I always enjoyed a good amusement park – but they were nothing compared to my grandparents’ farm!
Nailing together pieces of 1X1 & having sword fights, jumping out of the hay mow (where we built caves in the hay bales), picking wild blackberries for Grandma to make cobbler with, swinging out over cliffs on grapevines, climbing strip mine deadwalls, handing Grandpa tools & nails, adding to the darkness of those 2 boards on the back of the coal house where 3 generations of males had relieved themselves, spitting watermelon seeds at my cousins,skinny dipping in the crick (no, we didn’t have a creek, we had a crick), walking down to the next farm to hit on Theresa Moore – no amusement park could ever match that!
My grandparents farm was by far my favorite place growing up. I never got tired of visiting! Learned a little too late that while farms go on forever, grandparents don’t. And it’s not the same without them.
A lot of strange things happen in this world, and a lot of strange stories get told. And in response to some of these, there’s a saying that I think I made up: “I cannot imagine, and I imagine things for a living.”
But just because I imagine things for a living doesn’t mean I can’t imagine things for my own purposes as well. It can be a remarkably effective way of coping with issues ranging from the mundane to the extraordinary. And even the unimaginable. After all, somebody’s got to be the one to imagine it first. And I’m, you know, a professional.
The main thing about farms is chores … and the main thing about farmer grandparents (aside from unconditional love) is their deeply ingrained belief that doing chores builds character and other ineluctably good things.
Yakety Sax over 5 years ago
Vertigo Valley must be like Funland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HigYfmKD9Xs
whahoppened over 5 years ago
I’m sure you’ve edited out the bad parts.
asrialfeeple over 5 years ago
He’d rather be somewhere else.
sandpiper over 5 years ago
A case of the old term druthers, i.e., he’druther do Vertigo Valley than watch grass grow.
Kroykali over 5 years ago
But he’ll cherish the memories of the farm long after his grandparents are gone.
Cozmik Cowboy over 5 years ago
I always enjoyed a good amusement park – but they were nothing compared to my grandparents’ farm!
Nailing together pieces of 1X1 & having sword fights, jumping out of the hay mow (where we built caves in the hay bales), picking wild blackberries for Grandma to make cobbler with, swinging out over cliffs on grapevines, climbing strip mine deadwalls, handing Grandpa tools & nails, adding to the darkness of those 2 boards on the back of the coal house where 3 generations of males had relieved themselves, spitting watermelon seeds at my cousins,skinny dipping in the crick (no, we didn’t have a creek, we had a crick), walking down to the next farm to hit on Theresa Moore – no amusement park could ever match that!
not about 5 years ago
My grandparents farm was by far my favorite place growing up. I never got tired of visiting! Learned a little too late that while farms go on forever, grandparents don’t. And it’s not the same without them.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
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A lot of strange things happen in this world, and a lot of strange stories get told. And in response to some of these, there’s a saying that I think I made up: “I cannot imagine, and I imagine things for a living.”
But just because I imagine things for a living doesn’t mean I can’t imagine things for my own purposes as well. It can be a remarkably effective way of coping with issues ranging from the mundane to the extraordinary. And even the unimaginable. After all, somebody’s got to be the one to imagine it first. And I’m, you know, a professional.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
That would nice to imagine things for a living.
Jayneknox about 5 years ago
I wish I could visit my grandparents’ farm again.
Concretionist about 5 years ago
The main thing about farms is chores … and the main thing about farmer grandparents (aside from unconditional love) is their deeply ingrained belief that doing chores builds character and other ineluctably good things.