Author: terraviva

alan skeoch

may 16,2021

EPISODE 344    WE HAD A SNOWSTORM ON APRIL 18, 2021…TREES WERE BARE

Alan skeoch

May 17, 2021

Memory is short sometimes.  Remember the brief  snowstorm we had April 18?

Remember the trees were bare.  Remember the fields were turning green but

some were brown?  Remember you still wore winter jackets? 

What you do remember is the long long lockdown due to Covid 19.

Next Episode will feature h

leaves and sleeveless shirts.   A new season dawning.  Planting time.

The renewed freedom we were feeling with the arrival of universal vaccines

But this series of pictures are bleak.  Next comes springtime.

alan skeoch

May 2021

Often friends ask us about the movie business.  Here is a load of our things heading for

a movie set in May 2021.   Three day job.  Pick up a truckload of Amish related set

dressing.   Set up the scene outside an Amish barn.  Clear the site of people for the 

filming on Day 2.  Then on Day 3,takie it all apart and return things to our farm.  

Fast work.

The crew have all been pre-screened for Covid 19.   

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From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com>

Subject: EPISODE 342 RESPECT OR NOVELTY…AMUSING INCIDENT IN TIANAMIN SQUARE

Date: May 15, 2021 at 10:16:05 AM EDT

To: Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com>, Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com>, John Wardle <john.t.wardle@gmail.com>

EPISODE 342    RESPECT OR NOVELTY…AMUSING INCIDENT IN TIANAMIN SQUARE, BEIJING, CHINA

alan skeoch

May 2021

As mentioned earlier, our trip to China was surprising.  I say this in the positive sense.

Another example occurred in Tianamin Square where a large group of Chinese tourists

from some distant point in western China seemed to find our small family fascinating.

They wanted their picture taken with us in the middle.  They were particularly interested

in Marjorie who was in a rented wheelchair due to her knew surgery…and our grand

daughter Morgan.

alan skeoch

May  2021

Marjorie found a small bottle of Champagne in the refrigerator just as she

was making soup for a Spartan lunch.  That seemed a nice beginning on a

May afternoon.  It got out of hand as you will see.

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alan skeoch

May 2021

As I mentioned earlier, Marjorie and I did not want to  go to China but Kevin insisted.

We felt we would be strangers in a strange country with differing political systems

that were hostile to each other.

Right from the start we were surprised to discover two things about Beijing.  See

if you can find them.

The surprises ?   One you may have guessed.  The other is the last picture in this series.  

THIS young girl was our guide hired by Kevin.  She was a very funny person…told lots of jokes that were tasteful and very

funny.   Jokes that were not part of a routine.  She liked us and was super relaxed.  She was very proud of her country…normal.

But also very interested in our country.

ANSWER:   1) WE seemed to be liked…big smiles often

   2) the street signs and other signage was in two languages…Chinese of course but also English.  English!

Why would the signage be in English?   Why would people on any street in China want to smile at us…warm smiles.?

Even the boys who could well be soldiers.