Alice communes with Nature, in condensed, easily accessible form. Every kid needs a shrub to hide in. I've had several and I was intimately familiar with every inch of dirt it covered (though not familiar enough that I avoided sitting on a slug during a night game of hide and seek).
I love that Dill's dad is part of nature!
ReplyDeleteOur next door neighbors in my early childhood were the neatest, tallest old man and his housebound wife who raised bees, grew kumquats and let us play in their yard which had a city-sized shrub complex perfect for hiding. Thanks for reminding me of them.
ReplyDeleteI remember my shrubs as well. I particularly loved "the smell of a new hose."
ReplyDeleteWhen I was little, our neighbor had a willow tree that was planted near the corner of a stone wall. It created the perfect place to hide.
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