AND I LIKE THAT IN A WRITER

A GRAY NOVEMBER MORN BUT NOTICE THE DOGGY'S BRIGHT YELLOW RAINCOAT

We knew the rain was coming so I figured it was going to be a long day spent inside on a gray rainy November day.  Pheebs and I got a bit wet on our way to the carport but that was okay.  Sitting in the house and not getting out and going somewhere is still unthinkable to me at this stage of life!!  Luckily for me, my main incentive and inspiration each morning to get out is a certain furry little black and white Doggy Doogans.  She was kinda miffed with me though this morning when I didn't keep her window down.  'So what if it rains inside the car Dad'!!  Needless to say, we were back home again within half an hour....... (I had trouble with spacing and captioning photos with this post)

 

We have all heard and experienced the expression, 'It's a small world.  Here is another example of this in Lorne Green's post this morning, A Place Called "Away".  And it happened way down in that there place they call Mexico.

The rain let up before noon and skies brightened, but try as I'm sure it did, the Sun could not pierce the cloud cover.  Another afternoon of reading for me and another difficult afternoon of not feeling well for Kelly.  

I've already started a new book and jumping from fiction back to fact I have chosen a book by Leslie White entitled, Three Years A Traveler: One Woman, One dog, Seven RVs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart.  I am only a few chapters in and already I am liking what I am reading.  I can sure identify with her iffy RV decisions and related missteps and bamboozled.  She writes honestly and doesn't lay out a lot of sweet talk concerning her life's problems.  And I like that in a writer.

A Blast From Our Past:)) Seventeen years ago today we were in Moab, Utah.  Our Last Day In Moab

AT OUR PORTAL RV CAMPGROUND IN MOAB

 HIKING OUT OF DEVIL'S CANYON AT THE ARCHES NATIONAL PARK NEAR MOAB UTAH

Al's Music Box:)) Distant Drums is a song that provided US singer Jim Reeves with his only UK No. 1 hit – albeit posthumously in the United Kingdom in 1966, some two years after his death in a plane crash on 31 July 1964.  The song remained on the UK Singles Chart for 25 weeks. The single also topped the US country chart for four weeks, becoming his most successful posthumous single.  Although Roy Orbison had recorded the song in 1963, it is Reeves' version of "Distant Drums" which has endured over the years.  During its time at the top of the UK chart, the song beat off stiff competition from several major (and living) artists of the day. These included The Beatles - who had entered the UK chart around the same time with their double A-sided release "Eleanor Rigby"/"Yellow Submarine"- and the Small Faces, who had also charted in the UK with "All or Nothing".  It was an unexpected achievement for a song that Reeves had recorded for its composer, Cindy Walker, under the impression it was for her private use only and had earlier been dismissed by both the RCA record company and Chet Atkins (a noted guitarist and record producer who worked with Reeves) as unsuitable for wider public release.  Following Reeves' death, the track was overdubbed with an orchestral backing and released to the public as the version that later climbed up the music charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom. 

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Linda was with her mother while her older sister was being examined by a dentist. Linda kept herself busy playing with toys in the waiting room until she noticed that her mom was resting, her eyes closed.  With about six other patients waiting, Linda marched up to her mother, looked her straight in the face and shook her shoulder.  "Mommy," she yelled, "wake up! This is not church!"

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- Most people don't think I am as old as I am until they hear me stand up.

- Ask your doctor if a drug with 32 pages of side effects is right for you.

- I only do what the voices in my wife's head tell her to tell me to do.

- Why does a room full of married people looks so empty?  There's not a single person in it .

- What do you call a boom-a-rang, that doesn't come back?  A Stick.

- Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Jester!
Jester who?
Jester minute I'm trying to find my keys!

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Jilly!
Jilly who!
Jilly out here, let me in!!

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{Quote} You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him, and remember the only thing you can do about awful people is not be one of them. 

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NOT TO GET THROWN OFF TRACK AND HEAVED INTO THE DITCH

AT THE END OF OUR DRIVEWAY

Although it was bright cheery sunshine beaming through the pines this morning, it was very frosty outside at only 30F.  Luckily, no wind to drive that below-freezing temperature even lower.  It was a drive around the south end of our Park this morning followed by a short jaunt down Bayfield River Road and back.  I think we made it up to nearly 50F today.

ALTHOUGH MOST OF AUTUMN'S COLORED LEAVES ARE GONE WE WILL STILL HAVE GREEN EVERGREEN TREES TO CARRY SOME COLOR THROUGH THE WINTER

THIS IS ABOUT THE LAST OF THE BIG LOG PILES AT OUR PARK'S RECYCLE AREA

Rejuvenated by a better night's sleep I wasn't long in getting myself outside on the end of my leaf rake, pitchfork, and wheelbarrow.  Lots of leaves on the ground with still more to come down.  I keep telling myself that every wheelbarrow load picked up now saves me a wheelbarrow load picked up in the Spring. 

 NICE TO STILL SEE A FEW SPLASHES OF COLOR IN OUR PARK

 FLOWERS STILL BLOOMING IN ONE OF OUR PARK'S ENTRANCE FLOWERBEDS

Pheebs and I made it out for a late afternoon walk and headed past the Park's pond for the new resting bench in the woods overlooking a small ravine.  Seeing how the Park's previous owner needlessly bulldozed down my favorite forest Maple tree three years ago, I guess this resting bench will be our new destination spot for Pheebs and I.  Looking forward to heading there in the Spring to sit and listen to all the forest birds and Peeper frogs.

AN AFTERNOON WALK TO THE WOODLAND BENCH

 WHILE ON OUR WALK THIS SMALL PLANE FLEW OVERHEAD AND ACCORDING TO ITS WING NUMBER  IT BELONGS TO PAPPLE AVIATION BASED NOT TOO FAR FROM BAYFIELD

 THE PLANE WASN'T REALLY THIS LOW....I WAS USING A TELEPHOTO LENS (208mm)

I finished my I Know An Old Lady book by author, Margaret Standafer and I have to say I really enjoyed this book from start to finish.  Mystery, suspense, humor, happiness, sadness, inspiration, and just enough characters for me not to become confused by and enough gentle twists, turns, and curves in the story for me not to get heaved off track and thrown into the ditch.  Liking her writing style I think I will check out a few more books by this author.   

IVY AND OAK LEAVES AT THE END OF OUR DRIVEWAY

 A NEIGHBOR'S BAMBOO GRASS

Al's Music Box:)) King Of The Road is a song written by country singer Roger Miller, who first recorded it in November 1964.  The lyrics tell of the day-to-day life of a traveling hobo who, despite having little money (a "man of means by no means"), revels in his freedom, describing himself humorously and cynically as the "King of the road". It was Miller's fifth single for Smash Records.  The song won Miller 5 Grammy Awards in 1966.  The crossover record reached No. 1 on the US Country chart, No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Easy Listening surveys.  Miller recalled that the song was inspired when he was driving and saw a sign on the side of a barn that read, "Trailers for sale or rent".  This became the opening line of the song.  "King of the Road" won Roger Miller 5 Grammy Awards at the 1966 8th Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony. It won for Best Contemporary (R&R) Single, Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Male, Best Country & Western Single, Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male & Best Country & Western Song. He also won a Grammy for Best Country & Western Album "The Return Of Roger Miller".

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it is safe to cross the street.  I was crossing with an intellectually challenged coworker of mine, when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals to blind people when the light is red.  She responded, appalled, 'What on earth are blind people doing driving?'

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- I recently took up meditation.  It's certainly better than sitting around doing nothing.

- I have neither the time or the crayons to explain this to you

- When I was younger I had a job pretending to be a statue.  I held that position for some time.

- What's an ig?  An Eskimo's home without a loo!

- What does a Redneck and a Tornado have in common? Trailer parks......sooner or later they both end up in one...

- The new thought-activated car they're working on is going to be even more popular than the voice-activated one.  It goes without saying.

- My wife is one of the clumsiest people I know.  I'm so glad she fell for me

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A woman walked up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch.  "I couldn't help noticing how happy you look," she said. "What's your secret for a long happy life?"  "I smoke three packs of cigarettes a day," he said. "I also drink a case of whiskey a week, eat fatty foods, and never exercise."  "That's amazing," said the woman, "how old are you?"  "Twenty-six," he said.
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