Monday, May 31, 2010

A house filled with love - the basement

When I would stay with Grandma and Pa, I often found myself going downstairs to 'explore' the basement. It was such a fascinating part of their house--I can recall the musty smell by memory. I remember the old freezer and washer/dryer, a shelf filled with canned goods, the far wall that was built up with dirt, and, of course, Grandpa Barnetson's bedroom.

The bedroom was my fave place to hang out in the basement. There were boxes filled with a random collection of things - old clothes, books, some records....I loved to look through these and imagine how they were previously used.

I remember spending time in the bedroom with Lana--she was writing a novel at this time, you see. (At the tender age of 10, I think...) So she would write and I don't know what I did...probably watched her or read over her shoulder.

And now that I have a house of my own, a house that is probably as old as theirs (if not older), I sometimes get a 'whiff' of Grandma/Pa's basement smell. And it brings a smile to my face to remember the days of exploring...


2 comments:

  1. Oh the novel writing! My goodness, I am SUCH a dork. I do have a friend that did the same thing, and we talked about it for the first time on Friday night and both were like,"ok, there's another person out there as weird as me!!"

    I loved that little room down there too! I remember playing dolls in it. But didn't we set up your tent down there too? I remember lots of tents at Grandma's house.

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  2. Really, we set up a tent? It's very likely that we did, but I don't remember!!

    And you were NOT a dork. Smart is what I would use to describe you.

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