Well my darling friend Bacon has asked up to remember the one thing from our childhood that we could play with forever and ever..that one thing that we loved and remembered fondly..well here goes…
Mud and water……
Yep…I was a tomboy..and whenever I had the chance I would head to mud..and water…I could play with it for hours..i loved to make things from clay and watch them change in the sun and bake..i had no fear of getting dirty..still don’t..i loved the smell of the earth when it was wet…I loved looking for worms and bugs…slater beetles..snails..real grub I was…
Water
And water I loved water..the pool we had..the rivers I would visit with my grandparents on road trips but most of all the beach and the ocean…every summer we headed there..fishing swimming playing in the sand..
If I could have stayed in water or mud all year I would have been the happiest child on the planet…
Squishy mud….
I still play with the mud..its called gardening…and I still love the water..yet do not get as much chance to be in it anymore..the kid in me still loves the smell of wet earth…the ground here is not quite as soft and yielding as where I played as a child..but my love of feeling the Earth in my hands and the freedom of floating and diving into water will always be my greatest joys 🙂
Even if the neighbourhood horses find the whole thing hilarious…
QUIT HORSIN AROUND LADY!
FOZZIE.M 
wait I come over and we build bridges and castles on this fabulous construction ground :o) mom’s speciality were dribble castles and mud towers :o) the only bad thing was the water what came in your wellies while building your own mud-world. Sadly mom’s stingy pawrents refused to buy her waders :o(
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Hahahaah I want waders too!! I have seen them and I want some for the dam..i have never grown up 🙂 loved making castles..sticks and pine cones and other goodies to add class 🙂 🙂 we would have fun! hugs and loves Fozziemum xx
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yes. and this time we can buy our waders without begging, ha! and if we are dirty we haven’t to take a bath, it’s our own crib where we leave muddy footprints :o)
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Yay..vive la revolution Easy 🙂 🙂 xx
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you would have been fun to play with Bev! 😀
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Aww thanks Sharon…the only thing Virgo about my childhood was I would have bossed you around like a teacher hahahhaah 🙂 🙂
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We used to love playing in mud too and the dirtier the better. Have a fabulous Friday.
Best wishes Molly
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Molly it was a great way to spend some time wallowing in the dirt 🙂 have a great Friday too!! Hugs and loves Fozziemum xxx
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Same here, SHE spent her childhood in polluted creeks….probably why SHE’s so healthy now.
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I agree guys!! we build a good immunity up 🙂 🙂
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Ah yes….glorious mud…..I too enjoyed modeling all manner of things from mud – both my brother and I would sit and play in mud puddles for hours. I probably should have become a sculptress!!! HAHAHA
Hugs, Pam
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Oh Pam I bet you had fun! my sister was a complete bore…hahahha and how much fun was it 🙂 I learnt to throw pots on a potter wheel when the kids were little..how I wish i could do it again 🙂 fun and frustrating bwahahhaa 🙂 hugs Bev x
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I never actually got to the potters wheel stage but thought about taking classes at one point – then decided to do oil painting instead……but the “mud woman” in me occasionally thinks about it!
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Oh do it!! it is soooo cathartic…the fluid movement of the clay under your hands is lovely…and mesmerising…the first time you “get” it is like learning to ride a bike without the training wheels 🙂 …now I am all revved up to do it again ..first I have a spinners wheel to learn..;)
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Oh so much mud- I was and am too much of a girly girl for mud! But good for you for not minding it! Love the horse- it made me laugh 🙂
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Hahahaaahahah not me…I can e as girly as the best f them..but I love getting dirty 🙂 and yes that horsey was hilarious…:)
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I hate mud momwithoutpaws says I am to prissy, we will have plenty of mud this weekend, it is suppose to rain all weekend
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Oh goody more mud then Fred 🙂 look at the spa like qualities on your furs 🙂
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I do not think momwithoutpaws will like the spa quality when she has my paws, Old Cissy’s paws and now today Riley is coming up there are going to be to much spa quality on her floor
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Hahahah you have a blast with Riley Fred and I am sure even without a mud wallow you will find mischief 😉 xxx
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We used to swim in farm ponds all time when I was a kid.. can’t believe I did it and wouldn’t think of doing it now.. Ick! I wouldn’t mind a good wade in a muddy hole and I am sure there would be some interesting stuff to see! I still like to get dirty but it’s going to have to cool off some here! I was a tomboy and and still am! The outdoors.. a great alternative to toys!
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Oh I still love the idea of ponds hahaaha 🙂 being a tomboy is heaps of fun…and indeed I still channel my inner grub 🙂
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Oh snorts – too fun! And that horse picture in the end – PRICELESS my friend. And to think people pay good money these days to have mud treatments – you started a trend! XOXO – Bacon
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I know my friend! I do love the great outdoors…an mud..so juvenile 😉 and yes I laughed at the horse..he was in the rain yawning away 🙂 🙂 hugs and loves Fozziemum xxx
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That DOES sound like lots of fun, Bev! The horse certainly thought so. 🙂
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Haahaaha I think the horse was already to roll in the mud too! 🙂 xxxx
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bev…with ya all the way…and nothing better than the smell of burning leaves, a wet woods, cut grass, rain, pine, a log burning fireplace, and no place I’d rather be than looking out over the ocean out my front window and a sea of spruce out the back……in my dreams only but nothing wrong with that…♥♥♥♥♥ laura
da tabbies say heerz ta a safe happee week oh end…may de bass bee bountee full in yur bowl ♥
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I agree Laura ..all these smells and sights fill the heart 🙂 and I too hanker for the ocean…tis a long way off though 🙂 Loves Bev xxx
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My favourite times as a child were when I was over the pony stud working with the horses. Didn’t matter what the weather was like, when I wasn’t at school that’s where I’d be:)
Hope you have a fab weekend.
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Sounds perfect Sue 🙂 I would have loved to send time with Horses 🙂 have a great week hugs bev xxx
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Love your photos! They continue to ‘tell the story.’ ❤
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Thank you so much 🙂 ❤
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Dat wuz a gweat posty Fozziemum. Weez weally enjoyed gettin’ to know mowe ’bout yous. Mommy wuz a bit of a tommyboy too. MOL Hers wuld shinny up da weepin’ willow i da backyawd and hunt fur horney toads and sell ’em fur a nickel to da old ladies in da neighborhood so they kuld keep their bug purrawlems down. And da nex day hers wuld hunt, catch and we-sell purrawly da vewy same horney toads to da vewy same old ladies. MOL Childhood…..mommy sez sumtimes is good to member. 🙂
Luv ya’
Dezi
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Hahahaaaha good for mum..an entrepeneur 🙂 I loved willows too and I still climb trees 🙂 🙂 Luvs Fozziemum xx
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Mommy not be shinnyin’ any twess anymowe, but hers finks hers still might kuld. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi
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Mud, mud pies, and getting dirty is a great childhood memory. I’ve never thought of gardening being a replacement for that time, but I guess it is! ☺
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Haahahaah I always love the mud and dirt..pity it is mostly rock here 🙂 but we adapt 🙂 hugs Fozziemum
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Looks like a lot of fun! 😀 Oh, and we love the photo of the horse! It’s hilarious!! MOL MOL MOL 😆 HAve a wonderful weekend, sweetie! 🙂 xx Roxy & Tigerlino ❤
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Hahahaahah thankyou sweet ones 🙂 and yes funny horsey 🙂 have a great week guys hugs and loves Fozziemum xx<3 ❤ ❤
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Omy muddy Goddess! Synchros over web today. I just got a letter from my dad with copy of me as a 2 year old at beach holding plastic beach ball. At the same time as I was emailing him pics of a girl at the beach who reminded me very much of me. I adored being at the beach as a kid and still need to get there occasionally. I still am a happy Tomgirl, finally! Age has not decreased my love of clumping around in Nature. We used to love going away on horse riding holidays at a rough farm when we were kids. 1 of our fave activities going down to the dams and collecting tadpoles in jars and then counting them and maybe we might even get frogs if we were lucky which were always good to stir up any adults. Heh Heh!
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Haahahaah yep taddies are so much fun 🙂 when I spotted them hanging around the dam edge last year I was so excited 🙂 sounds like you had a great time with horses…something I never got to do 🙂 hugs Bev xx
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You’re never too old to roll in the mud!
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I totally agree 🙂
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Oh, that is FABulous!!! Ma always loved playin’ in the mud as a wee lass too!! She even made the neighbor boy eat one of her ‘mud pies’ (REAL MUD) and tell her she was a ‘good cook’!!! BOL (yeah, nothing’s changed…☺)
High five to Tomboys everywheres!!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
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Hahaaaaahhahah Ruby mum had it all goin on then 🙂 way to go mum! I loved a good mud pie..and yep tomboys rule 🙂 hugs and loves Fozziemum xxxxx
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OMD, I was drooling over that pond and all that glorious mud! We must be kindred spirits. 😀
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Hahaahah Sage we must be….love me some mud and dams 🙂 hugs Fozziemum xx
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Funny horsie picture.
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HAHAHAA 🙂 love the horsey neighbours 🙂
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Oh yes I remember mud and water-don”t tell anyone but I still play in it when no one is looking.
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Hahaahah good for you…so do I 😉
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Thre is nothing like a good romp in the mud!!! I used to go mud sliding in the forest here when I was a child. I’d return home covered in mud & my Grandparents would just laugh & laugh…..They were VERY patient people! I would then have a warm Aveeno oatmeal bath & fresh jammies & supper; oh THOSE were the days!!!!!
Thanks for this; you just put a big 🙂 on my face…
Love Sherri-Ellen x0x0x0
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Sounds like bliss to me Sherri-Ellen….childhood fun and dirt 🙂 glad it made you smile 🙂 hahaaha 🙂 Loves Bev xx
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Oh I loved playing in the mud too! My wonderful Mom let us and just hosed us off before sending us to the bathtub 🙂 Great memories 🙂
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Yep the mud was always fun for most kids 🙂 I am soo glad I am not alone in my messy fun 🙂 hugs and loves Fozziemum xx
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Granny and I are not in for muddy waters, Fozziemum, we’re kind of fussy, but we can picture it and imagine that it is fun 🙂 Pawkisses for a Lovely Evening 🙂
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Hahaahahhaha not everyones cup of tea Little Binky 🙂 🙂 and have a lovely day 🙂 xxx Fozziemum
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I would love to play in all that mud!
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I bet you would Misaki haaaahah 🙂 xx
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What fun you had! True, there is nothing like good ole mud. The horse thought you were hilarious. We didn’t play in mud unless we were near the ocean or lake. We were given shovels and pails and told to go at it. We would dig for China. Which was way under us….they moved China a wile ago and now you can take a plane there. After we had our holes we were given a running hose to fill the holes with water. We sprayed each other, watered the plants etc., finally filling the hole and then we sat in the holes….looking back, the hole sitting seems rather boring but we were happy. Go figure. Simple minds and all that.
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I agree…these are the things that make childhood wonderful..being free to get dirty and explore without worry….simple minds or sensible ? hugs and loves Fozziemum xxx
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