This is ridiculous and I’ve done it twice now.
The first time was the evening after we got the pond for the ducks and geese; I went out to make sure the gates to their yards were locked and completely forgot that the new pond was on my usual route (which I have now altered). Yes, I fell in and I mean totally, up to my neck in slime and shock. I tried to creep back into the house unnoticed but Son saw me and said, “Why are you so wet?” When I told him he couldn’t stop laughing (well, that’s better than being reprimanded!)
The second time was just a few moments ago. I went to check our new emus and to leave a torch on inside their yard (fox deterrent hopefully). On my way out, torchless now, I completely forgot that I had filled one of those shell pools for them and left it at the door to the yard. Yes, slip, slide and in I go again! And this time I banged my nose up a bit; there was even a bit of blood. I’ve just crept into the house in the hope Son won’t notice and he hasn’t – phew, so I am now in dry clothes yet again.
Husband is falling over a lot now; today he fell outside, yesterday he fell inside and the day before outside again. He falls because his legs don’t work properly any more but he keeps trying to do the jobs he always did – watering the garden, cleaning the car, emptying the rubbish, sorting out the hose fittings, fixing things etc.
I went up to the local shop the other day and was only gone around 15 minutes. As soon as I reached the driveway I saw him from a distance – lying prone. The shock! I drove right up to him and leapt out of the car, sobbing, “Are you okay? What happened?” His face was covered in flies because his arms were trapped underneath his body.
Eventually I got him up – me crying and him laughing at me crying! But once we got back into the house I became really stern, told him off; he was already embarrassed but I made it worse and I don’t like that I did that.
So, the beautiful irony of me falling into ponds has given Husband an enormous laugh (a little smile would have been more tolerable, not this huge guffaw!) “Touche, he said with one of his smiles.
Perspective!
jmgoyder 
You need to be careful! Hope you dried off before sitting down to write this?
Yes – dry now!
Perhaps some solar lights around the ponds?
Good idea!
Oh-my-goodness! You had me laughing (with you I promise… I fall down a lot too) and the next moment I was crying, and then finally relieved that your husband was OK. You two take it easy, and I’m glad that you were not seriously hurt. xo ~ Lynda
Thanks and yes we will both be more careful!
What a wonderful sense of humour, your husband, Julie, in spite of what must be extreme frustration at not being able to move about the way he used to
(ps – get yourself some snorkelling shoes for messing about in those ponds!)
Yes and yes!
Your post made me laugh and cry (at the sadness of your Husband’s deterioration and my imagining you bedraggled and dripping water while creeping in to the house).
It’s great to hear your Husband’s sense of humour is still intact. Whether you realise it or not, those ‘birds’ are going to be a great source of amusement & distraction, both now and into the near future for all three of you.
I love the birds in my life. They are a source of constant delight.
You are so right.
How to turn a bad situation into a good one.
Well done
I have a black eye from my fall – how embarrassing!
A black eye? Oh, I am so sorry. ~ L
It was funny when I went to the local shop this morning because the guys serving me saw my eye then tried not to notice it!
Nearly all your blogs take the reader on a roller coaster of emotions, so one minute you’re laughing, the next you’re shocked, or horrified and can’t wait to read to the end to see the outcome, especially today’s. I have to say the photos are an amazing asset to the writing, every photo just perfect to match the story. Love the way you are so lovingly talking about AB and have done so since the beginning so you’ve built up a picture of him that is so loving and gentle. I had forgotten when I made that one neg comment, that you’d told your readers that he had PD ages ago, so by now, they must all be feeling really connected to him. Somehow you’ve made the blog a word study of a relationship separate from the feathers and yet together.M.L.
Blogging is a bit scary/exposing so thx for reassurance.
it’s the way of the world…a wife’s concerned cry and a husband’s inability to sometimes calm her with laughter. I felt your sweet words as I read about his laughter. We all fall into weird bodies of water…I’ve broken through ice on ponds and I’ve swam in the deepest of oceans….I’ve learned my my missteps however and I trust that my sons and thier sons will learn to step more surefooted, not just around water but in the situations whic all of us should avoid.
I loved this post. Thanks for the touching story.
T.
Thank you and you’re welcome!