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Nvmagpie
August 17, 2018

Memories of Maine Summers

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I did this for my BOM album and for the Summer Childhood challenge. I don't have any pictures from these vacations - my brother took pictures/slides but I don't have them. Took photos that looked familiar from the Web of Moosehead Lake. The picture of me is the right age 4-5 years.

Simple page - Paper House pp, Pinkfresh enamel dots, ink, navy cs.

Journaling: For 2 summers ('54-'55 or '55-'56), our family rented a house in Maine on Moosehead Lake. Mom, Guy and I would spend a month there and Dad came up for a week. Because I was so young, I only have fleeting memories but I do know that I enjoyed it.
Some things I remember
* The house seemed large to me with a 2 story living room and fireplace where we popped popcorn.
* The master bedroom was downstairs with 3 bedrooms upstairs on the lake side.
* It had a screened porch on the lake side that went the width of the house. We would eat out there some days.
* My brother, Guy, and I sat on the steps and fed chipmunks. It took a while to get them to take peanuts from our hands.
* The house was on the lake with a dock and a small motor boat we could use. We had to go across the lake in it to get drinkable water.
* Guy used the boat for fishing and wasn't very successful. I only remember him catching one fish.
* One morning I saw a moose standing in the trees by the lake. He was huge!
* The lake water was icy cold but I still went swimming. The water was clear and it had a rocky bottom.
* Running back to the house one morning from the small beach, I stepped on a nail that was sticking up in a piece of wood. Mom had to find a doctor to see me. It was on a Wednesday when many of them closed their offices to go golfing. She found an old country doctor.
* The doctor looked at it; went out the back door and got some dirt; combined it with water to made mud; slapped it on the bottom of my foot; wrapped it with an old Wonder bread wrapper and then gave me a tetanus shot. It healed just fine.
* One day I caught a frog and put it in my plastic pail thinking it was toad and wouldn't hop out. I then brought it into the kitchen to show my Mom. It hopped out of the pail and we had to spend time trying to catch it.
* The second summer Guy found a Ham Radio group to spend time with. He took me with him one day to the top of a tall mountain while they used their radios.
* That second summer we all took a float plane ride over the lake.

Summer Childhood Memory - challenge
Journal challenge Cat 1 - list


layouts scrapbooking vacation lake Maine Blue 12 x 12 Embellishments Inking Journaling Punches Book of Me Nature Summer Travel & Vacation Water
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