Oooh! I grew up in a "cedar lake" small town that used to be cranberry bogs back in the 1800's.
A Developer purchased it back in the 1950's and turned it into little cottage vacation homes surrounded by seven lakes with sandy beaches, clubhouses and made it a country club setting.
That prestige notion lasted about 15 years until I moved in at the young age of 5 back in 1972. It became low income housing so to say.
It is a ghetto now, my parents and sisters both live in this small development of 480 falling apart homes. When I go to visit - I still love to get lost. Plenty of woodlands and lakes, dams, etc. I enjoy discovering and rediscovering the past of this childhood place.
Finding wild cranberries and blueberries in season. A field of Tulips in the spring where a home once stood. Still returning to the dam where I used to dive off of and once lost my swimming pants. (Trying to get home naked was a chore! Especially when my curfew was when the streetlights came on. I had to wait until dark.)
Love the red shapes!! You got yourself a pretty blue sky in this shot, too. Great colors!!
ReplyDeleteOooh! I grew up in a "cedar lake" small town that used to be cranberry bogs back in the 1800's.
ReplyDeleteA Developer purchased it back in the 1950's and turned it into little cottage vacation homes surrounded by seven lakes with sandy beaches, clubhouses and made it a country club setting.
That prestige notion lasted about 15 years until I moved in at the young age of 5 back in 1972. It became low income housing so to say.
It is a ghetto now, my parents and sisters both live in this small development of 480 falling apart homes. When I go to visit - I still love to get lost. Plenty of woodlands and lakes, dams, etc. I enjoy discovering and rediscovering the past of this childhood place.
Finding wild cranberries and blueberries in season. A field of Tulips in the spring where a home once stood. Still returning to the dam where I used to dive off of and once lost my swimming pants. (Trying to get home naked was a chore! Especially when my curfew was when the streetlights came on. I had to wait until dark.)