tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657258308955564766.post3275754680227692571..comments2023-04-03T08:26:09.613-04:00Comments on The Old Farmer's Daughter: The Swimming Pool and The Pondjen mainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03081374574281548796noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657258308955564766.post-13157518321080929292016-07-19T14:08:49.999-04:002016-07-19T14:08:49.999-04:00LoLLoLjen mainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081374574281548796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657258308955564766.post-2904162008926417172016-07-19T13:27:53.986-04:002016-07-19T13:27:53.986-04:00I never had a "swimming pond" but as a k...I never had a "swimming pond" but as a kid I was a "pond guy" let me explain: in those times there 2 kinds of boys (don't know how girls behave about that): "stone guys" (who couldn't avoid kicking a stone, branch, a fruit, can...whatever even if it was a yard away....! And then there were the "ponds guys" who, if there was a pond, rainwater flowingJoseGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657258308955564766.post-27998080517890491912016-07-06T20:07:09.774-04:002016-07-06T20:07:09.774-04:00Thanks for the memories Diane, where was Lee's...Thanks for the memories Diane, where was Lee's Crossing?jen mainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081374574281548796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657258308955564766.post-17232483050891817162016-07-06T19:56:18.273-04:002016-07-06T19:56:18.273-04:00We used to ride our bikes about 2 miles to Lees Cr...We used to ride our bikes about 2 miles to Lees Crossing Pond to go swimming....about 50 years ago. Once everybody got out, after a while you'd see a turtles head pop up; then a snake slither across; bloodsuckers were always there and some kids would be covered with them. I never had a bloodsucker on me, but 1 time when I was climbing out, there was a crayfish hanging from the bottom of my Diane Skiffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657258308955564766.post-1995418870345341642016-07-05T15:51:15.902-04:002016-07-05T15:51:15.902-04:00So our thoughts drift to winter as the tar melts o...So our thoughts drift to winter as the tar melts on the roads! jen mainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081374574281548796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657258308955564766.post-74545956210063246102016-07-05T14:40:22.350-04:002016-07-05T14:40:22.350-04:00I remember swimming in the pond. I also remember ...I remember swimming in the pond. I also remember Judy showing me the slides the muskrats made to slide into the water. We also used to skate on the pond. Todd Mainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05735043044231250311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657258308955564766.post-1801143146595378962016-07-04T16:09:28.861-04:002016-07-04T16:09:28.861-04:00Quiet giggle....
Quiet giggle....<br />jen mainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081374574281548796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657258308955564766.post-27460402868714330252016-07-04T16:07:59.940-04:002016-07-04T16:07:59.940-04:00I remember swimming in that pond many times but do...I remember swimming in that pond many times but don't remember the part about the muskrats! I am wondering now if that was purposefully kept from me so I would swim in the pond 😬Eldon Mainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11693874188753218975noreply@blogger.com