AFTERNOONS ARE STILL TOO HOT FOR WALKS AROUND THE POND

A FOGGY MORNING IN BAYFIELD 

With our 68F morning temps, we had a touch of fog in the air and especially along the coastline.  The cooler air felt nice on the skin but the Sun felt about hot enough to bore a hole through steel.  

 HEADING INTO MISTY BAYFIELD

 A CROW AT THE BEACH

BEACHCOMBING

 LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE IS PLANNING TO HAVE A BONFIRE ON THE BEACH 

 SAILBOATS IN THE MIST

 'UMMM I WONDER WHERE ALL THESE ROPES AND STRINGS AND STUFF GO'

Needing a walk, I thought of the tall shady pine trees in the Bayfield Cemetery and after a swing down around the harbor and main street that is where we headed.  Walking was pleasantly doable in the shade as long as I avoided the sunny spots.  Afternoons are still too hot for walking so Pheebs and I haven't been over around the Park's pond for a while.

 MIST HANGING IN THE AIR ALONG BAYFIELD'S MAIN STREET

 IT'S ALWAYS QUIET AND PEACEFUL HERE IN THE CEMETERY

From the cemetery, it was straight home whereupon I took a stroll around outside with my hand clippers and snipped back more encroaching overgrowth.  With so many Sumacs exploding out of the ground this year, it keeps me busy.  If we were to go away for four months we would never be able to find our house upon return because of all the Sumac trees that would have sprung up.  I like Sumac trees but in moderation.

Ellen's Groove:)) A fellow bass player's challenge.... Slap Bass. 

 MORE OF ELLEN'S ART WORK

Al's Music Box:)) Jailhouse Rock is a rock and roll song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley for the film of the same name. It was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.  The song was released as a 45 rpm single on September 24, 1957, as the first single from the film's soundtrack. It reached the top of the charts in the U.S. and the top 10 in several other countries. The song has been recognized by the Grammy Hall of Fame, the American Film Institute, and others.  Some of the characters named in the song are real people. Shifty Henry was a well-known Los Angeles musician, not a criminal. The Purple Gang was a real mob. "Sad Sack" was a U.S. Army nickname in World War II for a loser, which was also the name of a popular comic strip and comic book character.  According to Rolling Stone, Leiber and Stoller's "theme song for Presley's third movie was decidedly silly, the kind of tongue-in-cheek goof they had come up with for The Coasters. Presley, however, sang it as straight rock & roll, overlooking the jokes in the lyrics (like the suggestion of gay romance when inmate Number 47 tells Number 3, 'You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see') and then introducing Scotty Moore's guitar solo with a cry so intense that the take almost collapses." Gender studies scholars cite the song for "its famous reference to homoerotics behind bars," while music critic Garry Mulholland writes, "'Jailhouse Rock' was always a queer lyric, in both senses." Douglas Brode writes of the filmed production number that it's "amazing that the sequence passed by the censors".

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Not too long ago a scientist tried to clone himself.  However, his clone was very obnoxious and lewd, while the scientist was well-received and respected. Finally fed up with his experiment gone wrong, he threw his clone off the roof of the laboratory; killingthe clone.He was arrested by the local police for... making an obscene clone fall.

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Q: What do you get if you put 20 ducks in a box?
A: A box of Quakers.

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Where was the toothbrush invented?
Mississippi.  If it would have been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teeth brush.

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Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a fire in the craft it sank-proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.

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You look familiar, did I see you in the zoo parade ?  No, I think you may have seen me at the zoo, I was the one who was feeding you peanuts.

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COOLER AIR BUT THE SUN'S STILL HOT AND THE HUMIDITY IS STILL HEAVY

A temporary, but very welcome break from the heat and humidity with a reduced daytime temperature of 73F.  Almost makes me want to put on my winter longjohns.  The first day of summer occurred this afternoon at 4:21 in our area.   

Richard's turn to drive this morning so he picked me up at 9:30 and we headed off to grab our coffee and muffins at McDonalds' in Goderich.  Our wanderings took us northeast of Goderich.  A few drops of rain along the way but nothing serious. 

 PARENTING IN GRACKLELAND

Despite the cooler temps, the Sun still felt like a burning poker and the humidity remained heavy in the afternoon air.  Kelly headed off to Goderich to run some errands while Pheebs and I stayed home in the cool and comfortable confines of our house:))

Al's Music Box:)) This Boy is a song by the English rock band The Beatles, written by John Lennon. (credited to Lennon-McCartney)  It was released in November 1963 as the B-side of the band's Parlophone single, "I Want To Hold Your Hand". In the United States, it was issued in January 1964 on Meet the Beatles! which was Capitol Records reconfigured version of the 'With the Beatles' album. The Beatles performed the song live on 16 February 1964 for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. An instrumental easy listening arrangement by George Martin 'A Hard Day's Night', re-titled "Ringo's Theme. 'This Boy' was featured in the film and the United Artists soundtrack album.  The track's composition was Lennon's attempt to write a tune in the style of Motown star Smokey Robinson and specifically his song "I've Been Good to You", which has similar circular doo-wop chord changes, melody and arrangement.Paul McCartney cites the Teddy Bears1958 hit "To Know Him Is to Love Him" also as being influential. Lennon, McCartney, and George Harrison joined in singing an intricate three-part close harmony in the verses and refrain, and a similar technique is employed in later Beatles songs, notably "Yes It Is" and "Because".  The Beatles recorded "This Boy" on 17 October 1963, the same day they recorded "I Want To Hold Your Hand", the group's first fan club Christmas single, and a version of "You Really Got A Hold On Me".  They recorded fifteen takes of "This Boy" followed by two overdubs. The song was recorded with a rounded ending, although it was faded out during a mixing session on 21 October. Two takes were joined to make the final master, with the edit between the middle eight and the final verse.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( - Hello! Pizza Hut??

- No sir it's Google's Pizza.
- So it's a wrong number? Sorry
- No sir, Google bought Pizza Hut.
- OK. Take my order please.
- Well sir, do you want the usual?
- The usual? Do you know me?
- According to our caller ID data sheet, in the last 12 times, you ordered pizza with cheeses, sausage, and thick crust.
- OK! that's it ...
- May I suggest to you this time you try ricotta, and arugula with dry tomato.?
- What? I hate vegetables.
- Your cholesterol is not good, sir.
- How do you know that?
- We crossed the number of your fixed line with your name, through the subscribers guide.  We have the results of your blood tests for the last 7 years.

- Okay, but I do not want this pizza!, I already take medicine.
-Excuse me, but you have not taken the medicine regularly, from our commercial database, 4 months ago, you only purchased one box with 30 cholesterol tablets at Drugsale Network.
- I bought more from another drugstore.
- It's not showing on your credit card statement.  I paid in cash
- But you did not withdraw that much cash according to your bank statement
- I have another source of cash
- This is not showing as per your last Tax form unless you bought them from an undeclared income source.
-WHAT THE HELL?
- I'm sorry, sir, we use such information only with the intention of helping you.
- Enough! I'm sick of Google, Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp. I'm going to an Island without internet, cable, and TV, where there is no cell phone line and no one to watch me or spy on me

 - I understand sir but you need to renew your passport first as it expired 5 weeks ago..........

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Why Dogs Are Better Than Kids::

- It doesn't take 45 minutes to get a dog ready to go outside in the winter.
- Dogs cannot lie.
- Dogs never resist nap time.
- You don't need to get extra phone lines for a dog.
- Dogs don't pester you about getting a kid.
- Dogs don't care if the peas have been touched - - Dogs are housebroken by the time they are 12 weeks old.
- Your dog is not embarrassed if you sing in public.
- Average cost of sending a dog to school: $42
- Average cost of sending a kid: $303,000

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ENCOURAGING NEWS FOR KELLY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TODAY

A FEW HAY BALES ON OUR WAY TO GODERICH THIS MORNING

It's not often you hear me say, 'I'm glad its cloudy' but today was one of those days.  Had skies been clear, the hot Sun would have turned our humid 84F (feeling like 98) into a steam bath.  It was off to Goderich Pheebs and I went this morning with our front windows down and the moonroof open.  We didn't have to switch on the A/C.  Coffee, Harbor, and Walmart, before heading home.

 TWO SHIPS IN THE GODERICH HARBOR....THIS IS THE FEDERAL KUSHIRO LOADING GRAIN

 AND THE ALGOMA INTREPID AT THE SALT MINE LOADING ROCK SALT

 WORK CONTINUES AT THE GODERICH GRAIN TERMINAL

 A FEW PASSING HAY BALES ON THE WAY HOME

With clouds providing top cover I hauled out my hose and bucket and washed the Subaru.  The interior will have to wait for a cooler day.  With the heat being bad it was decided that only Kelly and I would go to London this afternoon.  We'd leave the car in the parking garage and I would go into the hospital with her.  With our house being nice and cool we knew it was the best place for Pheebs to stay.  She's been sleeping a lot lately and would hardly know we were away for a few hours.  So, at 12:15 p.m. under still cloudy skies, we headed for London's University Hospital with Subie's A/C blowin' on us all the way.

 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LOBBY

 KELLY HOLDS A WAD OF KLEENEX ON HER ARM TO STOP THE BLEEDING AFTER HAVING BLOOD DRAWN AT THE LAB

 ME TAKING A SELFIE OF US WHILE KELLY IS TRYING TO TAKE A SELFIE OF US

 KELLY'S SELFIE OF US DIDN'T TURN OUT AND UNBEKNOWNST TO ME SHE HAD EARLIER SNAPPED THIS PHOTO OF ME CLUTCHING MY KINDLE READER

 SHE TRIED AGAIN BUT WAS UNSATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS

It was encouraging news Kelly received today not only from her liver liaison person but her two liver doctors as well.  Dr. Kahn and Dr. Yousif.  They all told her that she is now high on the liver transplant list and her name has been coming up.  A very recent liver was almost a match except it was too large.  With another near match, the size was compatible but the anti-body match numbers didn't line up.  They again told her to keep her 'overnight' bag packed and close at hand.  Both Kelly and I were very encouraged by this.  We could also tell that Kelly's liaison lady and the two doctors were encouraged by this as well.  I think it's a good team she has working on her behalf to make this liver transplant happen.

 HEADING HOME, KELLY IS ALREADY CHECKING THE RESULTS OF TODAY'S BLOOD WORK ON HER iPHONE

WE STOPPED AT A BRAND NEW MCDONALDS IN LUCAN ONTARIO ON OUR WAY HOME AND IT SURE LOOKED DIFFERENT FROM ANY MCDONALDS I'VE EVER BEEN IN....OF COURSE, I HAVEN'T BEEN INSIDE A MCDONALDS FOR YEARS

 WE ORDERED A COUPLE 'WRAPS' AND TWO COFFEES TO GO

 BECAUSE WE HAD TO WAIT SOOOOO LONG FOR MY CRISPY CHICKEN WRAP KELLY OPENED HER AVOCADO WRAP AND BEGAN EATING IT AT THE COUNTER.....WE WERE NOT IMPRESSED WITH LUCAN'S NEW MCDONALDS!!

 A QUICK SHOT OUT THE PASSENGER WINDOW REMINDED ME OF HOW LUCKY I WAS THAT I WASN'T THAT FELLOW OUT THERE STACKING HAY BALES ON THIS HOT AND HUMID NEARLY 90F DAY

Al's Music Box:)) Sugar Shack is a song written in 1962 by Keith McCormack. McCormack gave songwriting credit to his aunt, Beulah Faye Voss, after asking what are "those tight pants that girls wear" to which she replied "leotards". The song was recorded in 1963 by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs at Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico. The unusual and distinctive instrument part was played by Norman Petty on a Hammond Solovox keyboard; to be precise it is a Model L, Series A.  On November 29, 1963, "Sugar Shack" received an RIAA certification for selling over a million copies, earning gold record status.The song is featured in the films Mermaids, Dogfight, Forrest Gump, Congo and Stealing Sinatra, and in the television show Supernatural.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The Mensa Test::

This is a test for Intelligent People. I have determined that you qualify. The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you if you are qualified to be a professional. Scroll down for each answer. The questions are NOT that difficult. But don't scroll down UNTIL you have answered the question!
1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tested whether you tend to do simple things In an overly complicated way.
2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Did you say, Open the refrigerator, Put in the elephant, And close the Refrigerator?
Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, Put in the elephant and close the door. This tested your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend....except one. Which animal does not attend?
Correct Answer: The Elephant.
The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there.
This tested your memory.
Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, You still have one more chance to show your true abilities.
4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage?

Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across.
Have you not been listening?
All the crocodiles are attending the animal conference.
This tested whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.  According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers.  Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four-year-old.

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Why don't some couples go to the gym?
Because some relationships just don't work out.

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A group of four-year-olds were being questioned by their teacher in a Sunday School class. Looking across at those bright little faces, the teacher asked this question: "Does anyone know what today is?" A little girl held up her hand and said, "Yes, today is Palm Sunday." "That's fantastic!" the teacher said. "Now does anyone know what next Sunday is?" The sam little girl lifted her hand. "Yes," she said, "next Sunday is Easter Sunday."The teacher was all smiles. "Oh, very good. Now...does anyone know what makes next Sunday Easter?"On a roll the same little girl responded, "Yes, next Sunday is Easter because Jesus rose from the grave." Before the impressed teacher could congratulate her, however, the girl added, "but if He sees His shadow, He has to go back in for six more weeks."
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NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN - NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN

 MALE AND FEMALE DOWNIE WOODPECKERS I THINK

I am not going to complain about the heat and humidity.  I am not going to complain about the heat and humidity.  I am not going to complain about the heat and humidity.  There, now that I have that out of the way, maybe I can get on with things.  Only there isn't much to get on with today.  Kelly headed off in the Subaru this morning to another dental appointment in Exeter while Pheebs and I stayed home.  We offered to drive her there but she said 'nope' and that was that.  I think with this morning's 86F temp she was concerned about Pheebs and I having to sit in the car for a couple hours waiting for her.  Pheebs and I would have done that but she's the Big Kahoona here and us guys gotta do what we're told or else.  We're off to London's University Hospital tomorrow.

 "HEY MYRTLE, D'YA SEE THAT BIG PEANUT IN THERE"

 "D'YA WANT ME TO GET IT FOR YOU DEAR"

 "OH THAT IS SO SWEET OF YOU HENRY"

 MMMMM OOCHIE GOOCHIE SMOOCHIE

 "I THINK I SEE ANOTHER ONE DOWN HERE DEAR"

 A HEAT-STRESSED CROW (OPEN BEAK) LANDED IN OUR SUNBURST LOCUST TREE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE SUNROOM LATE THIS AFTERNOON

THE CROW SAT LIKE THIS FOR THE LONGEST TIME

 KELLY TOOK THIS PICTURE IN EXETER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN SHE STOPPED AT DAIRY QUEEN FOR A CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE....IN THE BACK YOU CAN SEE THE TIME SHE TOOK THE PHOTO AND THE TEMPERATURE...35 CELSIUS EQUATES TO 95 FAHRENHEIT

Al's Music Box:)) This Masquerade is a song written by American singer and musician Leon Russell and was recorded by American singer and jazz guitarist George Benson, who released it on his 1976 album, Breezin'.  Benson's version, featuring Jorge Dalto on piano, was released as a single and became the first big hit of his career.  It was a top-ten pop and R&B hit.  It was his first single release. Benson's rendition is the only charting version of the song in the U.S. It reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.  In 1977, Benson's version won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year, while it was nominated for Song of the Year and for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.

 NICE TO SEE DAY LILIES BLOOMING IN OUR YARD AGAIN

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The middle aged man was visibly shaken when his Doctor advised that he had only 6 month's to live because of the terminal disease that was detected during a recent physical check-up. The Doctor suggested that he should get his 'house in order' , make sure his Will was current and ensure all final arrangements were in place for the funeral. He should then make plans to enjoy what might be left of his life, to the fullest.  "What will you do for the last six months?" asked the Doctor.  His patient thought for a few minutes then replied, "I think I'll go and live with my Mother-in-law."  Surprised by the answer, the Doctor asked, "Of all people, why in the would you want to live with your Mother-in-law?"  "Because it'll be the longest six months of my Life!"

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A policeman brought four boys before a judge. "They were causing an awful lot of commotion at the zoo, your Honor," he said.  "Boys," said the judge sternly, "I never like to hear reports of juvenile delinquency.  Tell me your names!!  "My name is George," said the first boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen.""My name is   Pete," said the second boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."  "My name is Mike," said the third boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."  "My name is Peanuts," said the fourth boy.

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