Summer days of Youth

I remember being little.  Maybe about 5 or 6 years old.  I loved playing outside.  I was a bit of a tom boy.  I loved to play in the dirt and mud.  We were poor so I didn't have alot but I knew how to use my imagination.  


I would take the old metal wash tub and fill it up and that was my pool...hahahaha.  Back then the AOG Church were very strict and you weren't allowed to wear a swim suit.  So I didn't even learn to swim.  I didn't even own a swim suit but I would wait till Daddy went to work then throw on my slip and go outside and get in the tub.  I loved it. lolol


Later on I learned to just dig a hole in the ground and fill it up.  lol


We had Chickens, dogs running around.  I would gather them and have a grand ole time with them.  Rather playing house, church, or store....I played with the animals.  My sisters were all grown and I had no one to play with so...I utilized the nature around me.  


I remember I really loved rocks.  I would go rock collecting and have a bag full, bring it in, next day I would go outside and see similar rocks as I had collected the day before.  Finally he dawned on me that Momma was dumping them back in the yard.....lolol Ugh! hahaha


I loved watching Batman and Robin...sooooo....I would put Momma's apron around my shoulders and jump on my bike and off I would go on an adventure.  


Yes life was so full of creative adventure then.  I cherish those times even though I was a bit lonely, Nature, animals and God always had a way of spicing things up.