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KIDS ON WHEELS

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  I don’t know who these children are.  I found the photo online, but it’s a near perfect match to the prompt so I  had  to use it!  The girls even have their ankles crossed the same way.  J Another copy from online of an old fashioned kiddie car. A granddaughter’s birthday kiddie car gift for her 2nd birthday. “Mutts” cartoon: The cat & dog often ‘borrow’ the little girl next door’s electric kiddie car to go for a joy ride. My Mom said I liked to push my Taylor-Tot, sans the handle, around the backyard.  I guess I liked to sit in it too.  The only limiting factor with that was the foot tray in the way.  I don’t know if the foot tray was removable?  If it was I would have been able to propel myself around with my feet.  Having been about the age of 2 when this picture was taken, however, I don’t remember? Me riding my trike down the sidewalk in front of our house.  It was red and I loved it, but I was getting to...
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FUN ON THE WATER

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  Cruising Alaska’s Inland Passage on the Island Princess.  We were docked at Ketchikan here. I’ll bet the folks who own this houseboat have fun on the water!  It’s anchored on Don Pedro Lake not too far from where we live. Back in 1983, looking into the possibility of renting a houseboat on Lake Shasta the following summer, we had a tour of one of the rentals and I took a picture of the kids thinking about the fun they could have – except we never followed through which is too bad.  It probably would have been fun, but other expenditures came up and that was the end of the houseboating idea.  Oh well. Meeks Bay’s speedboat, the  Effie Moon,  took folks out for rides on Lake Tahoe.  In 1954 I’m up front on the far right.  They had two boats. The other was called Stardust.  Those old woodies were so pretty! Pulling double skiers.  I met these boys in 1960 at Tahoe.  What fun.  I tried to learn to water ski, but couldn’t qui...
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THE SPORTS ARENA

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  My husband’s maternal grandfather, Harry Brasier’s hockey team in 1898-99.  Harry is on the left end of the 2 nd of 4 loosely formed rows. Later Harry played for a larger team.  Here he is on the right end of the 2 nd row wearing a black sleeveless tee & holding a hockey stick threatening the poor guy seated on the ground to his left.  1981 – Our son, the goalie, and his soccer team in Oakhurst, California. 1981 – eldest daughter and her soccer team. Eldest daughter in action on the soccer field during her first year playing the game! 1981 – youngest daughter and her soccer team. It was interesting to watch all the parents splitting up and running around trying, like us, to watch all our children playing on different teams on Saturday mornings in different areas of the local high school fields.  And then the high school JV football team would come out to play a game on the football field and heads would swing around yet again.  Fun times. In 1983 ...
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