WE WERE HOME 40 MINUTES LATER....MINUS ONE TOOTH

 AUTUMN'S EARLY COLORS HAVE SLIPPED IN AND TOUCHED THIS SUN-DAPPLED FARM LANE

T.G.I.F doesn't mean much anymore when in these Senior years every day seems like Sunday to me.  A.N.I.S. (Awww Nuts Its Sunday)  Well, regardless of what day it is, in the end, it was another beautiful early September morn.

 A FEW TOUCHES OF COLOR FROM MOTHER NATURE'S PAINT BRUSH

With Subie's front windows down, Pheebs and I headed East on Bayfield River Road to Parr Line again.  From there we motored south through Varna to Pavillion Line and turned right for a slow gravely road cruise west to the Linwood Wildlife area.  Another one of our favorite areas for a short walk.  Pheebs is more into the short walks we do nowadays compared to the longer walks we did years ago.  And, that's quite okay with me.

HOW NICE TO TURN OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO THIS QUIET COUNTRY ROAD

ME AND THE KID OUT DOING WHAT WE LIKE TO DO BEST

 A LAZY LATE SUMMER MORNING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

WALKING ALONGSIDE A CORNFIELD

 LET'S STEP INTO THE CORNFIELD AND HAVE A LOOK AROUND

 BRANCHES LADEN WITH APPLES

These September mornings are nothing short of magical in the countryside with Autumn's touch beginning to dapple a few colors here and there across the hills and dales, fields and forests.  The air is quieter now without summer's flying insects and with the Sun's rays angling in at a slightly lower angle, shadows are lengthening as the rural landscape slowly begins to slip on its Autumn cloak.

 

 MOTHER NATURE'S CHRISTMAS COLORS

GOLDENROD

Another one of the many bad effects of liver disease is the deterioration of one's teeth and Kelly certainly has had her share of dental appointments these past years.  We piled into the Subaru this afternoon and headed to the Exeter Dental Care clinic in Exeter where Kelly had a 2:15 appointment.  While she was having a tooth extracted, I slipped over to the Home Hardware store and picked up some #1 coffee filters.  From there I checked to see if the new Exeter Burger King was open.....and it wasn't.  On the way back to the Dental clinic I briefly stopped at Elliot Park which can accommodate half a dozen small to medium-sized RVs.  With a dump station, it's a handy stopover in Exeter's north end right off Highway 4 on the west side.  During most of our RV years, after arriving home in the Spring, I would drive our RV here after a few days to empty the tanks at the dump station..........Kelly was ready to go about 2:45 and we were home 40 minutes later.....minus one tooth.  

A SHADY CAMPGROUND AND RV STOP

 THIS IS THE DUMP STATION I USED FOR MOST OF OUR RVING YEARS

 EXETER'S SHADY LITTLE RV CAMPGROUND

Al's Music Box:)) Me And Mrs Jones was a #1 single originally performed by Billy Paul, recorded and released in 1972. The single was written by Cary 'Hippy Gilbert, Kenny Gamble, and Leon Huff, and arranged by Bobby Martin.  The single became Paul's only #1 single. In 2018, Paul's single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.  "The arrangement has been described as having "A lush string arrangement and punchy horn parts complemented Mr. Paul’s velvety, husky baritone, which built from a near-whisper at the beginning of the song to a wrenching, drawn-out shout of “Me and Mrs. Jones” at climactic points.

 A COUPLE FALLEN APPLES

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Two men are hunting deer when a large bear rears up and begins to charge them.  One man jumps into his running shoes and begins to run with the other man.  The second man asks why he put them on because it won't help him outrun the bear.  He said, "I don't need to outrun the bear I just need to outrun you."

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A young woman said to her doctor, 'You have to help me, I hurt all over.' 'What do you mean?' said the doctor. The woman touched her right knee with her index finger and yelled,'Ow, that hurts.' Then she touched her left cheek and again yelled, 'Ouch! That hurts, too.' Then she touched her right earlobe. 'Ow, even THAT hurts.' The doctor looks her straight in the face and says, 'You have a sprained finger.'
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A couple walking in the park noticed a young man and woman sitting on a bench, passionately kissing.  "Why don't you do that?" said the wife.  "Honey," replied her husband, "I don't even know that woman!"
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A Mormon acquaintance once pushed Mark Twain into an argument on the issue of polygamy. After long and tedious expositions justifying the practice, the Mormon demanded that Twain cite any passage of scripture expressly forbidding polygamy.  "Nothing easier," Twain replied. "No man can serve two masters."

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