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LisaM

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9. Riding my bike and playing in what we called "the field".

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 12:11 PM

Apr 9

There was a huge field behind our house (now all developed) that ran up to a woods. It had a stone bed (where we would occasionally find fossils), a little hill that ran down to twin ponds that sometimes connected after it rained and where we would build rafts, and the shell of an old barn where we could make forts. We also played Lost in Space in the barn, though that was mostly because we had friends who liked the show, and sometimes we played what we called "olden days". There were four sets of sisters all the same ages - so me and my three friend and our four sisters, all two years younger.

Some combination of us was out in that field almost all day every day.

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What was your favorite childhood activity or activities in the Spring?. Mine were flying kites and riding my bike, [View all] debm55 Apr 9 OP

Shooting my brothers with BBguns Lochloosa Apr 9 #1

Oh you , They could have been hurt. debm55 Apr 9 #6

Who said they weren't? Lochloosa Apr 9 #17

Riding my bike or climbing trees TommieMommy Apr 9 #2

Thank you very much, TommieMommy. It's been a long time since I climbed a tree. debm55 Apr 9 #7

Playing tennis, baseball, bike riding... MiHale Apr 9 #3

Great activities, Thank you MiHale for sharing with us. debm55 Apr 9 #8

Soccer in the back yard. I was a goalie and loved it. applegrove Apr 9 #4

Thank you very much for sharing with us, applegrove. debm55 Apr 9 #12

Baseball displacedvermoter Apr 9 #5

Thank you very much, displacedvermoter. The girls would set up our own "league" with the plastic balls and bats. debm55 Apr 9 #13

Wiffle ball was always a lot of fun! displacedvermoter Apr 9 #21

Yes, I liked playing wiffle ball with my briends.Thank you displacedvermoter. debm55 Apr 9 #23

Riding my bike and playing in what we called "the field". LisaM Apr 9 #9

Great post. LisaM. Thank you very much for sharing with us. debm55 Apr 9 #14

Fishing Endlessmike56 Apr 9 #10

Thank you very much, Endlessmike56 for sharing with us. I remember trout season began on April 15. What did you fish for debm55 Apr 9 #16

Hopscotch Wicked Blue Apr 9 #11

Thank you very much, Wicked Blue for sharing with us. As a child, I loved playing Hopscotch. debm55 Apr 9 #15

Flying kites and jumping in lakes... Harker Apr 9 #18

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Harker. debm55 Apr 9 #24

Riding my bike around the neighborhood Mad_Dem_X Apr 9 #19

Yes, in the spring and summer it was riding my bike almost every day. Thank you Mad_Dem_X debm55 Apr 9 #25

Swimming in faster running waterways. Prairie_Seagull Apr 9 #20

My son started swimming at 6 months in 8 feet of water. He stopped swimming at about 17 years. This was an indoor pool debm55 Apr 9 #27

climbing trees, riding bikes ... surrealAmerican Apr 9 #22

Thank you very much for sharing with us, surrealAmerican. Your Spring activities sound very much like mine. I started my debm55 Apr 9 #28

Baseball. rsdsharp Apr 9 #26

Did you have to go to the hospital???? Thank you very much rsdsharp for sharing with us. debm55 Apr 9 #29

No hospital. The guys picked me up and took me into the grade school building. rsdsharp Apr 9 #30

I had three some_of_us_are_sane Apr 9 #31