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This month's topic is
best childhood/ younger years memory
I'm not sure that I have one particular memory, more like a collection of memories I guess. Growing up from ages 3 - 14, I lived in a fabulous house in Alabama - it wasn't so much the house as the property that was really memorable. We shared a large "pond" (I think it was about an acre or so) with our neighbor. Our half included the dam and the runoff - which created a wonderful eco-system for a child to play in. We also had quite a bit woods behind the house and around the pond. My fondest memories are playing outside in a variety of ways. I remember loving climbing trees, particularly the little pines that had small broken branches that served as ladder rungs. Something that as a small child - it seemed like I could climb up so high in the tree. I use to make all kinds of things with twigs and leaves and bark and sweet gum balls. My brothers and I built forts, tried our hand at a catapult or two, made little bark boats with leaf sails.... so many fun creative things. I remember making little fairy "dwellings" - and even in college, recreated a giant village based on my childhood creations for an art project in a sculpture class!
It is curious to wonder if I would love nature so much if I had grown up in a neighborhood filled with concrete....
my memory is something like this irene suchocki photo - minus the bench... we had a wonderful island that had a giant willow on it - and there was so much green...
make sure to check out everyone else's posts for this month's topic - sure to be some fun reads!
Andes Cruz
Kathleen Krucoff
Laura Flavin
Wendy Kelly
Stephanie Nocito Clark
Brad Severtson
Andrea Bell
Natsuko Hanks
Shaun Young
Pal Gooz
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the blog-o-sphere think tank is the creation of andes cruz - it is a fun way to blog together as a group on NON jewelry, metal, or art business related topics. yay for variety!
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6 comments:
I enjoyed reading your post Beth. I have similar feelings about growing up around nature and loving all of the small worlds within it. I used to climb this tree near my house, so high that I could see what I thought was Cinderella's castle! But is was this amazing old hotel several miles away :)
loved your post Beth! and wow that's a great photo - if your place was like that, no doubt you had many grand adventures!
Really enjoyed your post Beth. It made me remember a few of my own tree climbing adventures. Great photo too. It's wonderful that Andes has set this up so we can get to know other creatives.
~ Kathleen Krucoff
Great memories~thanks for the reminders of making hidden imaginary worlds. This b-o-s think tank is a great idea & I am so glad to have been able to meet such creative people!
Love that photo! If that is what your childhood looked like, I imagine you had a good one! LOVED making wee fairy dwellings... is this how we all ended up artists?
thanks everyone!!! i've always loved that photo for what it reminds me of :)
andrea - i think most of us are just born artists and start at an early age! creating with whatever we can get our little fingers on! haha!
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