Garden Hose

Happy Hump Day !  It is a really nice day outside.  The sun is shinning and for some reason on this July day there is even a cool breeze.  I grew up just a mile or two from Padre Island and the Laguna Madre was practically my backyard.  The Gulf breeze blew everyday and open windows with blowing curtains were a common sight.  Front doors were only locked when you went out of town and you always knew all your neighbors names.   Us kids used to have so much fun walking along the water picking up hermit crabs and watching the water birds.  Our Mom's taught us basically not to talk to or get in the car with strangers but there were no strangers in Flour Bluff .  Everyone waved hello and usually with a smile.  Fortunate for my family we had a full time Mom.  She would have kool-aid parties most summer days in the hot afternoon for all the neighborhood kids.  Those paper cups with brightly colored  flavors of kool-aid even sported ice which was so welcome after drinking out of the garden hose all day.  I kind of chuckle to myself as I write that as now days a parent would probably be reported for child abuse for telling their kids to drink out of the hose.  Times change I guess.  Gotta get outside now.  Hope you got to drink out of a garden hose when you were a kid-Builds character!  kisses