{"id":3724,"date":"2019-10-09T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T20:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=3724"},"modified":"2019-10-09T16:15:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T20:15:56","slug":"here-is-an-idea-for-thanksgiving-rep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=3724","title":{"rendered":"HERE IS AN IDEA FOR THANKSGIVING … REP"},"content":{"rendered":"
HOW TO SPEND MARJORIE\u2019S BIRTHDAY:  A 12 HOUR TRIP TO PIRNCE EDWARD COUNTY<\/p>\n

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\u201cRush hour should be over, let\u2019s head east to Picton for your  birthday Marjorie.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGet Woody and  start the motor\u2026we have a beautiful day\u2026can we do it in one day?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThink so\u2026let\u2019s roll\u2026we  have our  favourite spots\u2026.\u201d<\/div>\n

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FIRST STOP STAPLETON FARMS<\/div>\n
(a farm  produce  booth north of  Port Hope on Highway 28)<\/div>\n

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\u201cMarjorie\u2026good choice of a sweater\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cPumpking hunting time\u2026”<\/div>\n

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\u201cAlan, I think we overdid it this time\u2026truck nearly full.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cJust getting started\u2026let\u2019s roll.”<\/div>\n

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SECOND STOP:  PORT HOPE AND SALMON RUSH TO PROPOGATE<\/div>\n

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\u201cHow many salmon are  trying to get upriver.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHundreds, perhaps thousands.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDo they all make it\u2026those  are powerful waterfalls.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSome must\u2026but I have been watching them at one waterfall and none\u2026NONE\u2026have been successful.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cSee that lone cormorant?<\/div>\n
\u201cBroken wing, cannot fly\u2026doomed.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMaybe a victim of Premier Ford\u2019s cormorant cull\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCull?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHunters allowed to shoot as many as they can\u2026providing  they pick  up the dead bodies\u2026tor so I read.<\/div>\n

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STOP THREE:  ANOTHER FARM MARKET ON HIGHWAY #2 EAST OF COBOURG<\/div>\n

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STOP FOUR: AMTIQUE MARKET IN HEART OF BRIGHTON (FOLLOW THE THREAD)<\/div>\n

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\u201cWow, this certainly is different\u2026industrial cast offs turned into furniture treasures\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAnd coffee among the artifacts.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow  much do they cost?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWell, the carpenters bench is $2,500  and milk shake maker is not cheap\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDo not buy it, Alan\u2026resist!?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cEveryone wants a  good  milk shake,  Marjorie\u2026can I get it as your birthday  present?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMine\u2026you mean your birthday, don\u2019t you?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBe a sport\u2026.!!!\u201d<\/div>\n

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STOP FIVE:  NORTH BEACH, PRINCE EDWARD  COUNTY<\/div>\n

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\u201cNorth Beach is closed\u2026we\u2019ll have to walk in from the dirt road.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHappens every year\u2026good  luck for Woody.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNo one there\u2026a vast beach all to himself\u2026not allowed there in summer time.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow old is the beach?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSee  this Fossil\u2026a Bivalve\u2026Devonian period about  400 million years old\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMy, this is a really old beach\u2026why do so few people know  about it?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cPeople do not like  to see themselves as Fossils.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cWoody is trapped, Alan\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHe jumped from one slab of  ancient bedrock to that little island<\/div>\n
and  now he\u2019s afraid  he can\u2019t get back without getting wet.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThrow a stick\u2026he\u2019ll for it and forget about the water.\u201d<\/div>\n

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STOP SIX: ANOTHER FARMER\u2019S PLACE JUST NOTH OF  PICTON:  TURKEYS THAT LIKE MY VOICE<\/div>\n

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\u201cHere we are again\u2026more pumpkins\u2026even cheaper at $10 for the huge kind.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow about a turkey\u2026they seem  to like us.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cStop gabbling\u2026they think you speak their language.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThankfully they have survived the Thanksigiving dinner plates.\u201d<\/div>\n
:\u201dHope so\u2026only four more days to Thanksiving.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat are they saying?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBig guy came after us and we hid in the corn crib”<\/div>\n

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STOP SEVEN:  A LIGHT SUPPER \u2026 ALONE IN THE DINING ROOM OF THE WARING HOUSE<\/div>\n

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\u201cWill we make it to Picton this year?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201clooks like we failed again\u2026sun hitting the horizon soon \u201c<\/div>\n

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\u201cLook the birds are having a bath just outside our window.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow  romantic!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAnd you thought I could not be romantic.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSee what I SEE?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThe  flauwers  have gone to seed\u2026I am going out<\/div>\n
there to walk  Woody  and steal seeds.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow romantic?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhile you are  stealing, I will have a glass of Barley Days Dark  beer.:\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHow romantic?”<\/div>\n

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WOODY WANTS US TO HEAD HOME\u2026NOW\u2026BEFORE  ABSOLUTE DARK<\/div>\n

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARJORIE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HOW TO SPEND MARJORIE\u2019S BIRTHDAY:  A 12 HOUR TRIP TO PIRNCE EDWARD COUNTY \u201cRush hour should be over, let\u2019s head east to Picton for your  birthday Marjorie.\u201d \u201cGet Woody and  start the motor\u2026we have a beautiful day\u2026can we do it in one day?\u201d \u201cThink so\u2026let\u2019s roll\u2026we  have our  favourite spots\u2026.\u201d FIRST STOP STAPLETON FARMS (a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}