Good Old Fashioned Fun!

I have a vivid memory of when I was about 7 or 8 years old.

That's saying alot, because my vivid memories are

few and far between these days.

But this one sticks in my mind.


I grew up in Crownsville, MD.
And they have gorgeous Autumn seasons there.

My family was great friends with

the pastor of our little church and

his family.

My brother and I spent alot of time with

Pam and Greg.

We were close enough in age to play

together well.

Pam and Greg had a porch on the back of their house,

and lots of woods surrounding their yard.

That meant lots and lots of leaves!

Being kids during a time where playing outside

trumped spending hours on the computer

or playing a video game,

we invented things to do.

So, naturally,

leaves + a second story porch

=

FUN!!!!

We spent about an hour

raking up all the leaves we could find

and made a huge pile.

Balancing on the railing of the porch,

Greg was about 14 feet off the ground,

but only 8 or 9 feet above the leaf pile,

I watched as he

lept into the air with a mighty yell

and was swallowed up by a sea of

yellow

red

and brown!

Having emerged with life and limb intact,

we all scrambled to try it too!

Those were the days of good old fashioned fun!

The kind of fun that I was happy to share with

Bren and her friend

last week.

Wait until you hear what we used to do when it snowed!