Posted on 02/26/2018 12:12:20 PM PST by CottonBall
Winter stormy and other cold rainy days: a bunch of blankets, all the dining room chairs, all the upholstered pillows and the sofa and love seat. Tunnels, caves and homes to be made and an afternoon of play and imagination.
Can’t say we ever did that. Closest thing would be: After seeing a Knights of the Round Table Movie with fighting on a cliff overlooking a pool of quicksand, we did reenact the scene moving round the room standing atop any piece of furniture we might find handy. To be on the floor would be
‘death’ in the pool of quicksand. (of course, PARENTS never knew just what mischief we kids might be generating)
A favorite pastime would be playing house under a huge, old tree. Though there was never a ‘play’ kitchen, with improvisation, a make-do kitchen was created which endowed us with countless mud pies. Umm good :-)
“Top 20 of Mud Kitchen Ideas for Kids”
https://www.1001gardens.org/2014/07/20-mud-kitchen-ideas/
“Explore Play Ideas, Outdoor Kitchen”
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/58969076343436284/
we were sort of poor but one of our inventions was sliding down a small grassy hill in our backyard on cardboard...just as fun as sledding in the snow except you did it in the summer...
We did that but we didn’t have quicksand, we had alligators and cottonmouths.
I don’t know why, we were all New Englanders.
Yes, fort. Building forts with blankets in the bedroom. Tie them to chair knobs and pile books on top of the blanket. We would sleep inside for the night.
Yes, it was the big thing when someone got a new stove or refrigerator and we would take turns jumping on the empty box and slide down the hills in front of our house. Several on at a time.
Well, what timing on the article! Almost like they were copying us :-)
MFM? Im almost afraid to ask !
How awful! Poor little things. That kind of ruins my thinking how magical everything is when they are out.
I was thinking them lighting certainly makes them visible to predators. But I suppose since theyre not out in the daytime, the birds wont be getting them.
oh, yes, I forgot all about building forts with blankets and sheets, tying them to chairs and stuff. It made a nice little private hideaway, no parents allowed!
I feel bad now throwing away large cardboard boxes. I guess that must be why I always figure there should be a use for them. I guess I could ask some neighborhood kids, but with all their video games and fancy toys, they probably would think I was nuts!
Bats. Plus, they’re out as soon as the sun sets, it doesn’t have to be dark.
Oh, I didnt think of that. Theyre just sitting ducks.
Ive read that place is that spray for mosquitoes end up wiping out the fire fly population. I was really surprised we have no mosquitoes here, I fully expected to have them. Especially with our pond. But luckily no mosquitoes and the fireflies are still abundant.
LOL - don’t ask. Originated on Rush’s show from a caller when Rush thought he had misunderstood what she had said. Since it fits, it’s used LOL
Living in the Bayou must be a dormant dream you have. :-)
I grew up in an area where tanker trucks with sprayers would come through spraying DDT for mosquitoes and we had plenty of lightning bugs or fireflies. If spraying for mosquitoes kills them it’s something they started using after DDT was banned.
Oh, then it means what I thought!
Fire ants. They nest underground like fireflies and push them out. The spread of Southern Fire Ants matches the decline of firefly populations.
Hope you enjoy and perhaps learn something about the good ole' days.
We trust the birds and the dragonflies to get the mosquitos. The fireflies are amazing this year.
Thanks for the ping.
L
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