Snow And Ice

Well friends the weekend is almost here.
I will be working at our store on Saturday.
We are doing our Christmas
haggle deal with the vendors for our customers,
then Bob and I are having a 
Christmas party for our vendors.

Also  between 9pm and midnight,
a paranormal group will be in our store
looking for ghosts.
If you are interested in watching live,
visit the Facebook page of
Detroit Paranormal Expedition.
{I am both excited & nervous}
[We know we have ghosts]

Now for today's post.

When dragging things down from the attic,

I stumbled upon this one storage bin

with items I made in the 1980's.

It brought back some fond memories 

so I just had to create a grouping from these.

Sledding was a big thing as a kid.

Gramma H's farm and farmhouse

was located at the top of a hill on a dirt road.

So naturally when the roads were snowy,

it made for the best sledding ever!

My cousins and I would take turns 

going downhill on our sleds, while one of us

would stay at the top on lookout for cars coming.

Being on a rural road, cars came by occasionally.

When one did, we stopped to let it go by...

and we were off sledding again. 

[ Antique Skater lamp]

Besides sledding, 

we all learned how to ice skate too.

Again at gramma H's farm,

one of my uncles would create an ice pond for us.

After the crops were harvested,

and the fields plowed for next year's crops;

a square was made for us by 

building up the dirt all around.

Water was added.

Once frozen we had an instant thin ice pond.

No worries of falling through any ice and drowning.

My dad did this for us as well once

our vegetable garden was harvested.

Although we did not skate at night,

in the early days skaters would

carry these little skater lamps.

Since our early foremothers and forefathers

skated on rivers, ponds, 

flooded fields and even frozen lakes,

the lamps were a necessity to safely

get back to shore off the ice.

For groups of skaters,

bonfires were lit on land for both warmth

and to socialize around.

These were the skating rinks of the past.

For my grouping, 

the little stitched pillows I made.

The snowman pillow my mom made for me.

Whilst the mittens were once again

 knitted by my aunt.

So glad I opened this bin.

What memories it reminded me of.

Do you decorate with a memory in mind?

Did you sled, skate or ski as a kid?

Or do you still today do Wintertime activities?

Snow And Ice Blessings To All!

Janice