AND STUFF OUR POCKETS WITH APPLES FROM AN ORCHARD THERE

 WE WALKED A QUIET FOREST FLOOR THIS MORNING

Pheebs and I never even got ourselves out of the Park this morning.  We slowly cruised around taking a few photos and checking on the progress of the Tuckersmith Communications Co-op (TCC) fiber optic cable installation.  Lots of machinery working on different streets.  

 I LIKE THESE CREATIVE LITTLE HOUSES THAT ARE ALL ON ONE PROPERTY JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND DOWN THE ROAD FROM US

It's been a few years since we walked up into our Park's hardwood bush so this morning we parked Subie in the yard-waste recycle area and got our paws and boots on the ground.  So quiet in the forest with many of the summer songbirds already gone south or on their way.  With an old logging road wandering through the bush, walking was easy as Pheebs and I followed the road around in a loop.  In the first few years in the Park, Kelly, Max, Checkers, Cora; (Motormouse) and I would many times do our morning walks through this forest.  Sometimes we would go all the way down the steep forest embankment to the Bayfield River and sometimes we would head off the other way on another path to a neighboring property and stuff our pockets with fallen apples from an orchard there.   Forest walks are my favs.  I guess I could broaden that out and say anytime walking in Mother Nature's quiet wonders is always a highlight for me.  Following our forest walk, we hopped back into the car and were home two minutes later:))

 PHEEBS AND I HEAD UP INTO THE HARDWOOD BUSH

 SO SERENELY PEACEFUL HERE

 CHECKING OUT ALL THE GROOVY SMELLS

 BEECH TREE LEAVES

LONG MORNING SHADOWS ACROSS THE TRAIL

 PHEEBS ALWAYS KEEPS AN EYE ON ME TO MAKE SURE I AM STILL COMING AND HAVE NOT FALLEN DOWN AND GONE 'BOOM'

WE SAW THIS VOLLEYBALL-SIZED PUFFBALL WITH TWO SMALLER ONES NEARBY

 ALMOST BACK TO THE CAR

With our utility trailer full of yard waste I was anxious to hook it up to Subies new trailer hitch and make sure everything fitted together and worked right.  It did, so off I went to the Park's recycle area and unloaded all the leaves, branches, and pine needles, etc.  Everything went off without a hitch...well with a hitch on the car but without a hitch.  No, I mean with a hitch....a trailer hitch hitched to the car, and no not like 'hitch up yer britches before ya hitchhike'!!  Awwwwww nuts, ya know what I mean!!   

I WAS ANXIOUS TO GET THIS LOAD CARTED OFF TO THE RECYCLE AREA AND UNLOAD IT

 BY GOLLY AND AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, ALL THE PARTS FIT TOGETHER JUST LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO....WILL WONDERS EVER CEASE

 SUBIES FIRST TRIP AS A WORKHORSE

Al's Music Box:)) Bahama Mama by Yam Yam released in 2005 is a catchy little tune with a catchy little beat you probably haven't heard before.  Be careful now because this tune could get stuck in your head and you'll know it when you find yourself walking around going, 'Bahama' 'Bahama Mama'.  Don't say I didn't warn ya:))  I couldn't find much Wikipedia info on it.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Okay, so a Texas rancher comes upon a farmer from Maine.  The Texan looks at the Mainer and asks, "Say, how much land you think you got here?"  Mainer: "Bout 10 acres I'd say."  Texan (boasting): "Well, on my lot, it takes me all day to drive completely around my property!"  Mainer: "Yep, I got one of them trucks too."

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After writing a simple equation on the board the teacher asked if anyone could solve the problem.
Little Johnny walked up to the board, erased it, and said, “Problem Solved.”

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Walter: I aint afraid of the cops around Santa Ana. You seen some of these guys? What, cops on bicycles? How intimidating is that!!  Alright buddy, pull it over. Ching-ching-ching? What do they do when they arrest somebody? Alright, get in the basket.

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“I lift weights only on Saturday and Sunday because Monday to Friday are weak days.”
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Little Emily was complaining to her mother that her stomach hurt. Her mother replied, “That’s because it's empty. Maybe you should try putting something in it." The next day, the pastor was over at Emily's family's house for lunch. He mentioned having his head hurt, to which Emily immediately replied, "That's because it's empty. Maybe you should try putting something in it."

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- Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.