Sunday, June 16, 2013

Push me, Daddy!



Taken in the front yard of our house in Winchester, ca 1959? Lots of fun in that yard... games of croquet, badminton, freeze tag, hide and seek, Red Rover, Easter egg hunts, chasing lightnin' bugs, rides on Buttermilk the pony, family picnics, swinging high, secret hiding places, Sable and Prince the collie dogs, puppy litters, pet rabbits, baby birds, stray kittens, smells of the garden, gathering walnuts, jumping into piles of leaves, "whirligigs," making snow cream, playing dolls, real and imaginary playmates, riding a tricycle. Swinging high on the green iron-pipe "swing set" installed in the side yard by my father. Best of all, sitting with Daddy on the front porch swing in a rainstorm. 


THE SWING
by Robert Louis Stevenson

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue? 
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do! 

Up in the air and over the wall, 
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside-- 

Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown--
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down! 

Valentine's Day 2013 - Crash!



A big ooops, and a lucky escape. Turning left across traffic, saw 2 lanes stopped, one driver motioned me on to turn. But I didn't realize, couldn't see... there was another lane, and a car coming in it. Fortunately my passenger seat was empty, since it's now folded in half. I had a cracked shin bone and some torn knee cartilage, was off my feet for 8 weeks but healing went well. Car is totaled and I haven't replaced it yet... many thanks to Frankfort's wonderful bus service!