TRAVEL WITH THE BAYFIELD BUNCH:))

Sunday, February 02, 2025

THERE IS SOMETHING I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU

I've been keeping something from readers for over a year now because I didn't want anyone fretting, worrying, or feeling sad. Plus it was only a week before Christmas of 2023. We had taken Pheebs to the Vet because she had an inner golf ball lump growth on her right side. While at the Vets they found a second lump in her chest. Blood was taken and she was diagnosed with cancer at that time. Surgery was mentioned but with her age, it was not recommended. I can tell you it was a very sad time here for quite a while after that. But as Spring and Summer wore on, Pheebs showed no signs of distress and she was fine. Her appetite was good. However, being with her every day since August of 2011 I've noticed she is aging much faster now I've seen a change in her. Last night I thought I was going to lose her. She was disoriented and weak. She had a lost look on her face and didn't have the strength to hop up onto the couch. She's definitely lost weight and is picking at her food instead of eating it. I stayed up into the early wee hours of the morning and sometimes she looked like she was hardly breathing. However, this morning she was back to her normal self with her tail wagging and she once again had on her happy little Pheeber face. She was showing none of the negative signs of the night before. But, just in case something happens, I just want readers to be aware of the situation and not be shocked in the event something happens to Pheebs. And, I still don't know why she suddenly collapsed a month or so ago......... Pheebs and I did get out for a short car ride this morning and she spent the time lying on the seat instead of sitting up and looking out the window like she usually does. It was another cold and cloudy day and I wasn't inspired to take any photos. But, all was not lost. It was Ground Hog Day and our local furry Prognosticator 'Wiarton Willy' didn't see his shadow this morning so we are absolutely and unequivocally guaranteed an early Spring:)))))))

THOUGHT THIS WAS TOO BIG TO BE A SQUIRREL ON OUR NEIGHBOR'S ROOF THIS AFTERNOON

'OMG' COULD IT BE A BEAR!!

NOPE, JUST A LOCAL ROOFER DOING SOME REPAIRS TO MONICA'S ROOF

Al's Music Box:)) Breezin' is the fifteenth studio album by jazz/soul guitarist and vocalist George Benson. It is his debut on Warner Bros. Records. It not only was a Billboard Jazz Albums chart-topper but also went to number 1 on the Pop and R&B charts. It was certified triple platinum, making it one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time. Breezin' marked the beginning of Benson's most successful period commercially, topping the Billboard Pop, Jazz and R&B album charts. It spun off two hit singles, the title song (which has become a fusion jazz standard) and "This Masquerade", which was a top ten pop and R&B hit. The album has since been certified as 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. The album garnered multiple nominations and awards at the 19th Annual Grammy Awards. The album won the awards Best Pop Instrumental Performance for Benson and 'Best Engineered Album Non-Classical for Al Schmitt and was nominated as Album of the Year for Tommy LiPuma and Benson. Benson's guitar is "as assured and fluid as ever", Breezin' is "really not so much a breakthrough as it is a transition album; the guitar is still the core of his identity".

GROANERS CORNER A grandfather always made a special effort with his grandchildren. Many Sunday mornings he would take his 7-year-old granddaughter out for a drive in the car for some bonding time. More than anything, Bob wanted to be a cowpoke. Taking pity on him, a rancher decided to hire the lad and give him a chance. "This," he said, showing him a rope, "is a lariat. We use it to catch cows." "I see," said Bob, trying to seem knowledgeable as he examined the lariat. "And what do you use for bait?"

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One particular Sunday however, he had a bad cold and he really didn't feel like being up at all. Luckily, Grandma came to the rescue and said that she would take the grandchild out. When they returned, the little girl anxiously ran upstairs to see Grandpa. "Well," the grandfather asked, "did you enjoy your ride with Granny?" "Oh yes, Grandpa," the girl replied, "and do you know what? We didn't see a single dumb doorknob or lousy jackass jerk !"

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A man walks into a chemist's and says, "Can I have a bar of soap, please?" The chemist says, "Do you want it scented?" And the man says, "No, I'll take it with me now".

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Did you know::

1. The tennis shoes you must replace today will go on sale next week.

2. Leakproof thermoses - will.

3. The chances of a piece of bread falling with the grape jelly side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.

4. The garbage truck will be two doors past your house when the argument over whose day it is to take out the trash ends.

5. The shirt you child must wear today will be the only one that needs to be washed or mended.

6. Gym clothes left at school in lockers mildew at a faster rate than other clothing.

7. The item your child lost, and must have for school within the next ten seconds, will be found in the last place you look.
(Tom's note: Isn't something ALWAYS in the last place you look? I mean, you don't keep looking once you've found it, do you?)

8. Sick children recover miraculously when the pediatrician enters the treatment room.

9. Refrigerated items, used daily, will gravitate toward the back of the refrigerator.

10. Your chances of being seen by someone you know dramatically increase if you drive your child to school in your bathrobe and curlers.

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Al's Doggy World

Meanings::

Kellys Corner
COVERSING WITH THE DONKEYS AT OUR RANCH SITTING JOB NEAR McNEAL ARIZONA

IN BISBEE ARIZONA

Al's Art Gallery

Saturday, February 01, 2025

JUST BECAUSE I COULD GEORGE:))

Been a while since I've seen a clear blue sky without a cloud to be seen. Today was that day. It was a good morning to head off to Jerry Raders in Zurich to pick up some yummy supplies, a free piece of Saturday morning pie, and a turkey salad sandwich to share with my Pal. Slipped around Clinton to pop into a store I hadn't been in for a long time. Why?? Just because I could George:)) A gas stop, another stop, and home we went. And hey, how great to have January behind us eh.

HOW UPLIFTING TO SAY A CLEAR BLUE SKY TODAY

Al's Music Box:)) Shake Rattle and Roll is a song written in 1954 by Jesse Stone (usually credited as "Charles Calhoun", his songwriting name) and first recorded that year by /Big Joe Turner, whose version ranked No. 127 on the Rolling Stone magazine list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In early 1954, Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records suggested to Jesse Stone that he write an up-tempo blues for Big Joe Turner, a blues shouter whose career had begun in Kansas City before World War II. Stone played around with various phrases before coming up with "shake, rattle and roll". (Stone used his real name for ASCAP songs while using the pseudonym "Charles Calhoun" for BMI-registered songs, such as "Shake, Rattle and Roll"). However, the phrase had been used in earlier songs. In 1910, vaudeville performer Baby Franklin Seals published "You Got to Shake, Rattle and Roll", a ragtime tune about gambling with dice, in New Orleans; in 1919, Al Bernard recorded a version of the song. Bill Haley & His Comets recorded a cover version of the song on June 7, 1954, the same week Turner's version first topped the R&B chart. The Comets provided the instrumental accompaniment: Johnny Grande on piano, Billy Williamson on rhythm guitar, Marshall Lytle on bass, and Joey Ambrose on saxophone. Haley's version was released in August and reached number seven on the Billboard singles chart, spending a total of twenty-seven weeks in the Top 40.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Many years ago, in the South Pacific, there was a small island kingdom that was ruled by a kind and benevolent King. Each year, on the King's birthday, the residents of the island gave the King a new throne as token of their love and respect for him. And each year, the King would put last years gift up in the attic of his small grass house. After many years of ruling the island, the weight of the large number of birthday presents stored up in the attic became too heavy and caused the house to collapse down on the King. Moral to the story is: He who lives in grass house, shouldn't stow thrones.

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- “I lift weights only on Saturday and Sunday because Monday to Friday are weak days.”

- My GPS just told me to turn around...Now I can’t see where I’m driving.

- If Cain and Able were Siamese twins, would they be Cable?

- Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their diets.

- "I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.

A wife started doing her makeup as soon as she woke up. Her husband asked the reason.
She replied, "I have locked my phone with facial recognition and it's not recognizing me without makeup."

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A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning.
The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee." The husband said, "You are in charge of the cooking around here so you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee."His wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides it says in the Bible that the man should do the coffee." Husband replies, "I can't believe that! Show me."
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says, "HEBREWS."

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