BUT, THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR A SUNDAY

 MOODY SKIES OVER LAKE HURON'S CLEAR AQUA COLORED WATERS THIS MORNING

Sunshine, dark clouds, rain, and more sunshine was the order of the morning as Pheebs and I headed off to Goderich to pick up a prescription at Walmart's Pharmacy.  Topped up the gas tank, coffee to go at McDs, and down around the harbor and beach area we went.  One last stop at Walmart and we were on our way home with front windows down and the Moonroof partly open enjoying the morning's cool breezes all the way.

 GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE

 GODERICH'S OUTER HARBOR BREAKWALLS

 'OH-OH IS THAT A SMALL WAVE COMING'

 YUP IT WAS

 SOMETIMES IN PHOTOS, IT'S JUST THE SOFT PASTEL COLORS THAT CATCH MY EYE

 PROBABLY CITY FOLKS HAPPY TO BE OUT OF THE CITY AND STANDING ALONG THE WINDY FRESH AIR SHORES OF LAKE HURON ON A FINE SUNDAY MORNING

PARKED BESIDE THE LAKEFRONT BEACH STREET STATION RESTAURANT

The new Michelin tires are working out just fine.  They go round and round and round just like they are supposed to.  No bumping or wallowing. Smooooth.  It is so reassuring to know one has a good set of tires under one.  The thought occurred to me this morning that this may very well be the last set of tires we will ever have to buy.  Of course, I've said that about a number of things these past few years and have found out it is not always the case.

 ON OUR WAY TO GODERICH THIS MORNING UNDER SOMETIMES RAINY SKIES

 EVEN THESE SUNFLOWERS HAVE THEIR SAD LITTLE FACES TURNED DOWN UNDER THE CLOUDY SKIES

Another quiet afternoon.  Kelly spent a lot of time resting and I did about the same.  I couldn't seem to drum up any interest or energy to do anything else.  But, that's not unusual for a Sunday.  It's something deeply ingrained from childhood where Sundays around the home were spent that way on every seventh day of the week.  Of course, between those earlier days and these days, there were a lot of active and exciting Sundays but nowadays not so much anymore.  And, so it was today.................

Al's Music Box:)) It's All In The Game is a pop song whose most successful version was recorded by Tommy Edwards in 1958. Carl Sigman composed the lyrics in 1951 to a wordless 1911 composition titled "Melody in A Major", written by Charles G. Dawes, who was later Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge. It is the only No. 1 single in the U.S. to have been co-written by a U.S. Vice President or a Nobel Peace Prize laureate (Dawes was both).  Dawes, a Chicago bank president and amateur pianist and flautist, composed the tune in 1911 in a single sitting at his lakeshore home in Evanston. He played it for a friend, the violinist Francis MacMacmillen, who took Dawes's sheet music to a publisher. Dawes, known for his federal appointments and a United States Senate candidacy, was surprised to find a portrait of himself in a State Street shop window with copies of the tune for sale. Dawes quipped, "I know that I will be the target of my punster friends. They will say that if all the notes in my bank are as bad as my musical ones, they are not worth the paper they were written on."  The tune, often dubbed "Dawes's Melody", followed him into politics, and he grew to detest hearing it wherever he appeared. It was a favorite of violinist Fritz Kreisler, who used it as his closing number, and in the 1940s it was picked up by musicians such as Tommy Dorsey.  In the summer of 1951, songwriter Carl Sigman had an idea for a song, and Dawes's "Melody" struck him as suitable for his sentimental lyrics. Dawes had died in April of that year. Dinah Shore, Sammy Kaye, and Carmen Cavallaro recorded it that year, but the first release was by Tommy Edwards in August.  Edwards's version reached No. 18 on the Billboard Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys survey dated September 15, 1951.  The range of the melody would have been "difficult to sing", so required rearranging.  A jazz arrangement was recorded by Louis Armstrong (vocals) and arranger Gordon Jenkins, with "some of Armstrong's most honey-tinged singing". In 1956, Jenkins would produce a version with Nat King Cole along the same lines.  In 1958, Edwards had only one session left on his MGM contract. Stereophonic sound recording was becoming viable and it was decided to cut a stereo version of "It's All in the Game" with a rock and roll arrangement. The single was released in July and became a hit, reaching number one for six weeks beginning September 29, 1958, making Edwards the first African-American to chart at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It would also be the last song to hit number one on the R&B Best Seller list. In November, the song hit No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. The single helped Edwards revive his career for another two years.   Edwards' song was ranked at No. 47 on the 2018 list of "The Hot 100's All-Time Top 600 Songs".

GROANER'S CORNER:(( How many elephants can you fit into a Mini Cooper? Two in the front. Two in the back. How can you tell if there are 8 elephants in the church? Easy, there are two Mini Coopers in the parking lot.

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Johnny’s Father asked for the password to our Wi-Fi. “It’s taped under the modem,” I told him.
After three failed attempts to log on, he asked, “Am I spelling this right?  T-A-P-E-D-U-N-D-E-R-T-H-E-M-O-D-E-M

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- When two wrestlers join forces it is called a tag team, aka a clobberation.

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A drunk was walking down the sidewalk with a limp. A man coming in the opposite direction noticed that he only had one shoe on. The man said to the drunk, "Hey buddy, what's the matter, lose a shoe"? The drunk replied, "Nah, found one".

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BECAUSE OF FAULTY MEMORIES BEING THE NORM NOW

With rumbles of thunder coming in over Lake Huron, the sky opened up this morning shortly after 8 a.m. and began dumping torrents of rain upon us.  I knew that there would be no outdoor Plowing Match festivities today.  Oh, and of course our power had to wink out for a few seconds so here I go resetting all the clocks and timers again.  

 THIS WAS THE ONLY VEHICLE LEFT THIS MORNING FROM THE HURON COUNTY PLOWING MATCH

Pheebs and I drove over to Richard and Gayle's place whereupon Richard and I were able to get caught up on all the recent and distant happenings we have interests in.  This Thursday would have been our usual country road coffee tour but due to medical appointments and a hospital procedure for Richard on Tuesday, we weren't sure we'd make it out for coffee later in the week.  At this age and stage of the game, it's important to keep in touch because with faulty memories being the norm now, either one of us at any time could forget where the other one even lives.

 THE REMAINING PHOTOS ARE CATCH-UP PICS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS

 OUR PARK'S LOG PILES

 PARK OWNER ADAM IS BUSY WITH THE TREE-CUTTING CLEAN-UP

 THE PARK'S FIBER OPTIC INSTALLATION CONTINOUS

Home again and with a 93% humidity factor in the air, my day was spent inside again.  Called Aunt Jean Friday night and she continues to grow stronger.  So much so that she has been out in her Toyota this past week mixing it up with fellow Sarasota Florida drivers.  Her appetite has returned and she has been enjoying her nightly dish of ice cream once again.  

 A LOT OF QUEEN ANNE'S LACE GROWING IN THIS FARMER'S BEAN CROP

 THIS FARMER'S RV HOBBY CONTINOUS TO GROW

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A HAY BALER UP AHEAD

Kelly is still finding her biggest problem is weakness.  She is finding it difficult to regain her lost strength and her weight has been slipping.  She hopes to get some blood work done in Goderich on Monday or Tuesday.  Maybe those tests will shed some light on something.  

 THOSE CORN STALKS ARE ABOUT SEVEN FEET TALL

 A FARMER'S SMALL POND

Al's Music Box:)) Ticket To Ride is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon-McCartney. Issued as a single in April 1965, it became the Beatles' seventh consecutive number 1 hit in the United Kingdom and their third consecutive number 1 hit (and eighth in total) in the United States, and similarly topped national charts in Canada, Australia and Ireland. The song was included on their 1965 album 'Help' Recorded at EMI Studios in London in February that year, the track marked a progression in the Beatles' work through the incorporation of drone and harder-sounding instrumentation relative to their previous releases. Among music critics, Ian MacDonald describes the song as "psychologically deeper than anything the Beatles had recorded before" and "extraordinary for its time".  "Ticket to Ride" appears in a sequence in the Beatles' second feature film, Help, directed by Richard Lester. Live performances by the band were included in the Beatles at Shea Stadium concert film, on the live album documenting their concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, and on the 1996 Anthology 2 box set. In 1969.  In 1965, Lennon claimed that the song was "three-quarters mine and Paul [McCartney] changed it a bit. He said let's alter the tune."  However, speaking in 1980, Lennon said that McCartney's contribution was limited to "the way Ringo Starr played the drums" on the recording.  In his 1997 authorized biography, Paul McCartney contradicts this, providing an account more similar to Lennon's 1965 assessment: "we sat down and wrote it together … give him 60 percent of it … we sat down together and worked on that for a full three-hour songwriting session." Lennon said the song's closing section was one of his "favourite bits" in the song.  He also claimed that "Ticket to Ride" was the first heavy metal record ever made.  According to MacDonald, the track's heavy sound may have been influenced by Lennon and George Harrison's first encounter with LSD, the precise date for which varies among Beatles biographers.    While the lyrics describe a girl "riding out of the life of the narrator", the inspiration of the title phrase is unclear, as is the meaning of the song.  McCartney said the title referred to "a /British Railways ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight", and Lennon said it described cards indicating a clean bill of health carried by Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s.  The Beatles played in Hamburg early in their musical career, and a "ride" was British slang for having sex.  Gaby Whitehill and Andrew Trendall of Gigwise have interpreted the song to be about a woman leaving her boyfriend to become a prostitute.

 THANK  YOU FOR KELLY'S CARD MARY:))

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Jose and Carlos are panhandlers who panhandle in different areas of town.  Carlos panhandles just as long as Jose but only collects $2-3 every day.  Jose brings home a suitcase FULL of $10 bills every day, drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage-free house and has a lot of money to spend.  One day, Carlos asked Jose: “I work just as long and hard as you do, but how do you bring home a suitcase full of $10 bills every day?”  “Look at your sign, what does it say?” replies Jose.  Carlos’ sign reads: “I have no work, a wife, and six kids to support.”  Jose says: “no wonder you only get $2-3.”  ‘Carlos says: “So what does your sign say then?”  Jose shows Carlos his sign – it reads: “I only need another $10 to move back to Mexico

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People say that there is no difference between ‘finished’ and ‘complete’. I say there is...
Marry the right person, and you’re COMPLETE.
Marry the wrong person, and you’re FINISHED.

- Diet Day 1:: 'I have removed all the bad food from the house.  It was delicious.

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- If Yoko Ono married Sonny Bono, she'd be Yoko Ono Bono.

- If Dolly Parton married Salvador Dali, she'd be Dolly Dali.

- If Ella Fitzgerald married Darth Vader, she'd be Ella Vader.

- If Oprah Winfrey married Depak Chopra, she'd be Oprah Chopra.

- If Sondra Locke married Elliott Ness, then divorced him to marry Herman Munster, she'd become Sondra Locke Ness Munster.

- If Bea Arthur married Sting, she'd be Bea Sting.

- If Snoop Doggy Dogg married Winnie the Pooh, he'd be Snoop DoggyDogg Pooh.- G. 

- If Jack married Andy Capp, then married Jack Paar, then moved on to Stephen King, he'd be Jack Handy Capp Paar King.

- If Woody Allen married Natalie Wood, divorced her and married Gregory Peck, divorced him and married Ben Hur, he'd be Woody Wood Peck Hur.

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WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON HIGH ALL THE WAY HOME FROM GODERICH THIS AFTERNOON

AT OUR MORNING WALKING SPOT

A cool cloudy day and that was quite alright with me.  Pheebs and I returned to our morning walking spot but we didn't go far.  Pheebs wasn't into a second-morning walk but that was okay because we were serenaded by a chorus of Crickets while we were there.  And, it's those Crickets that put the magic into the air for me.  No sign of the magic Butterflies.

I PICKED KELLY UP 4 COBS OF CORN ON THE WAY HOME

Not feeling too inspired or energetic we came back home after our walk stopping briefly alongside the road where the Huron County Plowing match is happening in a large field.  I took a few long telephoto shots of the distant tractors, horses, and people.  With the exception of a few flowers, it was about the only color I saw on this gray morning.

 I THINK THE GAL ON THE JOHN DEER TRACTOR IN THE BACKGROUND HAS THE PEDAL TO THE METAL FOR THE FINISH LINE

 ISN'T IT NICE IN THIS DAY AND AGE TO SEE A GENUINE SMILING FACE:))

 TALKING OVER THEIR PLOWING PLANS

 NO COWBOY HATS IN THIS CROWD...IT'S ALL BASEBALL CAPS....ME?? I PREFER COWBOY HATS:))

 LOOKS LIKE THOSE HORSES HAVE THEIR BACKS INTO IT AND ARE DOING SOME PULLING

With the threat of rain, I retreated inside, flopped into my recliner, and commenced reading for the rest of the day.  I really didn't have much interest in doing anything else.  I was just having one of my days.

 TURKEY VULTURES ON A BARN ROOF

 BUZZARD # 1

 BUZZARD # 2

I nearly forgot about my 3 p.m. appointment at Goderich's Canadian Tire Store to have the Subaru undercoated and new tires installed.  It is so rare for us to have afternoon appointments for anything.  I took Pheebs for a quick walk around the Park's pond before heading off to Goderich.  Knowing afternoon appointments are often behind, I took my Kindle and planned to settle in for possibly a long wait.  Dropped off a prescription at Walmart's Pharmacy, grabbed a decaf coffee to go at Tim Hortons, and slipped over to Canadian Tire on the early side.  Luckily, they took the Subaru right in.  I spent my time reading in the waiting room with the exception of a leg stretch whereupon I took a walk around the whole store.  It was while on this walk that I noticed through a window that the rain storm had reached us and it was coming down in buckets.  It was 3:30 p.m. and I knew it was probably the end of the Huron County Plowing match. (maybe not because at 6:30 tonight the Sun was shining again and maybe it will be a good day tomorrow)  It was 4:20 p.m. when Subie was ready to go and a considerate young lad parked it right outside the door so I wouldn't get drowned trying to find Subie in the parking lot.  I had to have the windshield wipers on high all the way home.  Kelly said a 'heavy rainfall' advisory had been issued.  And speaking of Kelly.....she's holding her own:))

 SUBIES ON THE HOIST

 IN THE WAITING ROOM

 IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW REFLECTIONS YOU CAN SEE A FELLOW DOING THE UNDERCOATING

 A RAINY AFTERNOON DRIVE HOME

Al's Music Box:)) Hey Good Lookin'is a 1951 song written and recorded by Hank Williams, and his version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.  The Hank Williams song "borrowed heavily" from the 1942 song with the same title written by Cole Porter for the Broadway musical 'Something For The Boys'. The lyrics for the Williams version begin as a come-on using double entendres related to food preparation ("How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?"). By the third and fourth verses, the singer is promising the object of his affection that they can become an exclusive couple ("How's about keepin' steady company?" and "I'm gonna throw my date book over the fence").  Williams was friendly with musician Jimmy Dickens. Having told Dickens that Dickens needed a hit record if he was going to become a star, Williams said he would write it, and penned "Hey Good Lookin'" in only 20 minutes while on a plane with Dickens, Minnie Pearl, and Pearl's husband Henry Cannon.  A week later, Williams recorded it himself, jokingly telling Dickens, "That song's too good for you!"  "Hey, Good Lookin'" was recorded on March 16, 1951, at Castle Studio in Nashville. The same session also produced the single's B-side "My Heart Would Know" as well as another pair of tunes that would be released as singles: "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" and "Howlin at the Moon", released on April 27, 1951. The "Hey, Good Lookin'" single would follow on June 22. Williams was backed on the session by members of his Drifting Cowboys band, including Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), Sammy Pruett (electric guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Ernie Newton or "Cedric Rainwater", aka Howard Watts (bass), and either Owen Bradley or producer Fred Rose on piano.  As author Colin Escott observes, "On one level, it seemed to point toward rock 'n' roll (hot rods, dancing sprees, goin' steady, and soda pop), but the rhythm plodded along with a steppity-step piano, and Hank sounded almost dour."  Williams performed the song on the Kate Smith Evening Hour on March 26, 1952; the appearance remains one of the few existing film clips of the singer performing live. He is introduced by Roy Acuff and banters with a young June Carter. He is wearing his famous white cowboy suit adorned in musical notes. He performed "Hey, Good Lookin'" and joined in with the rest of the cast singing his own "I Saw The Light". The rare clip displays the singer's exuberance on stage while performing an up-tempo number, and he appears at ease in the relatively new broadcast medium of television. The kinescope from this show would provide the footage for the Hank Williams Jr. video "There's a Tear in My Beer" some 37 years later.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Groups of Americans were traveling by tour bus through Holland. As they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide led them through the process of cheese making, explaining that goat's milk was used. She showed the group a lovely hillside where many goats were grazing. 'These' she explained, 'Are the older goats put out to pasture when they no longer produce.' She then asked, 'What do you do in America with your old goats?' A spry old gentleman answered, 'They send us on bus tours!

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- Okay, I personally think I am worth every headache I give.

- Due to the massive increase in deliveries, Fedex and UPS have joined forces and are not called, Fed-UP.

- The best way to get back on your feet....miss two car payments.

- What if billionaires are just visitors from other Planets.

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A couple was delighted when finally their long wait to adopt a baby came to an end.  The adoption center called and told them they had a wonderful Japanese baby boy, and the couple took him without hesitation.  On the way home from the adoption center, they stopped by the local college so they each could enroll in a night course.  After they filled out the form, the registration clerk inquired, "What ever possessed you to study Japanese?"  The couple said proudly, "We just adopted a Japanese baby and in a year or so he'll start to talk. We just want to be able to understand him".
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