HMMMMM, I WONDER WHAT MY EXCUSES WILL BE TOMORROW

Pheebs reminded me this morning that we were getting low on doggy treats and that we had better get ourselves up to Pet Value in Goderich right quick to get some more.  Well, I'm never one to disagree with Pheebs, so it was off to Goderich under cloudy skies the two of us went.

A COOL MORNINGS DRIVE TO GODERICH

Again, nothing out of the ordinary in Goderich today.  Same old, McDs, harbor/beach, Walmart, Pet Value, and home with a few pics along the way.

 SULLEN SKIES OVER LAKE HURON 

 MORNING EXERCISES FOR THIS FELLOW AT ROTARY COVE

I guess my excuse for staying inside today was the cold wind.  Or wait, maybe it was the mostly cloudy sky.  Okay, I was too tired.  Or, was it that I just didn't feel like going outside.  Maybe I wasn't feeling good.  No, it wasn't that one.  Could it be that it was all of them.....except not the not feeling-good one.  Sometimes I think I'm not sure what feeling good actually feels like.  Or, maybe I do and don't know that I do.  Say, you don't suppose I'm getting older and nobody's told me.  Told me what??  I don't know.  Hmmm, I wonder what my excuses will be tomorrow.............Goodnight:((

COMBINING CORN

 

 THAT GREEN COMBINE WILL TRANSFER ITS LOAD TO THIS RED WAGON AND THE GREEN TRACTOR WILL TOW IT OVER TO A WAITING TRUCK

 THE RED GRAIN TRAILER TRANSFERS ITS LOAD TO THIS WAITING TRUCK

 A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LOAD OF CORN

Al's Music Box:)) The Devil Went Down To Georgia is a song written and recorded by the American music group the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album 'Million Mile Reflections'.  Daniels was inspired to write the song when he realized that the album he and his band were recording was lacking a song that featured a fiddle. He wrote the song on the spot at the Woodland Sound Studios where the band was recording.  The song tells a story about the Devil's failure to gain a young man's soul through a fiddle-playing contest. The song begins as a disappointed Devil arrives in Georgia, apparently "way behind" on stealing souls, when he comes upon a young man named Johnny who is playing a fiddle, and quite well. Out of desperation, the Devil, who claims to also be a fiddle player, wagers a fiddle of gold against Johnny's soul to see who is the better fiddler. Although Johnny believes taking the Devil's bet might be a sin, he fearlessly accepts, confidently boasting "I'm the best that's ever been."  The Devil plays first, backed by a band of demon musicians. When he has finished, Johnny compliments him ("Well, you're pretty good, old son.") and takes his own turn, rendering at least four old-time songs, named (though not played) in the Charlie Daniels Band recording—the third of the four being identified not by title, but by an excerpt of its lyrics: "Fire on the Mountain," the name of an early 19th-century fiddle tune, and also the name of Daniels' 1974 album, "The House of the Rising Sun," a traditional American southern folk song, "Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough," which was famously used in Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys song 'Ida Red'," and "Granny Will Your Dog Bite."  Realizing he has been defeated, the Devil lays his golden fiddle at Johnny's feet. Johnny then invites the Devil to "c'mon back if y'ever wanna try again" before repeating his claim to be "the best that's ever been".  Cash Box praised the "engaging narrative storyline" and said the song has "thundering piano", "screaming fiddle work", "pounding drums, and screeching guitar".  Record World said that Daniels "administers heavy doses of both [storytelling and fiddle-playing] with producer John Boylan capturing the excitement like no one else can."

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An irate woman burst into the baker's shop and said, " I sent my son in for two pounds of cookies this morning, but when I weighed them there was only one pound. I suggest that you check your scales." The baker looked at her calmly for a moment or two and then replied, "  "Ma'am, I suggest you weigh your son."

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Q: What stays in one corner but travels around the world?
A: A stamp.

- Bumper Sticker:: I'm Speeding Because I Have To Get There Before I Forget Where I'm Going

- What did the female dinosaur call her blouse-making business? "Try Sara's Tops!"

- Some people remind me of old TV sets. You have to hit them a few times until they get the picture.

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Two young men were out in the woods on a camping trip, when the came upon this great trout brook. They stayed there all day, enjoying the fishing, which was super.  At the end of the day, knowing that they would be graduating from college soon, they vowed that they would meet, in twenty years, at the same place and renew the experience.  Twenty years later, they met and traveled to a spot near where they had been years before. They walked into the woods and before long came upon a brook. One of the men said to the other, "This is the place!".  The other replied, "No, it's not!".  The first man said, "Yes, I do recognize the clover growing on the bank on the other side.  To which the other man replied, "Silly, you can't tell a brook by its clover."

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OUT THE DOOR LIKE A FLYING FLATULENT FORCE OF FIERY WIND GUSTS

It was a sunny cool morning as Pheebs and I slipped into and around Bayfield.  I think this picturesque little Village looks its yearly best at this time of year with all the old trees clothed in their finest Autumn colors.  And, especially so on Clan Gregor Square with its fine old ageless Maple trees.

A FEW DRIVE-BY PICS OF CLAN GREGOR SQUARE

We have definitely made the seasonal shift to cool and colder days and nights.  I am very much enjoying the dryer air.  Our Autumn colors are finally beginning to really 'pop'.  Such a pretty and nice feeling time of the year.  A month from now we'll be struggling through the cold wet and  bleak gray dregs of November.  Best not to think too far ahead sometimes.  

A FISHING BOAT LEAVES THE HARBOR LATE THIS MORNING

 LOOKING DOWNRIVER THERE IS ONLY ONE BOAT LEFT AT ITS DOCKS

 LOOKING UPRIVER THERE ARE NOT MANY BOATS LEFT IN THE WATER UP THERE EITHER

 CANADA GEESE PADDLING THEIR WAY ACROSS THE BAYFIELD RIVER

It was almost a repeat of yesterday afternoon with me in my recliner and sunroom spiders spinning webs around me.  While tipped back in my recliner reading, the thought suddenly popped into my head that I was doing exactly the same darn thing today as I was doing yesterday.  With that scary thought, I was out of my recliner, on my feet, and out the door like a flying flatulent force of fiery wind gusts.  I rounded up all the remaining outdoor summer furniture and put it away.  I burnt up a load of burnables in our burn barrel, moved all the stuff off our back deck into storage, raked up more pine needles, and restocked the bird feeders.  It won't be long now and that re-stocking of bird feeders will almost become a full-time job. 

 THIS OLD BUT RECENTLY REFURBISHED COTTAGE IN BAYFIELD IS FOR SALE

 A SHADY BAYFIELD STREET

THIS LADIES GROUP ON BAYFIELD'S MAIN STREET ENJOYS A HOT COFFEE ON THIS CRISP MID-OCTOBER MORNING

Kelly's back is still bothering her but not quite as bad as those first few days after she injured it.  We have to hope it is in its healing stage now and understand that it may take longer to heal than in previous years.  

 A BLUE JAY AT ONE OF OUR FEEDERS

Al's Music Box:)) The Big Hurt is a pop song that was a hit for Toni Fisher in 1959. The song was written by Wayne Shanklin. "The Big Hurt" is notable because it featured phasing effects which at that time were rare in popular music.   American music industry veterans David S. Gold and Stan Ross, founders of the renowned Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, claim that "The Big Hurt" was the first commercial recording to feature a technique (or effect) now known as flanging. This "jet plane-like" sound effect may also be familiar to those who have listened to long-distance shortwave radio music broadcasts. (In radio, this effect was the result of multipath interference and varying propagation times.) To some, the flanging effect made this record sound like a distant shortwave broadcast.  In a 1968 report on sound effects in pop for Beat Instrumental, Crotus Pike wrote that Fisher's hit "was almost phased from start to finish. The result was like listening to an erratic signal on short wave radio." He wrote that the effect "turned a fairly ordinary song into a million seller", and also noted the precedent it set for the Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park" and Cat Stevens' "A Bad Night" (both 1967).  The song went to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart in the United States. 

GROANER'S CORNER:(( My girlfriend is impossible to buy for so I asked her best friend what I should get her for her birthday.  

Best Friend: “Does she like you?”  

Me: “Oh yes, I am positive she likes me!!!”  

Best friend: “If she likes you, she’ll like anything.”

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- Marriage Counsellor: Your wife says you never buy her flowers. Is that true? Spouse: To be honest, I never knew she sold flowers.

- Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

- I came.  I saw.  I forgot what I was doing.  Retraced my steps.  Got lost on the way back.  Now I have no idea what's going on.

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Former President George W. Bush decides it is time to do some public relations at a local Washington DC nursing home. The President begins his "tour" down the main hallway and passes by a little old man who doesn't seem to notice him.  Sensing this, President Bush backtracks to the resident and asks, "Do you know who I am?"  The little old man looks up from his walker and says, "No, but if you go to the front desk, they will tell you your name."

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COBWEBS BEGINNING TO FORM ON ME

HEADING EAST OUT OF OUR PARK THIS MORNING

With clear overnight skies, our temps dropped below 40F and with a stiff wind out of the north blowing those chilly temps around, it was a cold morning's drive under sunny skies with Pheebs window down.  Needless to say, we didn't go far but at least the countryside with its growing Autumn colors looked beautiful.  For whatever reason, I could not get myself into gear today so I spent the majority of my time in my sunroom recliner beside our toasty warm little gas stove, reading.  And, I felt quite alright with doing that.  

 OUR MORNING WALKING SPOT IS BEYOND THAT LINE OF TREES BUT I'M KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS CORNFIELD IN HOPES OF SOME CORN SPILLS WHEN IT'S HARVESTED

 HEADING ALONG THE PATH ACROSS FROM OUR HOUSE ON THE WAY TO THE PARK'S POND THIS AFTERNOON

 LOOKS LIKE AN UPSIDE DOWN RED CANOE IN THERE

Later, when I saw a couple cobwebs beginning to form on me I figured Pheebs and I had better get ourselves moving and head out for a late afternoon walk.  So, that's what we did.

 HERE'S A BUNNY IN OUR FRONT YARD CHOWING DOWN ON A HOSTA LEAF

WHEN A SMALL FLOCK OF LITTLE GRAY BIRDS FLUTTERED INTO OUR YARD THIS AFTERNOON I KNEW OUR WINTER JUNCOS WERE BACK 

Al's Music Box:(( (This one is for you Norm way down there in that Florida place) The Ballad Of Palladin is a song written by Johnny Western, Richard Boone, and Sam Rolfe and performed by Duane Eddy. The song reached No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962.   Members of the  Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.  Eddy's flip side was the theme to The Wild Westerners.  The song was produced by Lee Hazelwood and arranged by Bob Thompson.  Drummer Earl Palmer played on the session.  Duane Eddy was good friends with the show's star Richard Boone and appeared with him in a couple of the episodes. He also appeared with him in the 1962 motion picture The Wild Westerners. 

 LATE AFTERNOON POND REFLECTIONS

GROANER'S CORNER:(( If men ran the world...

- Telephones would cut off after 30 seconds of conversation.
- Breaking up would be a lot easier. A smack on the butt and a 'Nice hustle, you'll get 'em next time' would pretty much do it.
- Valentine's Day would be moved to February 29th so it would only occur in leap years.
- St. Patrick's Day would be celebrated every month.
- Garbage would take itself out.
- The only show opposite 'Monday Night Football' would be 'Monday Night Football from a Different Camera Angle.'

- It would be perfectly legal to steal a sports car, as long as you returned it the following day with a full tank of gas.
- When your girlfriend really needed to talk to you during the game, she'd appear in a little box in the corner of the screen during a time-out.
- Nodding and looking at your watch would be deemed as an acceptable response to 'I love you.'
- The funniest guy in the office would get to be CEO.

- Hallmark would make 'Sorry, what was your name again?' cards.

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Today I saved $236.17 by not going to Target for toothpaste. 

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