We're expecting two to four inches of rain today and tonight.
Why, what harm did it really do? The birds messed up the monuments (so what?) but children loved being at the centre of a fury of wings, with birds perching on their shoulders, their heads....
Sounds a little unsettling! But I can imagine that it could also be thrilling.
Norris, where the children grew up, was such a small town that when there were winter snowstorms the kindly sheriff would close off the top of Pine Road with a barricade and allow children to use Pine and Crescent Roads as a sled hill.
It was wonderful! You could start at the top and go all the way down to Sawmill Road where it leveled off.
Sometimes the Bowmans, who lived at the top of the hill, would build fires and give the kids hot chocolate they made in a big old pot.
My son still remembers the ride he took at five on the back of Fred Lewis, a nice man from the church, who had a super fast sled.
The town decided someone might get killed or hurt or--worse--sue them, so the Pine Road sled run was stopped years ago.
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Date: 2004-11-30 11:25 am (UTC)Why, what harm did it really do? The birds messed up the monuments (so what?) but children loved being at the centre of a fury of wings, with birds perching on their shoulders, their heads....
Sounds a little unsettling! But I can imagine that it could also be thrilling.
Norris, where the children grew up, was such a small town that when there were winter snowstorms the kindly sheriff would close off the top of Pine Road with a barricade and allow children to use Pine and Crescent Roads as a sled hill.
It was wonderful! You could start at the top and go all the way down to Sawmill Road where it leveled off.
Sometimes the Bowmans, who lived at the top of the hill, would build fires and give the kids hot chocolate they made in a big old pot.
My son still remembers the ride he took at five on the back of Fred Lewis, a nice man from the church, who had a super fast sled.
The town decided someone might get killed or hurt or--worse--sue them, so the Pine Road sled run was stopped years ago.