Mom ran us out of the house rain or shine, we lived outdoors as we had lots of woods & creeks. dad called us in for dinner with an old cow horn bugle.
There was Boy Scouts,
working on merit badges
camping
hiking
conservation projects
performing flag ceremonies
ushering at ball games
paper drives
fishing
crawfishing
hunting eels
hunting anything that moved rabbits, squirrels, doves, quail, armadillos, possums,
building forts
digging fox holes & playing army
shooting marbles
shooting clothes pins off mom's clothes line
shooting turtles off logs in the river
throwing axes into pine trees
Horse-shoes
tether ball
swimming
riding bikes for miles
Always had home chores
Working at dad's store
Washing Dad's truck or Mom's car
bailing hay
mending or building fences
brush-hogging
Mowing yard
feeding the cows, chickens, pigs
Don't remember any "idle time" and electronic games didn't exist until I had kids.
Leggett
There was Boy Scouts,
working on merit badges
camping
hiking
conservation projects
performing flag ceremonies
ushering at ball games
paper drives
fishing
crawfishing
hunting eels
hunting anything that moved rabbits, squirrels, doves, quail, armadillos, possums,
building forts
digging fox holes & playing army
shooting marbles
shooting clothes pins off mom's clothes line
shooting turtles off logs in the river
throwing axes into pine trees
Horse-shoes
tether ball
swimming
riding bikes for miles
Always had home chores
Working at dad's store
Washing Dad's truck or Mom's car
bailing hay
mending or building fences
brush-hogging
Mowing yard
feeding the cows, chickens, pigs
Don't remember any "idle time" and electronic games didn't exist until I had kids.
Leggett