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Fwd: ALAN SKEOCH…CURLING PHOTO, GRENADIER POND
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Subject: ALAN SKEOCH…CURLING PHOTO, GRENADIER POND Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:34:29 -0500 From: Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com> To: Kevin Skeoch <kevinskeoch@hotmail.com>, askeoch@bellnet.ca, Cathie Stoesz <cstoesz@gmail.com> JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ENJOY THIS PICTURE…TAKEN ON GRENADIER POND, HIGH PARK YEARS AGO…KEVIN HAD SENT ME
THST RUSSIAN FIELD CAP FROM THE AFGHAN WAR…THE BUFFALO COAT (MAYBE BEAR) CAME FROM A FARM SALE PURCHASE….RIGHT NOW THIS PIC MAKES ME FEEL SAD…CANNOT CURL DUE TO TORN ACHILLES TENDON
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DAY WE GOT TRAPPED BY TIDE IN NEW ZEALAND
THIS PIC GIVE SOME IDEA OF HOW SHARP THE ROCKS WERE WHEN WE GOT TRAPPED
BY FAST RISING TIDE IN NEW ZEALAND…ANDY HAD TO RESCUE MARJORIE.“WHAT WERE YOU DOING , ALAN?”“HISTORIC MOMENT…HAD TO CATCH IT ON MY CAMERA”
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MARJORIE: CORN HUSK DOLL MAKER PAR EXCELLENCE
Every fall we collect some nice clean field corn cobs. Get them before the fall rain turns the husks black and brown. Marjorie carefully pulls off the clean inner husks for the body and then gathers the stiff outer husks for the dress and the brown corn tassels make for flowing hair. The cobs? Feed the birds or give them back to the farmer.About 25 years ago, when the Royal Winter Fair encouraged creativity, Marjorie did displays. -
ALAN WITH THE BREAD BAG HAT
One of my favourite radio broadcasts…kind I enjoyed doing…was the Case of the BREAD BAG HAT.
