Lines, squares, rectangles and other geometric shapes fill my world. On Stevens Avenue the next door house's backyard was fenced in and for good reason. No, there was no mad dog barking all night or threatening to rip my heart out. The guy living was in construction and piled excess cinder blocks outback. During the day when he was at work, the gang and I would climb over the fence and get busy. It was out real life Lego World. We'd build forts and mazes out of the seemingly endless blocks of concrete. Of course, when he finally figured out what we were doing, he went straight to Mom, and we were told in no uncertain terms that his backyard was off limits as our playground. Stacking the blocks up that high was very dangerous, he said. And I guess it was. The danger and this guy's threatening words were enough to keep us kids away, right? Wrong! He caught us a few more times, but we were over the fence and well gone before he got off his back porch. Kids today!
Nice composition.
ReplyDeleteYour exploits as you describe them are many and varied. This one sounds like fun.
ReplyDeleteReal life tetris! The things that kids will do for fun. :)
ReplyDeleteToday you and your friends would be playing video games all day -- no adventures around the neighborhood -- barbara
ReplyDeleteI love to see brick pavers like this. It seems to be a rare sight these days.
ReplyDeletethanks for the laugh. :)
ReplyDeleteNo kids today would be unsupervised long enough to do that!
ReplyDeleteNow that brought back memories of my brothers and I growing up.
ReplyDeleteSour spirit of adventure stayed the same and your tactics got smarter. Good for you.
ReplyDeleteNice pattern.
ReplyDeleteGreat building blocks! You had such a great childhood, Birdman.
ReplyDeleteThe most I ever did with cinder blocks was to build a desk.