When I was a little girl there were no Nintendos, Play Stations or DVD players. As a matter of fact there wasn't even color tv, if you can imagine that! I lived on a farm until I left at the age of 14. Many of the toys I played with came from using my own imagination and it wasn't uncommon to create toys from whatever there happened to be around me at the moment.
One of my favorite imaginary toys was to gather boquets of Queen Anne's Lace from along a newly mown hay field and to pretend that these beautiful, dainty flowers, if turned upside down, would become elegant ladies in frilly gowns at the most amazing gala events imaginable.
There was always so much hard work to do on a farm that play time became precious innocent moments that were few and far between....but I cherished those times. Playing with my beautiful ladies made of Queen Anne's Lace, I could let my mind wander to places that I could only dream of; Paris, London, Rome. I imagined being one of those ladies at a gala event and finding my Prince Charming gazing at me from across the ballroom. Our eyes would meet and he would sweep me off my feet in my beautiful gown made of Queen Anne's Lace, and I would no longer be a little child working hard on a farm, but rather, a woman with a dream life of wealth and happiness ahead of her.
Childhood dreams and Queen Anne's Lace.....I'll never forget those precious childhood moments.....for they were so few and far between.
written by Heart
February 24th, 2008
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