A Summer Pastime

I don’t know about your summers growing up, but when I was a kid, my summers were hot!!

One of the things my siblings along with our friends loved to do was to play in the water.  And one of the favorite pastimes was to run through the sprinkler on the lawn. We didn't have  “Slip ‘n Slides” or anything like that, we only had the plain ole average lawn sprinkler, and if we didn't have one or if ours didn't work well enough, we would go and use someone else's.

Playing in the sprinkler was so spontaneous.  We didn't worry about sunscreen or anything else for that matter.  The only thing we needed was some friends to come and join in the fun.

In my  mind I can still remember rolling out the hose, twisting the squeaky faucet and watching the sprinkler come to life.  Sure the water was cold, but more importantly it was exhilarating.

There were different tactics we would use: 

Standing in one place and getting wet, 

Or just running through it.... 

Then of course there was “stay-away.” 

 It didn’t really matter what you did.  

As long as your were staying cool and having fun.

But after awhile the grass would start sticking to our feet...

And we would get tired of being cold and the fun would come to an end. 

But not before we took one last drink out of the hose and ran through it one more time....

Good times...