“II’M ON MY WAY!” (he’s n his way, on his way….on his way!) “Alan skeoch is coming home!”
EPSODE 1032: “II’M ON MY WAY!” (he’s n his way, on his way….on his way!) “Alan skeoch is coming home!” — where has he been?
alan skeoch April 24, 2024
I fell. First time was no big del. Then followed a bnch of falls a week later Serious falls. I could not get back on my feet. Needed rescue from emergency Measures burly people…then fell in shower wedged …like a side canned beef. Andrew did that rescue.
Thought my skin would burst as i ;ay there . The stitched held. Then he picked me up… his father… and whisked me to the Trilium hospital….
What follows is a sequence of events between December 12, 2024 and April 24, 2024….described as best I can.
Readers may wonder where I have been.
several episodes.
alan
What stitches?
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EPISODE 1932 DEAD CAT
Fwd: Episode 1030 Andrew will you help find our cat” “you are standing on its tail!”
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From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com>Subject: Episode 1030 Andrew will you help find our cat” “you are standing on its’ tail!”Date: March 24, 2024 at 10:36:43 PM EDTTo: john Wardle <jwardle@rogers.com>, Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com>
Episode 1030Andrew will you help find our cat” “You are standing on its’ tail!”Alan SkeochMarcH 24, 2024We keep Chelsea Bun, our cat, on a long leash to avoid a NASTY SHORTENED LIFE!Amazing that wild creatures survive and thrive among the hundred of thousandshuman beings in th GTA. But they do as some of us find out the hard way,A better heading for this episode might be “Nature red in tooth and claw” as a neighbour of Andrew discovered.“Andrew will you help me find our cat?”“You are standing on its’ tail.”“Beg your pardon?”“”You are standing on your cats inedible tail tail…coyotes got your cat last night. Sorry]to say that.”A pair of coyotes had been out hunting. Perhaps needed foodfor milk for pups just born… food for momma coyote. Or forthemselves. Andrew had spotted the coyotes and made sure Norman theirfat shortl legged pug nosed dog . Andrew was also woriedthat a bald eagle, recent ly arrived ub the ske=y above Port Credit, might tear a strip off of Norman. Nice fat little dog,The cat was not so lucky. How did Andrew know the killers were coyotes? Nighttime howling.,,Barely visible movements of ‘greyness in the semi darkness of dawn and dusk.Best evdence was the cat tail and paws snipped of with finesse and some longlength of the cat’s fur. Dead cats keep tails attached if death is natural or a car accidentThere was a time when I was young that the night time prowlers were Tom cats and raccoons both of which are now in short supply due to coyote oredation.alan
EPISODE 1027 STORY 3 quonset barn reborn just in time
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From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com>Date: March 15, 2024 at 10:59:44 PM EDT
episode 2027; STORY THREE REBORN
pisode 2027; STORY THREE REBORNalan skeochMarch 15, 2027
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JOHN CALDER SAW MILL AND THRESHING MACH INE AT WORK…MASSEYHARRIS BEAMS
EPISODE 1,019 HOW TO BECOME A COVER GIRL
EPISODE 118 NONE OF MY BUSINESS — “THE SHOPPING CART AND HOMELESS MAN.”
Fwd: EPISODE 1,017 RESCUING OUR HOUSE…A RAILING IS BETTER THAN A MOVE
Note: Such a trivial thing,,,a hand rail,,,,maybe trivial to you but to usit could be a saviour.EPISODE 1,017 RESCUING OUR HOUSE…A RAILING BETTER THAN A MOVE
alan skeochfeb. 15, 2024pictures by marjorieSUDDENLY our whole way oflife was in jeopardy…all due to a knee operationthst was supposed to be successful.We love our house that now sits among megahouses but once, not long ago say 200 years ago, was hidden away in a white pine forest where the indigenousMisissauga people lived.When we came here in1968 there were dozens of trees and shrubs thriving as the land gently sloped down to a babbling brook (Mary Fix Creek) where wild things thrived….. Today a coyote family has mated and await the rival of pups. Maybe they are already here. So wild is our 55’ x 400’ lot thst we have fenced off a fragment to protect Woody, our dog, snd Chelsea Bun, our kitten (she is howling in her ‘heat’ this moment so has become a cat I surmise.Survival of pets is doubtful without the fence.SHANGRI-LA IS SHAKEN BY KNEE SURGERYLucky us! We feel lucky to have this fragment of wilderness. At least we diduntil December 12 when I had knee surgery. Suddenly alll we held dear was torn away.“Alan, you must do the exercises if you expect walk again.”“But something has gone wrong. My knee will not straighten as it should. I needa walker just to move from kitchen to bathroom. My balance is gone. I am a totem pole about to collapse. Should I dare to do a walkabout. A prisoner.Maybe time to think about moving ..downsizing as they say.Which gets me to our story for today. Marjorie called in an Occupational Therapistwho made a tub full of changes that once acted upon would make our house livable once more. Hand rails for the shower, rubber mats for bathroom floor, Handles to hold …………..“You will need a handrail along the stairs. Urgently needed. How do you get from thefirst to the second floor?”“I crawl like a lobster grasping anything that looks rooted. ““Have you ever fallen?”“Yes! When I let go of the walker and reached for the stairs. Toppled like a whirling dervish.Sliced my hands on a tinware fox and cut my skull on a fireplace duck. Lots of blood.”“How did you get help??]”“Marjorie was asleep so I had to drag myself upstairs. Left a bloody trail for her to cleanup. How do people living alone manage?”“They have great difficulty,”(What would I do if Marjorie were not there?)“You need the wall railing immediately.”“We have lived here for over 60 years and never thought of that.”THE CREATION OF OUR WALL RAILINGAndrew came to the rescue.Imagine yourself with one leg that will not share the weight with theother leg. People feel sorry for you…that is hard to handle…nicebut I want to walk like other people. What an arrogant person I havebecome. Wishing I was perfect physically when there are so manypeople with worse afflictions.alan skeoch