I've never seen so many children on the loose without parental supervision.
The ice cream truck jingles along the street, and all of a sudden there's a gaggle of kids running the street to intercept. In particular, there's a group of 5 headed by a girl maybe five years old followed by children ranging down to a toddler still in diapers. No parent in sight. The girl has the money, but I've never stopped to watch the transaction, but for that number of kids, I imagine she has a $10 bill.
Then at the playground at the other end of the block is an assortment of all sizes. A bunch of rugrats on the whirly-go-round waiting to be pushed by a bigger kid. And bigger kids taking their turn on the whirly.
Then there's the desultory tennis players ranging in age from 8 or 10 to young adults.
Way over on the other side of the playground are Frisbee tossers. And even a dog that's very adept at catching a Frisbee. And, of course the girl or girlfriend watchers and cheerleaders.
In the middle distance are the swings, which may be occupied by toddlers or teen agers. I watched two girls last evening pumping higher and higher until I thought they might swing right over the top bar. But, no. They stopped before that happened. I was remembering a boy cousin who used to do that. I'd hold my breath, sure he was going to fall off the swing seat. But he never did.
All this with maybe one or two mothers around. Or, depending on the time of day, no adults, mothers or otherwise. I'd forgotten how free kids are in a small town like this.
Also, I renewed the acquaintance of a lady I'd met last year when I was visiting here, She thought she recognized me, and when she saw my Star of David, she knew she remembered me. We had a nice chat. I invited her to come visit me. Gets lonesome what with Megan asleep and Porsha off with her friends. Rena is due home tomorrow afternoon, but she and Porsha will be so happy to see each other again, I'll probably go off to the playground again.
Some beautiful places for walking to around here. The trees are enormous and all over the place. There's even a forest across the street from the playground. Well, not a very extensive forest, but a forest nonetheless. It's dark and gloomy in there. There's a house on the edge of the forest, and even though it's painted a bright yellow with bright green trim, the windows are dark and gloomy, and there's moss on the roof. Spooky.
Been having a little problem sleeping. I'm used to a mattress warmer, and Megan has no such thing on her bed. She dug around in a closet and found an electric blanket that I'd given her before she moved up here. She generates a lot of heat, so has no need for such as additional heat. While I am in great need. Especially for my feet. They're like a couple ice cubes, and they don't warm up. Every time I turn over, I hit a cold spot, and that wakes me. Maybe tonight will be different. I'll letya know.
Bless .