Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #38 A Trip Along Memory Lane #1 Carpe Diem Special How happy! Bathing in the tub full to overflowing The above one line poem by Sumitaku Kenshin (1961-1987) really sent me down memory lane. Until I was a teenager my family lived on a farm. The year Sumitaku Kenshin was born, my family moved "in town". That move brought us into a new age, indoor plumbing. Until that time there was a galvanized tub for baths and a path for other bodily necessities. Baths were taken on the screened in back porch during the summer months. There would be 3 to 4 inches of water in the tub. Water drawn from the well just outside the house. Some of the water would be heated in the teakettle on the stove in the kitchen. Youngest child would bath first. Then up through the ages of the children. Daddy was always the last. In the same 3 to 4 inches of water. Once baths were done, the tub was overturned and the porch scrubbed. Cause water was is
flit and glitter
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flit again and, ga-gone
are they real or just light
Deletetickling our minds imps and sprites
Light and fairies playing tricks! Del-ight-ful!
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteTrees stand sentinel
as the sun's sprites take a bow
a blink and it's past
What fun! YAM xx
Good morning, YAM
DeleteI love it when people write another poem in response! janice xx
beautifully dome
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ReplyDeleteLovely my dear!
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joining in the fun
playing peek-a-boo
winking spirits
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dance upon sunrays