Picture of the day:
Things were different. This is the only thing I know of that still exists about my Grandpa Lloyds store in Eastanollee, Georgia. It is what is left of a calendar. I never saw the store but my mama worked there as a child (1909-1915)
Today’s stuff:
The surroundings of RV parks and campgrounds has changed since the arrival of COVID. WE are seeing many more children where we once only saw old folks until Summer. Example, A couple just parked across the road, they have three children, a puppy and a cat.
They are home schooled and the parents work from ‘Home’; for them, home is where you park it.
I had to smile when the oldest child asked Sherry if we had any kids? LOL The mother was there, I laughed, looking at her saying, “Yes we do but they are on Social Security.”
Electric bikes, scooters and 4 wheelers are the thing. Yes even life on the road has changed very much.
That is my sweet Sherry in her sister Collette's arms. Cute wasn't she?
I don’t guess it is sad, it is really history repeating itself IN CHANGE. i.e. Dad would say, when I wanted
a car, “When I was a boy and wanted to go
somewhere, I walked or rode a mule bare back. Things
have sure changed!” And of course they had.
WE catch ourselves saying things like, “At one time we could understand the words of a song when Elvis, Sedaka, and Ray Charles sang !”
Speaking of those and hundreds more, we are reminded no matter who you are, how rich you become or famous you are; unless you are a president, inventor, or great philosopher you will be forgotten.
A generation or two down the road someone may remember a grandpa or grandma named ....mmmmm ? And they will be saying, “Hey we used to do things much different than these crazy kids today!”
I hope in a few years (if time goes on and I am alive) I can still move and think well enough to tell the great grands how much fun it was to be alive in the 1940-1970 era of music and TV! (Part of the Silent Generation)
Many of my elders thought the 'Rock and Roll' teens in my time were headed to hell in a hand basket. Some folks think that today, but when I see our fantastic Grand kids, and I know you have some too; I know the country will be in pretty good hands…
Nite Shipslog
PS: Oh yes RV parks have changed, as I type this, it is about 8:30PM and I hear noise, children cutting up. We used to hear only bugs or night noises after 6PM, LOL…….Don’t leave, I’m even gonna try to do better;-)
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7 comments:
I never thought of how life changed after Covid when it came to living on the road. I guess the biggest is being able to work at home on the computer.
My husband loved his Davy Crockett hat.
Oh yes--things have changed and even more so after Covid. We had a whole different life than the kids (our kids/grandkids) do today. We didn't have phones, or computers, or Netflix....We did have bicycles that we wore out, tree climbing abilities and Monday night I LOVE LUCY and Jackie Gleason and Red Skeleton. We were blessed and I bet our kids today will think that they were blessed, too, when they look back on life. At least I hope so. Hugs and love- Diana
For sure, life as we knew it has done about a 180. Sometimes it's difficult to keep my big mouth shut -- most of the time they don't want to hear it. Come to think of it, I was probably that way myself, all preoccupied with the here and now. Those images of "little" Sherry and your boys are precious!
TIMES DO KEEP CHANGING. I have a hard time with some of it. I remember the first time I went to a doctor younger than me.He was so young, I thought I must be getting old. That was about 40 years ago and now I'm really old. Times do keep changing and it's best if we roll with the punches.
It would be wonderful to see some old photos of Grandpa Lloyds store. Perhaps somewhere in some photo archives?
Life was different back then. But then ... I would not have met you back then because they had no T'internet.
God bless.
I for one am glad I grew up when I did!!!
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