{"id":5724,"date":"2020-09-13T23:10:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T03:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2020-09-13T23:11:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T03:11:35","slug":"episode-116-tracked-by-a-snapping-turtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=5724","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 116 tracked by a snapping turtle"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE  116   TRACKED BY  A SNAPPING TURTLE<\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
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There is much to be  said  about that sixth sense we have on occasions.<\/div>\n
I was binding soybeans plants into sheaves for possible movie<\/div>\n
decor  when I got the feeling there was something behind me. Really.<\/div>\n
So I turned around.  Nothing.  I was all alone.<\/div>\n

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But wait.  What is that black dot on the trail.  That dot was not there<\/div>\n
five minutes ago for that was the trail  I had just used.  Black dot?<\/div>\n

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Yep.  I was being followed by this big snapping turtle.  Or maybe I was  just in his or her way.<\/div>\n
The snapper had no intention of hiding or escaping.  The turtle stayed on the path and expected<\/div>\n
me to move.  Which I did.<\/div>\n

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Many scientists believe we are in the midst of the sixth great extinction of life on earth.  There have been five before ours. (if ours is true).<\/div>\n
The snapping turtles have survived extinctions in the past and they may survive  this sixth extinction.  We may not.<\/div>\n

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The sixth extinction, by the way, has been caused by us\u2026.not by a meteor or a sudden volcanic explosion.  We are doing it.<\/div>\n
Maybe we can stop it but we have to change our behaviour.  <\/div>\n

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Meanwhile back at base camp #1, Marjorie was harvesting weeds\u2026keeping<\/div>\n
the place ship shape.  And  Woody was with her\u2026.<\/div>\n

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Woody was in the swamp.  He never  goes over his head.<\/div>\n
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I think these bundles of soybeans will be good decor for a movie set once the leaves<\/div>\n
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My plan is to reorganize the green house\u2026make it accessible.  After the soybean sheaves have dried.  And  before movie set material<\/div>\n
\u2026carts, work benches, stools, tobacco, flax\u2026etc. etc\u2026.before all that stuff comes back.<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
Sept 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EPISODE  116   TRACKED BY  A SNAPPING TURTLE alan skeoch Sept. 2020 There is much to be  said  about that sixth sense we have on occasions. I was binding soybeans plants into sheaves for possible movie decor  when I got the feeling there was something behind me. Really. So I turned around.  Nothing.  I was […]<\/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-5724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724","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=5724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}