Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Daisy chain happiness

On a recent walk along the coast in Newcastle we came upon a grassy hill covered in daisies. When I was young and the summers stretched out over endless days I remember spending hours making daisy chains. Once I made one so long that I wrapped it around the entire house. I found myself telling the kids this and sounded like a stereotyped old person "A long, long time ago when I was young and we had no tv or computer games to amuse us...." Blah, blah, blah!
The kids laughed at me but then started gathering daisies and making their own. We didn't get quite as far as making a mega-long-wrap-around-anything one but it was fun to stop and feel the sunshine on our faces as we sat side by side on the grass. Listening to the muffled crashing of the waves and smelling the salt in the air, doing something that brought me such simple pleasure as a child and I hope I never grow too old for...


5 comments - click here to leave your comment:

  1. I can remember spending almost every summer lunchtime at primary school making daisy chains and looking for four leaf clovers...

     
  2. I don' t think I've ever done this...

    Beautiful :-)

     
  3. I don' t think I've ever done this...

    Beautiful :-)

     
  4. This is beautiful Gina. I don't think I've ever found a patch of daisies to do this with, sounds like fun though. Love your story about the olden days;) xx

     
  5. gosh - that would of been the queen of daisy chains! I remember it being a school lunch time activity - making them and sharing secrets with friends.