The Fireplace....(Good Times) Poem by Kaila George

The Fireplace....(good times)

I was sitting in front of our fire place

Remembering what was

Family...at home enjoy our time together

Mum and Dad making sure we were all home

Teaching us how to.....

Cook

Clean and make our own beds

Sewing

Gardening

Mowing lawns

Mum in the kitchen with us girls...

Cooking Jams and making ginger ale...hmmm

Roasting dinners for sunday brunch

Boys outside with Dad...

Cutting lawns, gardening, and chopping the old tree in our backyard

Then as the evening came, we girls would prepare our beds around our fireplace

as Dad and the boys stocked our fireplace for the family evening in

To watch our very first Telethon on our very first colour t.v

Oh this was rare...for our parents to let us sleep in the sitting room

We had dinner...then Mum got out our special treats for the night

Home made bread...with butter melted on top...to go with the jam we made just today...hot milo....hmmm what a treat

She had made these wonderful buns cooked in coconut cream...to die for...hmmm

My older brothers and sisters were now working and brought home some extra goodies

BAG OF CHIPS...AND POP CORN...AND MUMS HOMEMADE GINGER ALE.....MARSHMALLOWS...hmmm...what a treat...yum yum...smiles

This felt like christmas in advance...but who cared we were enjoying ourselves

The house was so crowded back then...so many happy memories

Now as I watch the fire burn in the fireplace as me and my dog Buddy

Silently watch it burn...those memories keep coming back

THOSE WERE THE DAYS...smiles.