Let it be known here and now that clear and concise photographs weren't possible back in the stone age. That being said, this photograph was taken in the mid 60's and shows my sister (front) and myself (back). We lived in the suburbs but spent alot of time in the country with my grandparents. Those times are treasured memories for me as I loved being outside, in nature and with the farm animals.
There were cows to milk and piglets to play with, chickens to chase and puppies and kittens for company. While the town kids were swimming in their pools, we donned the undershirts of our grandfather and headed out to play in buckets. Did we feel deprived? Not a chance. We lived in a farming community and most of the kids spent their summers the same way that we did, when we weren't in the fields.
The feeling of freedom and exploration lingers with me still and I find myself alienated when amongst throngs of people. It bothers me not, as I feel no need to belong to clubs or groups as such, aside from Hive, that is lol. I do love it here, though I tend to consume rather than create.
We were not poor, but we lived a frugal life, which sometimes came in as a dislike of my childhood, but I knew the why of it. It was all to make things better in the future.
For my 8th grade graduation, my mother made the dress shown below, as she did for most of our clothes. We didn't have many store bought clothes and that sometimes got us a bit of ribbing.
The area where I'm standing was the garage in our tiny house. My father turned that house into a beautiful home on his meager carpenter's salary. That's why we scrimped and saved all through the early years. Since we no longer had a garage, he built one. He built it big enough to house....an airplane. More on that in another post. Take note of a three pound coffee can sitting on the floor by the tail of the plane, also included in the 'other post' lol
My younger brother appears in two of these photographs, and was always peeking into other people's pics lol
All in all, a very good childhood
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