Originally Posted by PatriceJ
before we've totally hijacked poor kitsie's topic ...
i remember when we'd pick the peaches off the trees in our back yard. my mom and i would make jams and jellies.
i remember when there were lots of wooded areas and fields to play in. the wild blackberries were huge, sweet and ever so tasty. i can still smell the honeysuckle and the moss in the woods.
i remember swimmin' holes, creeks and tire swings over water you could see through clear to the bottom.
i remember thinking bugs were interesting and could watch a worm with fascination.
Please, Patrice, you all are not hijacking anything! This is exactly what I had in mind when I posted it! I suddenly feel not quite old yet! But you sound a little sad over what the world has lost. Me too, when I think we as little kids could go down to the playground and onto the beach by ourselves for hours. Pieces of twig were cars, trains, anything you wanted them to be in a dirt area under the mint bush *sigh*. But now we have different foods from all over the world, dishwashers, very little small pox and stuff.
Her we still have a bend in the river to swim in but now the county charges a few dollars to use it and the freeway runs right over top. 'Course my grandkids think that's cool!