- I would rock my dollies in the porch swing, while listening for the whistle of the morning train as it came over the hill.
- I would take a puppy, and a kitten or two, for a walk down our country road, barefoot, feeling the powdery dust between my toes.
- I would lie on my back in the grass, and watch the puffy clouds rolling by in the summer sky.
- I would eat anything I wanted for lunch, washed down with real sweet tea, with lots of ice and sugar, and an orange slice, Mother always put an orange slice in my tea. And I would do this without worrying a whit about the calories, and then I would have dessert, too!
- I would ride my Western Flyer bike really fast down the hill, with my streamers blowing in the wind, the breeze cooling my flushed little face.
- I would stop on the bridge next to our house and peer into my beloved ditch to see if there was a frog in the water, and watch the wet rocks glistening in the dappled sunlight.
- I would accept the day, today, for what it is. A gift, with no worries or fears, just the innocence of childhood in a magical country setting called Enfield.
Just for today…
Oh, & Jan, don't forget to clip a playing card to the front wheel frame of your bike with a clothespin to get that putt-putt sound as the spokes go 'round! My sister & I always did that. Did you?
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YES, ME, TOO!!!!! I almost put that on there, Betty, I LOVED that sound! Oh, girlfriend you're a woman I would love to know in person. We would get along like a house on fire!!!!! XOXOXO ~ Jan
ReplyDeleteCOOOL bike, Hahaha! I think I've seen one like it somewhere before! But I would NEVER put a card on my spokes....ya know, that would slow you down a few milliseconds per hour, GASP!!!
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