I FIGURE I STILL HAVE A FEW GOOD PROJECTS LEFT IN ME

 LAST NIGHT'S FULL MOON

Just me in the Subaru last night at 8:45 slowly cruising along with the front windows down and the Moonroof open.  Soothing ambient music wafting out of the stereo and vanishing into the darkness around me.  Looking straight up I could see a few stars in the bright Moonlit sky.  I was on my way to the spot in the countryside where Pheebs and I sometimes do our morning walks.  I had heard there was to be a partial lunar eclipse so I was off to have myself a look.  The Moon was full but my timing was off.  I was early by one hour.  No problem, I set up my camera and reclining lawn chair on the road, hauled out my Celestron 15x70 binoculars and flew my eyeballs up to the Moon for a while.  About 9:45 I began to see a darkening on the top left corner of the Moon and cracked off a few more shots.  The eclipse wasn't a biggy but like they said, it was just a partial one.  But that's okay because it was so nice to be stretched out in the gravity chair staring straight up to the few faint stars I could see.  Many thoughts ran through my mind with one of them being maybe I should trade in my days for nights.  You know, sleep all day and wander around all night.  Not too realistic of course, but who knows.....maybe someday.  At this time of year, the nights cool right down just like a desert night, and the air at this latitude is heavy with moisture.  Despite being dressed warm it wasn't long before I could feel the cool damp night air settling in on me.  Packed up my stuff including me, and headed for home. Unlike my windows down drive out into the countryside earlier, I had to have the windows up with a touch of heat keeping me toasty on the way home.  I had been out there in the moonlight an hour and a half.  I like when that happens.

 I USED MY NIKON CP900 WITH ITS BUILT IN 2000mm LENS FOR ALL THESE NIGHT PHOTOS

 THE ONLY SCARY THING I SAW WAS ME....NOTHING NEW THERE EH

 AN OUT OF FOCUS PHOTO BUT IT GIVES YOU THE IDEA

 IN THIS PHOTO YOU CAN SEE THE PARTIAL ECLIPSE TAKING PLACE AT THE TOP LEFT SIDE OF THE MOON

On yet another fine September morning, Pheebs and I headed off to dust up a few more country roads southeast of Bayfield.  We repeated a route that we had taken last week, with a stop at the Linwood Wildlife area again.  It's a favorite short walk of ours alongside a hedgerow.  Pheebs lagged behind a wee bit but that was okay because she was busy smelling all the new and exciting spots along the way.

DUSTING UP ANOTHER COUNTRY ROAD

 HANGING OUT UNDER A BIG OLD BROKEN DOWN TREE

 THIS LITTLE CHAP WAS TRYING TO KEEP HIMSELF OUT OF SIGHT

 THIS FELLOW WENT BY US SO FAST HE ALMOST BLEW SUBIE'S DOORS OFF

 I THINK HE'S HEADING FOR A FIELD TO SPREAD A LITTLE 'GOOD CHEER' AROUND

Heading home through Bayfield we stopped at the car wash.  Probably the first time since last Spring.  I was anxious to get all the old dust and grime off the car so that I can load it up with some new dust and grime tomorrow.  From the carwash, we stopped at the Porter's Hill Wild Birdseed Company and picked up three twenty-pound bags of birdseed.  Now that the Grackle gang has flocked off to wherever it is Grackle gangs flock off too, our usual cast of bird characters are flying in once more and our front yard is getting busier.  Plus, I have to keep enough birdseed on hand to keep the squirrels coming back to totally and completely antagonize me over the coming months. 

 AT THE CARWASH

LOTS OF BIRDFEEDERS AT THE PORTER'S HILL WILD BIRDSEED COMPANY

 EVERY TIME I PICK UP BIRDSEED I ALWAYS FORGET TO ASK STEVE WHAT KIND OF TREE THIS IS IN HIS FRONT YARD

Aside from cutting some grass and waiting around to see if yesterday's grass was growing yet, I didn't really get much accomplished today.  Looking forward to next week when cooler weather moves in and cools the air down.  Might be a good time to get started on our front yard pond revamp project.  That one is going to be a toughie with a lot of bending and lifting.  That's okay because I figure I still have a few good projects left in me before my ship finally rolls over and sinks to the bottom.

 THIS MORNING AT THE LINWOOD WILDLIFE AREA

 GOLDENROD IN THE HEDGEROW

 THIS THISTLE HAS GONE TO SEED

A Blast From Our Past:(( Six years ago on September 18th, I wrote this post. We Traveled Farther On Water Today Than We Did On Land

Al's Music Box:)) The Wabash Cannonball by Hank Snow.  "The Great Rock Island Route", popularized as "Wabash Cannonball" and also known by various other titles, is a 19th-century American folk song that describes the scenic beauty and predicaments of a fictional train, the Wabash Cannonball Express, as it travels on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. The song has become a country music and marching band staple. The only train to actually bear the name was created in response to the song's popularity with the Wabash Railroad renaming its daytime express service between Detroit and St. Louis the Wabash Cannon Ball from 1949 until its discontinuation in 1971 during the formation of Amtrak.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A 17-year-old boy, who works part-time at Pizza Hut, pulls up to his house in a stunning Porsche.  His parents are immediately suspicious, knowing there's no way his after-school job could have paid for such an expensive car. "Where did you get that car?" they shout, astonished.  "I bought it today," the boy replies calmly.  "With what money?" his mom demands. "We know how much a Porsche costs, and there's no way you can afford it!"  The boy shrugs. "It’s used, and I got a great deal. I only paid $20 for it."  His parents are even more shocked. "Who would sell a Porsche for $20?!"  "The woman up the street," the boy explains. "She just moved in. I delivered a pizza to her, and she offered to sell me the Porsche for $20."  Baffled, his parents rush to the neighbor’s house, ready for an explanation. They find her calmly planting flowers in her yard. "I'm the father of the boy you sold a Porsche to for $20," the dad says. "We need to know why you sold it so cheap!"  The woman, without looking up, responds, "I got a call from my husband this morning. I thought he was on a business trip in Florida, but it turns out he ran off to Hawaii with his secretary and doesn't plan on coming back."  The boy's mom, still confused, asks, "But what does that have to do with selling our son a Porsche for $20?"  With a satisfied smile, the woman replies, "My husband told me to sell his new Porsche and send him the money—so I did."

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- I don't trip, I do random gravity checks. 

- Losing weight doesn't seem to be working for me, so from now I'm going to concentrate on getting taller.

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Patient to his doctor: "I have forgotten so many things lately, and it’s getting worse. What can I do?"
Doctor: "Yes, this is a known illness, unfortunately it has no cure. On that note, I'd like to remind you about the $800  you owe me."
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If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went.....Will Rogers