"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Falling Magpie #35

Pile all those leaves up
We're going for a leaf ride
Load up the little pickup
We're going for a leaf ride
Heap orange, yellow and red
Fill up that little truck bed
We're going for a leaf ride
and here comes the best part...........
as
we
drive
slowly
up a hill
we're waiting for the thrill
of throwing gobs of leaves
at the honking cars behind us!
Silly them- they make a fuss...
Hah! We're going for a leaf ride!
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When my two sons were young we had a little
Datsun pickup and we would load up the back with
tons (well-maybe not TONS) of freshly fallen
leaves. They would pile into the back with all the
leaves and I would drive slowly around our neighborhood
while the boys would wait for the right moment
to appear tossing big armfuls of color. What a lark.
Today, I suppose everyone would frown and not
enjoy the exuberance of youth with the colors of Fall.
They would possibly grumble about more leaves to rake up.
Nevermind, we had a great time.

37 comments:

  1. a leaf ride - what a wonderful way to enjoy the autumn....bkm

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  2. I love the memory that weaved throughout these words... nice Magpie!

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  3. what a wonderful pastime to go for a 'leaf ride' with your sons....

    Sounds like great fun. thanks for sharing the leaf ride down memory lane.

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  4. I love the thought of a leaf ride ... wonderful!

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  5. The leaf ride sounds like fun. What a wonderful tradition! I like the words of your poem as well as its shape!

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  6. And if someone did it to you, it would be just as much fun!

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  7. What a fantastic tradition. Perfect way to celebrate the season. I love it.

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  8. Love that the kids gloried in the colors of the leaves. A fun memory of autumn.

    Here's my Magpie: A Paradise of Spring

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  9. great way to welcome autumn!!

    Nice Magpie :)

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  10. This is a delightful 'in your face' Magpie ... great read!

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  11. Sounds like atraffic accident waiting to happen, to me...

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  12. Sounds like a great time. Gd memories.

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  13. Ah, the wonders of different shaded leaves! A leaf ride sounds fantastic!

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  14. Such a joyous poem.. and how exciting for your boys.. a leafy throwing game. Lovely memories.

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  15. What's wrong with a little autumnal expression?

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  16. Naughty but nice!

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  17. This is a world and experience you've wonderfully portrayed that I have never known..and you're right, today there would probably be too much anger to accept this frivolity.. Play on!!

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  18. Well Kathe next time you gather up I am jumping on the back of the pick-up and help toss heaps, my neighbors hate that I wait till the very last leaf drops and my house, driveway are filled with color, before I gather them up, sigh.

    so much fun your poem and a great memories you shared with the boys..
    witty magpie.

    Cheers,
    Joanny

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  19. Fun, fun, fun! What a great time you must have had on your leaf ride.

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  20. First we rode in a side box on the old Indian, then we had a three ton truck and kids rode in the back, no sides or anything to hold us in, then we had a car and all sat inside. Then we had seat belts in front and no babies allowed to ride on laps, then no arms outside windows, then everyone had to have a seat belt, then no phones in the car.
    Why not make them completely safe and ban people from using cars at all... except for leaf rides!

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  21. the leaf ride sounds like fun...and something we would have been able to do years ago. You may still be able to in the country..Let's Go!

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  22. Oh, i loved the thought of a leaf ride... Would want a seat in your truck as well... Playful magpie :)

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  23. I love this Kathe...wonderful through and through! :-)

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  24. Sweet fall, all of it's goodness is wrapped up in this poem, a leaf ride, simple and yet, holds the world in it.

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  25. heh heh...I'd love to go a leaf ride! Sod them with no sense of fun or humour. It's only mess! And nature!

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  26. how cool...a leaf ride...i need to try that with my boys...like the structure of this one as well..nice magpie!

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  27. Laughing - what fun - if you don't do it, the wind does... :)

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  28. A leaf ride...yep, the best idea I've heard yet for entertaining kids and redistributing some leaves as well. Way to share the season with others!

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  29. Anonymous5:57 AM

    This is such a wonderful memory. What fun. I can see the colours and hear the crunch of the leaves.

    My sisters and I used to sweep all the leaves into a huge pile and then spend ages jumping into them. I'll never forget how happy it made me!

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  30. enjoyable autumn.. the ride is lovely! :)

    My Magpie Is Here:
    http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/wanderer/

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  31. this sounds fantastic - and i would love to go for a leaf ride now....

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  32. What a fun time this must have been! Great memory of fall.

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  33. What fun! All we did was rake them (and then jump in, of course!) Great magpie, thank you.

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  34. How absolutely delightful! We used to burn big piles of leaves. The smell was heavenly on a crisp fall day. Not allowed to do that anymore either. :-( Great read!

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  35. I too decry they apparent loss of joy in today's world for watching the exuberance of youth. However, you've allowed a smile to grace my face as I image your boys creating a shower of color through the neighborhood!

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  36. Oh, I imagine today you would be fined in some neighborhoods! But, as you said, never mind because it was great fun and still is great fun to read about. :)

    (I am only now getting around to reading Magpie #35 at other blogs. Have been so behind that I won't allow myself to even look at the prompts for #36 and #37 yet....)

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