Beautiful Memories of Summer

dear diary,dear readers. My memories of summer from my childhood,are beautiful treasures.I grew up in the fifties and sixties.I remember playing in the summer rain.It felt so good and so much fun,laughing, trying new things in the rain;riding my bike in the rain,dancing around with the other kids until we were dizzy.I remember playing games at night with all the neighborhood kids;games like ,kick the can, kickball, red-rover,red rover,hide and seek,and we never noticed the summer heat,even though we were soaked with sweat.A quick drink of water and off again.We played in the park;the merry go-round,it was so much fun spinning around until we were dizzy and sick,(yuck).the Forrest was a magical place.We could pretend it was whatever we wanted it to be.We built our hideouts,sometimes pretending we lived there.another evening game was catching fire-flies in a jar,then see who caught the most.We had the greatest swimming holes,one with a rope to swing out over the water and let go to plunge into the water.Then there was the summer food,fresh veggies,like corn on the cob,ripe Delicous tomatoes,fried green tomatoes,purple hull peas,squash,like mama used to make it .And of course fried potatoes,cornbread and good ole ice tea.The fruit was really special to us kids.When watermelon time came it was like Christmas. We ate the big slices with the juice dripping from our faces.Of course I can't forget the Drive-in theater,sitting on the car or on a blanket on the grown,watching the movie from the merry go-round.I have to say ,there is so much more.I realize now the summer fun was non-stop.I hope you have some great memories of summer.I loved sharing some of mine with all of my readers.Ya'll come back now ,ya hear.(my humor).