IWE (GWEN JANINE AND I ) DID THE YEARLY STILT WALK --FUNNY THING IS THAT MY CHILDREN ARE GETTING TO BE THE AGE WHERE THAT IS AS SIGNIFICANT AS ME WALKING ON THEM.-- ONCE UP ON THEM. I. COULD PROBABLY WALK WAS FAR AS I COULD WALK WITHOUT THEM... THE PAIR JANINE WALKS ON ARE MY ORIGIONAL PAIR-- PROBLEM IS NOW. STEPPING DOWN OFF THEM IS A BIT MORE OF A JAR THAN THE LITTLE ONES--- WHICH ARE LIKE STEPPING DOWN STAIRS....GWEN - ON THE TALL ONES HAS ALWAYS HAD THE BEST BALANCE OF ALL OF US,
I CAN REMEMBER......... BACK WHEN -----THE KIDS PUT ON THAT BACKYARD CIRCUS AT MAYBE 10 YEARS OLD???? (AMAZON... DOGS DONKEYS AND CIRCUS PERFORMERS) I TRIED TO COME UP WITH SOME FUN YARD THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DO WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED... ONE WAS TO MAKE A ROPE LADDER- AND TIE EACH END AT ONE POINT BETWEEN 2 TREES-- SO WHEN YOU TRIED TO CLIMB IT, IT USUALLY WOULD FLIP OVER LANDING YOU INTHE PILE OF HAY UNDERNEATH... TYPICALLY GWEN PRACTICED THAT SO WHEN WE WERE TRAVELING AROUND LOOKING AT COLLEGES IN OHIO, WE WENT TO THE FAIR-- AND FOUND THE TYPICAL ROPE LADDER WHICH SHE COULD DO...-- THERE WERE A FEW MORE-- STILTS WERE ONE OF THE THINGS TO TRY... -- AND THEN THER WAS TEH SLIDE... WHICH TOOK 3 SHEETS OF GALVANIZED METAL( 4 X 8) AND AN AWFUL LOT OF WOOD....SO KIDS ( AND I) COULD SLIDE DOWN FROM THE HAY LOFT AND LAND IN A PILE OF HAY. -- CAUGHT THERE BY A NERVOUS PARENT... THAT WAS SUPER GOOD AFTER I SLID DOWN A FEW TIMES ON WAXED PAPER...----- THEN THERE WAS TEH 2 DISKS OF PLYWOOD- ABOUT 3' DIAMETER-- WITH A CAR SPRING BETWEEN THEM-- OBJECT TO STAND ON THEM FOR A PHOTO.... THAT WQAS THE YEAR WE JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE WAYNE CASHMAN'S( BRUINS... BOBBY ORR TEAM BRUIN)LEFT SCATE - SO WE STUFFED I T IN A SLIT ON A PIECE OF WOOD AND AUCTIONED IT OFF.... WE MADE OVER $1000 FOR TEH HOSPITAL SHIP "HOPE" -- AND ENDED UP WITH SOME PRETTY STRANGELY TRAINED ANIMALS WHICH STARTED THE ANIMAL EPISODE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING ANIMALS FOR MOVIES...... FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS...
GWEN IS HERE FOR BREAKFAST-- WE HAVE FISH TO FRY... SO TO SPEAK
