Saturday Snapshots– Growing up on a farm
Here, Kitty. Always pets around, but not in the house
Dad on the tractor
My sister Mary and I, ready for school
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Wonderful black and whites! Growing up on a farm must have been a magical experience. I always loved visiting people on farms as a child but never got to spend enough time there myself.
Hi Trish, I don’t know about magical, but we had clean air, room to run and play, and as we got old enough, we learned the jobs demanded of a farm, including driving tractor at harvest and piling bales on a wagon after the baler gathered up the hay. And much more. Last year my book was published about that experience: See my book page http://carolynwilker.ca/book.shtml
oh, I do like old pictures, and these are fabulous. I have one of me, very similar to your first one (but minus the cat), with the same sort of dress, shoes and socks – and a single curl on the top of my head! And I wore a little gingham dress to school, with a ribbon in my hair.
I can just picture that shot. We only know about those early days from photos. Thanks for stopping by.
Those are fun – its amazing to look at how far we have come in photography in such a short time!
That’s true, Sheila. I’ve scanned the old photos to keep them in my collection and avoid further aging, at least for now.
Charming photos. I grew up in the same era and life seemed simpler then. Or maybe it’s my imagination or just nostalgia.
I think life was somewhat less complicated then. We tend to see things differently when we look back. Thanks, Leslie.
You and your sister are so cute! Love old photos.
Thanks for your kind words. An interesting side note is that our next sister complained about wearing the “same dress” twice and Mom stopped dressing us alike after that. Thanks for stopping by.
These are fabulous. I love old photos. I began school around that time as well and also have a b/w me and kitty photo somewhere…LOL
Thanks, Diane. Unlike homes in town, our kittens and dogs most often slept in the barn, except for one dog that slept on an old coat in our garage.
I love looking back in time with old photos! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Alyce. There have been a number of lovely old photos shown here at different times.
Such great old photos, I particularly love that first one.
Hi Loise. I like that one too. One of my favourites. Thanks for stopping by.
Oh, how fun! I love the adorable shot with the kitty–and those cute school uniforms!
Thanks, Cheryl. Not school uniforms, but dresses our mother made for us to wear to school. Thanks for stopping by.