Another GirlieOnTheEdge challenge. Prompt word: Pine
Who can think of pines without the pine trees lining Jim Croce’s winding road in his song “I’ve Got a Name?”
I first heard it on an eight-track album recorded by Helen Reddy.
Or how about Pine Sol, that cleaner we poured in buckets and washtubs to scrub our floors or scour our sinks and toilets?
I think of the row of pines my dad and grandfather planted at the edge of a little game preserve at the foot of the dam where the overflow from the spillway could keep them wet.
I can see my dad, lying in the pasture grass chewing on a stem, hands behind his head, listening to the breeze shushing through the trees.
My dad and granddad both died when I was just a kid, but those trees have become giants, edging gnarled Russian olives, broken down floribunda roses, and a variety of volunteer native trees and shrubs.
Delightful! I do remember that song. I always liked that song 🙂
Funny you mention Pine Sol – have not put up a 6 yet and was considering working Pine Sol into it, lol.
The last sentences are lushly described. Very visual.
Thanks. I remember the smell of PineSol in relation to marathon window washing with my mother. She’s o one side and I’m on the other. We point out the smudges for each other.
Pine endures. Maybe that’s why so many put a pine in the house at Christmas.
One of my clients loves Pine-Sol and won’t let me use anything else on the floors.
I remember singing that song along with listening to Jim Croce while we were riding down the highway, likely among the pines. How they endured and the song as well. Aah Helen Reddy. My boyfriend at the time use to belt out “I Am Woman” which made me giggle. You bring back so many memories which now are a mix of emotions as I think back. And then your loss. How much we endure is comparable to the pines. Lovely six.
Thanks Lisa. I had to sell that piece of land a few years ago, so I can no longer visit Dad’s and Grandpa’s trees.
I loved this walk through memory lane.
Pine-Sol was such a wonderful step up from the smells of ammonia and bleach that many used before Pine-Sol.