Hi folks
As we near Easter each year I always think back to those wonderful holidays we used to spend at Mandurah for years from when I was about 8 till I was 20. Our Christmas holidays were also great but Easter was different because of the yachting carnivals held on the estuary back then. The weather was cooler too which made it a little more enjoyable although it was sometimes a wee bit too cool to swim.
Do you remember when I was 16 I bought my own little yacht (a v-jay) and we took it down to Mandurah one Easter and it was so windy that nobody else would go out on the water. I took my boat out with Peter W and I remember having so much fun. We capsized several times but, as is the case with the smaller yachts, we just stood on the centre plate and righted the boat again and sailed on. I often think back to that and have a good laugh about it.
It was wonderful to be young back then. There was always so much to do and we were never, ever bored. Alcohol was not a large part of our lives (you were both virtually teetotal anyway) as we didn't seem to need stimulants of any kind but just enjoyed being alive.
Next Sunday we are going to the family in Kelmscott and of course with great-grandchildren now Easter becomes an exciting time once again as there is sure to be an egg hunt for Immy and next year AJ will probably also be involved in that as by then she will be nearly 2 years old.
You would both love Caitlyn and two these little ones and I often sit and imagine you all together and how much pleasure you would derive from watching them. They are good kids, all to be very proud of.
We will enjoy ourselves and I will be thinking of you both. Although I have to watch my intake of chocolate these days because of the diabetes and my weight I will have a small portion for each of you or that will be my excuse anyway.
Love to you both
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What a lovely post Mimsie I just love it. Always so touching and your parents sound like lovely people.
ReplyDeleteThank you SarahMac and great to have you pop in for a visit.
DeleteYes, they were great people. Older parents so perhaps that made a difference? Hard to tell. Mum was 34 and dad 46 when I arrived on the scene.
what lovely memories of your youth and your family.
ReplyDeleteI often say I don't have a lot of memories but I think that is because I had a quite placid time in my youth. My folks had an agreement that they wouldn't argue in front of me and they never did. All I know is that I was one very lucky girl that they chose to be my parents.
DeleteI love Easter, one because the weather is changing and it isn't so hot. Two, the joy on little ones faces when they find eggs at an Easter Hunt. Happy Easter Mimsie xxx
ReplyDeleteThanks Rae and Happy Easter to you and yours as well. xxx
ReplyDeleteI have loved this rain we had overnight and it is quite cool today too. What a change from the heat we've been having over summer.
It will be lovely up at Kelmscott on Sunday if the temp doesn't go above the 30C they are currently forecasting it to be.
Happy Easter Mimsie. I am quite certain that your parents were as happy to have chosen you as you were that they did.
ReplyDeleteI always like to think that was the case EC. I do remember when mum was in her late 70s and insisted I stay with her for a couple of days after I'd had an operation. She was in the kitchen and I could hear her talking to herself and she said "We've never had a cross word." I knew she was talking (thinking) about me and that statement was so true.
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