memory lane
My dad just sent me this picture, with the email subject, "thought you might like this."
This was part of the playground area from the first apartment building we lived in while we were in Berlin, on Argentinische Allee. I remember that we had some carrots growing in a little garden outside, and I remember being one of the last families to live in that particular building because they were moving everyone out so they could rennovate. I remember there weren't many kids, but I think Sarah was the only other girl in the two nearby buildings (my building would have been in front of us, and we shared the "yard" space with the building visible in the picture. The boy in the middle is probably Flip, another of the last of the children, and I don't remember the second boy at all.
I do remember that Sarah, Flip, and I, or sometimes just Flip and I, would go "raid" the playground across the street, because theirs was much cooler--they had a three-story wavy slide*. Wasn't I just cool when we moved into that building and it became my playground.
[*These were some of my friends after we moved: Isabel Netzaband, my best friend (German); Susie with a very Irish last name; girl-Erin (as opposed to boy-Aaron); and Nicole Hall, younger sister of the two oldest boys in the apartment building--they were French!]
I don't remember this picture being taken, but apparently I didn't have much respect for authority (or maybe it was just timing)...see my tongue sticking out? And also note how we were swinging (mom, actually don't look!). We were in a jumping-from-the-swing phase at that age, and apparently I was much braver then than I am now.
6/9/05 Addendum: This must have also been after they replaced the old swing set with the new one. The old set had a "baby" swing with the little straps and restraints. We always used to quarrel over who got the baby swing; for some reason, that was the most popular--Dog knows why! But I don't see the baby swing in this picture, and I have a vague memory of being put out when they replaced it.
Comments
Right after this picture appeared, Danielle's computer did a crash. I think it had a stroke or heart attack.
Posted by: Mom | June 16, 2005 09:58 PM
That's s great pic. You were clearly at the top of your game--and looking right at the camera....
Posted by: Tim G. | June 15, 2005 03:40 PM
Yes! She is standing on the swing and almost ready to loop over the top! When I first saw the picture my heart stopped and my stomach heaved. Thank goodness she survived. Then I read she JUMPED?!! This must have been when I was at work. Or, maybe that is why my hair is white! And notice how much higher she is than the boys? She always had to be #1.
Posted by: Mom | June 9, 2005 09:51 PM
SSHHHH! I don't want to give my mother a panic attack some 20 years after the fact! :-)
Posted by: danielle | June 9, 2005 10:01 AM
You're standing on the swing and almost ready to loop around the top bar!
Posted by: Hunter S. | June 9, 2005 08:59 AM