Oh but these bring back good memories of my youth...............................
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (165979)
Boise, Idaho
June 20, 2009 5:41pm CST
I recall when I was probably 5 or 6 and living at my grand parents most of the time. My grandfather worked at Safeway as a store manager. He would bring me home boxes of these wonderful butter cookies. I loved them! Those were sweet times. GRams would fix a big breakfast every morning and gramps would ready himself for another day at the store. I still remember the smell of his aftershave in the bathroom. Do you have as sweet a memory of not necessarilly your grandparents but of your younger days. Say 4, 5 or up until 10 or 11. That early time in our lives.
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
21 Jun 09
I think my best memories was just being able to get up, get our chores done and then going out into the woods to investigate and play. The other best memory (and this was the best) was riding our horses to my grammas that lived quite a ways away. We would get there and there was always something good waiting for us to drink and eat. She always had her fudge ready for us too! YUMMY!
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@celticeagle (165979)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Jun 09
Reminds me of the lines of that song: Over the _ and through the woods to gramas house we go. What a nice rememberance. Thanks for sharing it.
@GardenGerty (160491)
• United States
21 Jun 09
It is summertime, so I remember going to stay with my rural grandparents for a week or so at a time. No air conditioning, not even a swamp cooler. We would put sheets of linoleum outside on the porch or on the ground and sleep outside. If we rested in the daytime, you could look up at the Thunderhead clouds. They seemed to tower into eternity. Grasshoppers, crickets, tree frogs and cicadas all had their own special songs. The stars looked so close that if you concentrated you could almost see the earth rotating on its axis and watch them spiraling around you. We would eat lots of homegrown food. Any kind of jelly you could imagine on homemade biscuits,with home churned butter. Life was nourishing to the body and spirit at that time.
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@celticeagle (165979)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jun 09
Hey Gert! That was so nice to read. I felt like I was right there. Only thing missing were the bats and I would have sworn you were discribing my gram and gramps place. My gram made this wonderful relish. I was just thinking of it the other day. Thanks for this nice look at your childhood.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
21 Jun 09
yep read my book, or my articles on ac they are all their.
One of my favorite memories is picking lilacs for my grandmother, I lived with her, all the kids in the neighbourhood knew she loved lilacs and they would pick them off the trees for her. I loved the smell of the sweet flowers in the house.
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@celticeagle (165979)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jun 09
Your book? Interesting. Lilacs are lovely. I got them for my mom when she was dying. She loved them.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Jun 09
I have wonderful memories of my youth. I remember playing hide n seek with my cousins and being able to hide behind and Elephant ear plant leaf..lol..I remember going on long rides with my grandfather and him teaching me how to fish..he was awesome and taught me alot of things. He used to say he would fit me in his shirt pocket and we would go everywhere..lol..I remember being his helper when he worked on cars and ke made me a special stool from a steering wheel so I wouldn't have to stand the whole time..oh how I wish I still had that stool.
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@celticeagle (165979)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jun 09
Oh, I remember my cousins too. And the old flyer wagon we carried all our toys with us around grans place in. And my gramps would let me help him paint and I would make him mud pies for lunch. Haha
