I'm so old I Remember when:

[CapricornFarm]

We carried broken candles in our pockets!

EDIT to add ... not so we could find our way home because we stayed out sledding waaaaay too late (which of course, we usually did!) We used 'em to wax our runners (or the occasional saucer bottom) as needed. One must always be prepared, right?

I went down a hill once on a flying saucer, came to a sudden stop on a flat area. Wasn't sure if I was going to start breathing again or not!

 

[Sally PB]

Those saucers were hard on the tailbone!

 

[Project Blue]

I remember whip oh wills on the roof, box turtles, lady slippers and wild quail in an area that is now completely developed. Milk was delivered on the front porch and my mom had diaper service. The meter reader would just open the unlocked basement door to read the electric bill that was low because there was no AC. A dial up phone with a long cord was edgy and my less fortunate girl friends had cheaper party lines where a total stranger could listen in. The world was a sepia color.

 

[2 Acres]

Pokagon anybody???

 

[2 Acres]

Pokagon anybody??? Toboggan run...

 

[TXchickmum]

I remember whip oh wills on the roof, box turtles, lady slippers and wild quail in an area that is now completely developed.

I remember catching fireflies and horned toads as a kid. We also had an abundance of scissor-tailed flycatchers. -haven't seen fireflies or horned toads in years, here. -only an occasional scissor-tail flycatcher.
There was recently (one of many, unfortunately) an entire grove of mature post oaks that was bulldozed for a neighborhood nearby. My heart sinks every time I see all of those majestic trees, that took years to mature, plowed down.

 

[2 Acres]

I remember catching fireflies and horned toads as a kid. We also had an abundance of scissor-tailed flycatchers. -haven't seen fireflies or horned toads in years, here. -only an occasional scissor-tail flycatcher.
There was recently (one of many, unfortunately) an entire grove of mature post oaks that was bulldozed for a neighborhood nearby. My heart sinks every time I see all of those majestic trees, that took years to mature, plowed down.

Supposedly that's called "progress"

 

[notabitail]

Supposedly that's called "progress"

Progress towards a sad future, that's what.

 

[2 Acres]

You got that right...

 

[2 Acres]

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Supposedly that's called "progress"

I get fireflys every year. I have my own little paradise. What surprised me is that the Mayflies mak it this far inland from Lake Erie.