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| on the beach already at age 2! |
oh, thou of
beach sand
stars and stripes
butterfly nets
sizzling burgers
baton twirling
potato chips
girl giggles
kool-aid
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| green lake |
ballgames
popsicles
watermelon
fire crackers
charcoal
water skiing
pedal pushers
sparklers
inner tubes
summer camp
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| camp roger |
baby oil
paddle pops
tank tops
(oh, how we loved this!)
hot dogs
sunburn
high dives
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| high dive at green lake (yes, it's me!) |
fireworks
jawbreakers
first kiss
strawberry shortcake
flip-flops
tents on the beach
ice cream trucks
beach walks
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| beach pals - lake michigan |
parades
miniature golf
rootbeer floats
jukeboxes
summer of ’69 (this one brought tears to my eyes…)
long docks
short shorts
fast boats
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| summer buddies - silver lake |
mustangs
dairy queen
transistor radios
bikinis
boardwalks
going steady
campfires
campfires
did i mention water skiing??
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| hit it!! |
FREEDOM!
summer…. i have always loved you
and i love you still!!
(it’s quite pathetic how few pics i have of so many years of my life….
making up for lost time now, but those days will never be replaced.)
HAPPY SUMMER, EVERYONE!!!!
That's one of the cutest turquoise ruffled bums I've seen in a long time! It is a real trip going down memory lane isn't it. Beautiful job and lovely to share these treasured photographs with you. xxDonna
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing that, what wonderful memories, you have more photos than I have from my youth, thats for sure,
ReplyDeleteyour lovely words and photos...sparkler, jawbreakers...take me back to my youth too! growing up in wisconsin in the 60's & 70's was magical!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this trip down Memory Lane! They were great, carefree years. The water skiing was SO much fun. Can you believe we headed out to get a tan by way of baby oil and sunburn? How things have changed!
ReplyDeleteWonderful pics and words. Old photos can bring so many memories!
ReplyDeleteWhat great pics of beautiful girls who grew up to be beautiful women! How much fun it is to go through old pictures!
ReplyDeleteLove..love..love these summer memories. Yours and mine - together. Me too - I'm missing too many photos of my younger years and days. Yours bring back happy days!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't remember you out at Green Lake. I was out there every summer from 7th grade and on. Were you visiting Steve Goote or did you have a trailer out there? The skiing/boat picture was that at Green Lake too? Thanks for sharing! Lynda Neigh (VanKooten)
ReplyDeleteLoved seeing you through the years. Many similar memories. (Batons! I had forgotten about them.) Oh, the carefree days of summer. Though it occurs to me that this summer could feel carefree too - I must remember to slow down and enjoy it.
ReplyDeletePatti-oh I loved seeing these pics of you as a little girl and teen. I love the green lake pic (3 cutie-pootie little girls!!) Yes...summer days...you have captured it so beautifully. All the nostalgia and beauty.
ReplyDeleteI have been super lazy these past few days Patty-just enjoying these summer days and my Tara. xxx
I love those old pictures! I used to have that kind of bathing suit when I was little, with ruffles at the buut. Mine was white with navy blue dots. At that time I still looked cute...
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