NO EXCUSES STANDING IN MY WAY TODAY

Pheebs and I headed straight off this morning to our country road walking spot to check if the cornfield on the west side of the road had been harvested.  It had, and try as we did, we couldn't find one single corn cob on the ground nor any sign of a corn spill along the road.  Nuts, foiled again!!  

OUR TEMPS DIPPED SLIGHTLY BELOW THE FREEZING MARK OVERNIGHT AND CLEAR SKIES LEFT US WITH A HEAVY FROST ON THE GROUND THIS MORNING

 TINY ICE CRYSTALS ON THIS TUFT OF YELLOWED GRASS

AS PLANTS EMERGE FROM THE COLD SHADOWS THE MORNING SUN'S WARM RAYS CAUSES A SLIGHT STEAMY MIST AS THE FROST DISSAPATES

 ICE CRYSTALS ON THE PINE NEEDLES

THE EAST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE I AM STANDING ON IS STILL IN MORNING SHADOW

THE WEST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE EMERGES IN SUNLIGHT

 THIS CREEK BED FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD IS COMPLETELY DRIED UP

From our walking road, we headed further east to the Bannockburn Line and turned south.  Under sunny skies I knew a few miles down the road we would enter a colorful forest wearing its Autumn finery.  We weren't disappointed.

 OUR FORESTS ARE FINALLY ABLAZE IN THEIR AUTUMN COLORS

 STILL IN SHADOW, FROST CAN STILL BE SEEN IN THIS RECENTLY WORKED FIELD

 'HEY DAD THERE'S A NICE FARM LANE OVER HERE'

 THIS FARM LANE WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE LANE PHEEBS SAW

It wasn't just today's temperatures coming up, it was my energy levels as well and after returning home, and with no excuses standing in my way, it didn't take me long to head outside and get myself busy raking up a few wheelbarrow loads of pine needles.  Pheebs and I also took a pleasant afternoon walk around the Park's pond.

 LOOKING SOUTH ALONG THE BANNOCKBURN LINE

 LOOKING NORTH ALONG THE BANNOCKBURN LINE

 LOOKING UP THROUGH THE TREES

I'm currently reading Ten Days To D-Day by author David Stafford.  This is an interesting and well-written book with a behind-the-scenes look from many perspectives on both sides of the English Channel and far beyond. 

    HEY, IS THAT A MOOSE OVER THERE??

                                    YUP, IT'S A MOOSE ALRIGHT:))
Al's Music Box:)) Sukiyaki  上を向いて歩こう, "I Look Up as I Walk"), alternatively titled "Sukiyaki", is a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961. The song topped the charts in a number of countries, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. The song grew to become one of the world's best-selling singles of all time, selling over 13 million copies worldwide.  In Anglophone countries, the song is best known under the alternative title "Sukiyaki", the name of a Japanese hot-pot dish with cooked beef. The word sukiyaki does not appear in the song's lyrics, nor does it have any connection to them; it was used only because it was short, catchy, recognizably Japanese, and more familiar to English speakers. A Newsweek columnist compared this re-titling to issuing "Moon River" in Japan under the title "Beef Stew".  Kyu Sakamoto died on 12 August 1985 in the crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123, along with 519 others on board the flight, making him a casualty of the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An auditor is checking the books of an airline. He is puzzled by the excess use of fuel on a Melbourne to Canberra flight. He rings up the pilot and asks for an explanation.  "It was late at night'" says the pilot, "Canberra was covered in fog and I lost my bearings."  "I'm sorry," says the auditor, "but you'll have to bear the cost yourself."  "The cost of what?" asks the pilot. "Of the bearings you lost."

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- Monsters are not good at math.... Unless you Count Dracula.
- I would tell a joke about pzza, but its too cheesy
- I gave away all my batteries today ... free of charge
- Dracula doesnt have many friends because he's a pain in the neck.
- I stayed up all night wondering where the Sun had gone. Then it dawned on me.

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Q: Is it common for 50+ year olds to have problems with short term memory storage?

A: Storing memory is not a problem, retrieving it is a problem.

Q: As people age, do they sleep more soundly?

A: Yes, but usually in the afternoon.

Q: Where do 50+ year olds look for fashionable glasses?
A: Their foreheads.

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An elderly couple were in church. The wife leaned over and whispered to her husband, "I just silently passed a lot of gas... what should I do?" The husband replied, "Replace the batteries in your hearing aid." -

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