We spent several days at my parents’ home in Grand Junction. Over the mountains and through the desert, to Pop Pop and Row Row’s house we go’ed.
One of my favorite spots on the planet is their backyard. Every season there is lovely, but the summers are luscious. It’s barefoot-in-the-grass, kaleidoscopic, Russian Olive sweet-scented, and almost too hot.
My mom bought a triple-wide slip-and-slide, complete with mini-rafts and racing flags. The kids used it to keep cool. We put it on the grassy hillside for extra speed.
*Song made not-exactly famous by what band? You win nothing if you know. It will simply confirm we had the same cassette in our tape decks during the summer of 1987.
Strangely, I don’t know that song at all. But the pictures are beautiful! We went over the hills and through the prairie to Nana and Pawpaw’s house for our 4th too…
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Cute little girly! I love that last photo.
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Terrific pics!!
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A triple wide slip & slide!? That is awesome. Don’t know the song either. In 1987 I was listening to Toto and Madonna.
Steph
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I was only 7 in 1987, so I mostly listened to Psalty and whatever my mom and dad had on the radio…
But your slip ‘n’ slide photos are super-fun!
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Ooo, I love the photo of the flower with the dew on it. What is it — a lily, maybe? (I don’t know flowers; I bet that wasn’t obvious at all.)
Looks like Beatrix had a blast. That last photo made me laugh, especially since I just took pictures of my own kiddos in the sprinkler the other day, and in almost every one of them my daughter’s mouth was WIDE open. Just like that.
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This is my first comment… I’ve been reading your blog for a while and really enjoy it.
I was born in Grand Junction and grew up in the Boulder area. Now I live just outside Nashville, TN.
I believe the song was recorded by XTC. 🙂
XTC, of course.
Oh yes, it was definitely xtc. And I love the slide – I’ve been thinking about getting one of those for my kids…
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LOVE those pics of Beatrix. What great expressions you’ve captured 🙂
I want a triple-wide slip’n’slide too!
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Slip and slide on a hill what fun! Your sweet girl looks like she has had such a good time!
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I just LOVE the photography in this post. Wow!
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