I don't remember how many kids on our block but other was a lot. During summer vacation Mom would boot me out the door and tell me not to come back until lunch (or dinner). At about noon or 6pm all the mothers would stick their heads out the window and yell for their kids to come home for lunch/dinner.
They had no idea where we were, just out with our friends. We'll never go back to those times, it's a different time. Wouldn't trade me childhood for the world, though. Oh yeah, great photos, Paul! I enjoyed them immensely. cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> Sent: June 10, 2013 6/10/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: GESO: Water Wars We had 23+ kids on the block and these were great fun. Mom smiled when we came home soaked. (It was 95 degrees and nobody had air conditioning.) Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:07 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice to see kids being kids for once. > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Back when I was a kid, everyone who lived on the block played together, >> regardless of age or gender. Haven't seen much of that in recent years. Lots >> of play dates and parents who carefully choose friends. But I saw it again >> today, with Grace and the neighborhood kids playing water wars in the >> backyard. The oldest was 12; the youngest was 4. Boys and girls. Parents not >> involved, Kids figuring it out on their own. We can all get along. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1054598 >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
