARMER'S BEAN CROP

 THIS FARMER'S RV HOBBY CONTINOUS TO GROW

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A HAY BALER UP AHEAD

Kelly is still finding her biggest problem is weakness.  She is finding it difficult to regain her lost strength and her weight has been slipping.  She hopes to get some blood work done in Goderich on Monday or Tuesday.  Maybe those tests will shed some light on something.  

 THOSE CORN STALKS ARE ABOUT SEVEN FEET TALL

 A FARMER'S SMALL POND

Al's Music Box:)) Ticket To Ride is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon-McCartney. Issued as a single in April 1965, it became the Beatles' seventh consecutive number 1 hit in the United Kingdom and their third consecutive number 1 hit (and eighth in total) in the United States, and similarly topped national charts in Canada, Australia and Ireland. The song was included on their 1965 album 'Help' Recorded at EMI Studios in London in February that year, the track marked a progression in the Beatles' work through the incorporation of drone and harder-sounding instrumentation relative to their previous releases. Among music critics, Ian MacDonald describes the song as "psychologically deeper than anything the Beatles had recorded before" and "extraordinary for its time".  "Ticket to Ride" appears in a sequence in the Beatles' second feature film, Help, directed by Richard Lester. Live performances by the band were included in the Beatles at Shea Stadium concert film, on the live album documenting their concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, and on the 1996 Anthology 2 box set. In 1969.  In 1965, Lennon claimed that the song was "three-quarters mine and Paul [McCartney] changed it a bit. He said let's alter the tune."  However, speaking in 1980, Lennon said that McCartney's contribution was limited to "the way Ringo Starr played the drums" on the recording.  In his 1997 authorized biography, Paul McCartney contradicts this, providing an account more similar to Lennon's 1965 assessment: "we sat down and wrote it together … give him 60 percent of it … we sat down together and worked on that for a full three-hour songwriting session." Lennon said the song's closing section was one of his "favourite bits" in the song.  He also claimed that "Ticket to Ride" was the first heavy metal record ever made.  According to MacDonald, the track's heavy sound may have been influenced by Lennon and George Harrison's first encounter with LSD, the precise date for which varies among Beatles biographers.    While the lyrics describe a girl "riding out of the life of the narrator", the inspiration of the title phrase is unclear, as is the meaning of the song.  McCartney said the title referred to "a /British Railways ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight", and Lennon said it described cards indicating a clean bill of health carried by Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s.  The Beatles played in Hamburg early in their musical career, and a "ride" was British slang for having sex.  Gaby Whitehill and Andrew Trendall of Gigwise have interpreted the song to be about a woman leaving her boyfriend to become a prostitute.

 THANK  YOU FOR KELLY'S CARD MARY:))

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Jose and Carlos are panhandlers who panhandle in different areas of town.  Carlos panhandles just as long as Jose but only collects $2-3 every day.  Jose brings home a suitcase FULL of $10 bills every day, drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage-free house and has a lot of money to spend.  One day, Carlos asked Jose: “I work just as long and hard as you do, but how do you bring home a suitcase full of $10 bills every day?”  “Look at your sign, what does it say?” replies Jose.  Carlos’ sign reads: “I have no work, a wife, and six kids to support.”  Jose says: “no wonder you only get $2-3.”  ‘Carlos says: “So what does your sign say then?”  Jose shows Carlos his sign – it reads: “I only need another $10 to move back to Mexico

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People say that there is no difference between ‘finished’ and ‘complete’. I say there is...
Marry the right person, and you’re COMPLETE.
Marry the wrong person, and you’re FINISHED.

- Diet Day 1:: 'I have removed all the bad food from the house.  It was delicious.

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