My favourite time of the year: Another fall season

 

A memory:
Oh, yes, and fall 2022!  Nothing too much will change for this season except that I have to do some additional work at the office to get things ready for 2023.  I’ll continue to enjoy the cool weather, my pottery and my knitting, and as always to look to the Christmas season for 2022.

Thus far, the weather is not too bad; a bit of this and a bit of that.  From pleasant warm days to cooler ones.

Fall is probably my favourite season.  Followed by spring, then winter, then summer.

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Not a nice moment:The bathroom scare

This was the day when I slipped and fell! My bathroom mat slipped from under me and I ended up on my back in my bathtub. I landed hard on my right shoulder and hit my head on the wall.

Of course I was scared and when you fall like this it makes things even more scary. Good thing that I have a very good neighbour, Sandra, who lives just across the hall from me. And when I told her she kept checking on me for a few days afterwards.

Falling like this can be very scary at times but I have to admit that I am really fortunate to have so many good friends very close by.

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A terrifying moment! Falling in the elevator

At the best of times, falling in the elevator is not a very nice experience. But for someone with a vision impairment, it is probably quite a bit more challenging and scary.

In early March 2020, this is what happened to me. I had just come in from running errands and had first gone to my mail box to collect my mail. Then I went to the elevator and pressed the button. The elevator came and I entered. Then the horror show began.

My mail slipped out of my hands and I had to go searching on the floor of the elevator to find it. I could only use one hand as I had my cane in my other hand.  By the time the elevator had stopped at my floor, I had just found my mail and as I went to exit the elevator, I fell.

I was jammed between the door of the elevator and lying flat on my back. The door was heavy and difficult for me to push away from myself. Thank God that I did not panic.

I knew that no one could really hear me so I decided to be methodical. First, I jammed my sturdy cane between my body and the door. Next I rose slowly with my mail in hand and then the rest went in my favour.

I exited the elevator with a bruised temple and a painful headache but all ended well.

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One of my favorite passions: Is ice skating still for me?

This is a question that I am constantly asking myself and one that has a very ready answer for me.  The final answer is a definite yes!

Ice skating is one of my passions.  It is one that I chose to follow from childhood and, as any true Canadian, one that has filled my heart and mind with so much fun, pleasure, and so much more.

Ice skating has helped to build my confidence.  It has helped me to become more certain of myself and it has sure helped me to conquer and overcome a bit of the unknown.  Ice skating has taught me how to pick myself up after a fall and how to deal with uncertainty: not knowing when I am going to encounter such things as cracks in the ice, water on the ice, and crazy ice skaters darting in and out of my path.

I wish that I could devote a bit more time to my ice skating but I also hope to rectify this in the coming months.  Ice skating has done so much for me and it is a passion that I continue to foster.

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My best friend: When Char fell

She is my best friend and an almost perfect lady.  At least, as perfect as anyone in this world could be.  I have known her for more than half my life and there is nothing in the world that I would not do for her.

She never complains and despite her hearing challenge, along with her vision impairment, she still smiles at the world every day.  So much so that when she fell a few months ago she did not even tell me. But when I eventually found out a few days later I can tell you that her pain became mine.

When I got to speak to her on the phone, the first thing that I did was to scold her for not having told me but she only laughed.  Then, when I asked her to tell me about it all, she simply told me with no complaint.  Just a slight chuckle in her voice, tinged with hope for a quick recovery.

Char told me that she simply missed the large hole with her cane and down she went.  She broke her right wrist and fractured her left thumb.  She was placed in a wrist cast.

Happy to say now that she is on the mend.

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What happens when leaves fall?

Fall is the time when leaves usually give me the biggest of challenges. These leaves that look so colorful on the trees usually give me the most difficult time when they litter the ground, sidewalks, driveways, backyards, and so on.

If they are dry, then I need to use my cane to carve a path on the sidewalk for myself. It is not too difficult for me once I strategize. First, I locate the sidewalk. Next, I determine the physical relationship between leaves and sidewalk. Next, I determine how I want to carve my path. Unlike dealing with snow or rain, it is a matter of determining where I want to put my feet and where I am going to walk.

If the leaves are wet, then here is where the challenge is. Wet leaves stick to my cane and make it difficult for me to use it. Wet leaves are messy and stick to my shoes and I have to find ways to avoid them at all cost.

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