It is Saturday morning, the weekend is here. Its 4:30 and "I" has gone out into the yard. I keep looking for her from the door but the darkness has swallowed her up. Somewhere out there she is looking,. looking for the white cat that comes to antagonize her. Laying just the other side of the fence, sending"I" into a barking frenzy. The white furry little creature knows "I" cannot get to her. After all this time "I" does not know this yet. This is sort of like what I do. Yap and bark at something I want or something I want to change, not stopping to realize I have been doing the same thing for years and it changes nothing. "I" and I are slow learners.
Please check out the photo that is at the top of the page Until several years ago I didn't know it existed, My Aunt Dora had it.. Until that time I never knew I ever had a bonnet.Now I'm not talking hats, everyone has a hat at sometime or another. I'm talking a honest to goodness bonnet. The kind like the pioneer women use to wear. I tell you I was quite pleased to see that I had at sometime in my life owned one. Now I can't really tell you just what thrilled me so about this but it did. Number one didn't I look cute. Really one shouldn't brag I know. But there I was stepping high in my little dress, wearing a bonnet. Now probably back in those days is what inspired me to become a stepper. Wearing that bonnet did it for sure.
This picture was taken probably about 1945. Mom of course in the middle. Bud the little fella in the overalls. He said Mom always made him wear overalls and he hated them. He said he made a vow when he grew up never to wear them again. Now that he is older he wears them much of the time. He says they are very comfortable. See how the years can change our minds about things.
I look with tenderness on this picture. It was taken by a street photographer. Mom said he stood downtown on the street and when people walked by he took their picture, got their address,. When they were developed he brought them to the house and you had the option to buy them. I'm glad Mom had the money to get this one. We three are immortalized forever, walking down Main. Who would have ever thought all these years later, I would sit down at a computer and print this to my blog page. "Computer," someone would have said. "What the heck is a computer?" if we could have only taken one of those steps we were taking into the future it would have been mind boggling.
Actually the last twenty-five years have been pretty amazing. There was computers twenty-five years ago but not like today. Or who would have ever believed in cell phones. That everyone would be running around with a phone stuck in their ear. Everywhere you look there are people with phones. Nobody worries about missing a call anymore. Your trusty phone right in your pocket. The problem sometimes is getting away from the phone calls.
Life was simpler back then. Main street was wonderful. You could wear your cotton dress, your Mom tie on your bonnet and go downtown. I know I am getting older because I look with such longing for those times, those days. Then I remember when we lived on Indiana street. We had no bathroom in the house. I was only about four but I remember Mom dragging the old tin tub into the kitchen on Saturday night for baths. No fans even, we didn't have one anyway. Though I am sure some folks did. No AC, the iceman brought ice to the door. And Mom kept a pan under the icebox to catch the drips as the ice melted. You had to empty that pan several times a day so it didn't over flow. So I have to admit to myself maybe the good ole days wasn't perfect either.
All of these memories so woven through my mind. I only wish I could remember the bonnet. I really wish I had one today. I'd wear it to a family function. My grandson wanted to know when I would dress age appropriate? I wonder if he'd like the bonnet. Maybe he would. I would like it better than the "Mau Mau" he suggested I wear. My poor kids and my grandkids. Talk about crosses to bear. I smile as I write. For surely I am all of theirs.
So as I we slide into Saturday I am hoping the rain stays away until later. As I am going to garage sales this morning. This of course is what I need more things. Tonight a Bowling Banquet. My grandson and his daughter Amber both get awards. Big morning, big evening. I am excited. I am getting out into the world today. So I hope you are doing exciting things too. I hope to see you later, for now I'm outta here.
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