Tree-Five Minute Friday
Five Minute Friday where we write for 5 minutes. No looking back. No correcting typos. Just write.
Today’s prompt is Tree.
I was little. Maybe 4 or 5 years old
I would go with mom across the floating bridge.
She would let me pay the toll.
On sunny days it was so gorgeous.
We would go across Lake Washington and drive past the University. I always thought someday I would go to school there…..
Past the college around the curves and turn left up the hill.
The house I was born in was up the hill from Sandpoint Navy Base in Seattle….we moved away from that house when I was 2, but mom had stayed friends with our neighbor there.
Her name was Sharon. I never called her by her first name though. You didn’t do that back then. She was Mrs. W. (Name withheld since original posting as I found her son on Facebook)
She had 2 sons, one that had artificial ears because he was born without them. I remember he was a few years older than me. His name was Brian. Then there was Matthew.
I loved going to visit because they had the BIGGEST Willow tree across the street from their house.
We always parked under that tree.
I would lay on the sidewalk, under that tree, and look up.
Wishing I could climb to the top.
To this day Willow trees are my favorite. I haven’t claimed to the top of one yet though.
photo credit: lisabatty via photopin cc
Isn’t it amazing what memories stick with us from childhood? I’ve always loved being under a tree, the hide-y space it gives and the way a willow makes a whole room for you. Glad you shared today!
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I love Willows, too. It always seemed that if you could climb up one with a good book, those leaves would hide you good and no one would find you for a good, long while. My kids refer to them as “Mommy’s Favorite Tree.”
Visiting from FMF, enjoying your memory 🙂
Yes a book and solitude, near a creek, on a summer day
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Willow trees are the best. They are so droopy, big, and full of mystery. I haven’t seen many as they are not common where I live, but I remember one when I was growing up. It was totally captivating.
I don’t see them here in North Idaho either….I wonder if one would survive the cold winter? Thank you for stopping by
Oh, it is my favorite thing in the world to lay under a tree, drinking in the beauty, dreaming big dreams. Thank you for that sweet reminder today!
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