Gee, I love this kid so much.
Look at her. A free-flowin' flower child of the 60's, even though she wasn't born until 1970. Don't rein her in. Don't tell her to wear clothes, man. Let her be free.
Don't not post her nudie pic on the internet just because some people get creepy gratificational pleasure from innocence. Don't pander to the lowest common denominator, man. Those people have a problem. But fear of that sort of person shouldn't stop you from taking off your clothes in the middle of the park, or the older you from posting it on her blog just because she loves it.
She's at the park on a picnic with her immediate family and their friends and some other people. Max and Jenny and their kids must have been there because Max captured this photo. And that head at the bottom that's almost cut off? That's Michelle. She was, I think from memory, Dad's cousin's daughter. I have a vague memory of years later going to their house and being amazed by the fact that they had a laundry chute. Did I really slide down the laundry chute with her brother Christopher like it was the Faraway Tree? Or is that just an embellishment, a dream that I wished had happened? I will never know.
But that visit is a about eight years from now. Now, we're outside in the sun, man, and the kid's about three. She's a trusting soul. You see that Michelle? You can't see it but she's wearing innocent blonde pigtails and she's sitting there as if it's nothing to do with her.
Well, she was the one who told Little Susie to go and take all of her clothes off. And Little Susie did. And so yeah, all right, so she might have been a little gullible, a little willing to agree to whatever some big girl suggested. But hey, you know what? The kid came out of it looking cute. You, on the other hand, Michelle, wherever you are, you just come out of it looking like the back of a head. And I would rather be overly trusting and be thought a fool than be a mean little snitchy thing with no head trying to make me look stupid because you're a nyah-nyah.
So there.
Aww...all I'm thinking is that's a vintage VW in the background. Definitely fits with the whole hippie flower child thing. :)
ReplyDeleteI HATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deletethat bloody Volkswagon.
A father that smokes while you're stuck in the back with these tiny little slitty windows to open?
Volkswagons give me claustrophobia :)
My husband's first car was a 65 bug, He loved that thing, I hated it. My parents first car was a 66 bug. They bought it new for $2600. Fortunately, they got rid of it before they had kids.
DeleteToday, I drive a New Beetle. Black. Turbo. Standard transmission. I LOVE that car.
Oh, and yes, I understand how that could be miserable with a parent who smoked.
DeleteI love the idea of them, I think they're great.
DeleteSo that's interesting that you hated your hubby's first car and now you're driving one yourself ... although I've just had a look at what they look like. Wow. Sexy. Incorporating some of the coolest elements of the old V Dubs, but now with extra non-claustrophobia. Nice :)
They are super cool. They even have classic "oh shit" handles in the back seat. (I don't know what your vernacular was, but that's what we called them).
DeleteIt really is a pretty awesome car, as long as you don't have to ride in the back seat for too long. :) It's super fun to drive, too. They did good with the redesign.
that is such a gorgeous photo, your little Susie face!! You look so sheepish, because those dumb adults for some reason are laughing or asking you why you would take all your clothes off? I wonder what your Dad is saying to you :)
ReplyDeleteErin!! I would love one of those gorgeous new Beetles! There's a lady down my street with one and when it zooms past, I sigh! :)
I waited a long time to get one....15 years...but I'm so glad I finally did. It's funny, my husband didn't want to get one because they are too "girly", but he, in fact, loves driving it. I hope you have a chance to own one some day!
DeleteHaha, yes - those dumb adults! I mean, sheesh, if you wanna take your clothes off, take 'em off, I reckon!
DeleteI love the absently scratching the back action :)
Sweet little angel face.
ReplyDeleteDo you think Michelle might ever read this?? :)
Haha, who knows? Never say never. It would be really funny if she did. After all these years, I could call her onto the carpet :)
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