Childhood friend

The innocence of memories, how beautiful life was through unfiltered eyes.  
Thanks Ms. Chi for making us remember the beauty of life :)

Dear Vee, I'm glad I could make you see the apple orchard through my eyes. Thank you for your lovely comment. xo

(sigh) ... For me it was the oak tress of South Carolina ...

Lovely piece.

So everyone has their special memories
in regards of trees :-).
Oaks are strong and comforting ... Is it still standing?

I was there in April, and she's still there.  I climbed her but my old legs wouldn't allow me to jump out of her the way I used to.  I youngest daughter wanted no parts of it lol ... She was satisfied to watch me be 10 again.

It's great you saw her again, Lobo. Did you have the same feelings toward her as you had as a young boy? That would be interesting.
I was born in my grandmother's house and it still stands. I still live near to the house but do not dare ask the people who live in it now to have a look at the garden or at the inside of the house. At times I park my car opposite to it and watch it, torn between the wish to knock and look and the wish to keep my childhood memories ...

Im der apfel baumgarten......

(just testing correctness of my German. I have a penfriend couple who live near Nurnberg the name of whose street means orchard.).

:-) . Thanks a lot, Solomon :-)!

Oh, I just got it. Forget my last PM!

Corazon, this reminds me of being interviewed as the  featured writer of the week at another place and one of the questions  was to describe the best childhood memories........ my response was moments at Belvedere Castle and other great places in Central Park NY. ......

you made me smile  with this wonderful piece!

That said interview kicked my thoughts off about childhpood memories, hermana :-). Thank you so much! My first six years (and the happiest) I lived in the house of my grandmother. She had a big garden and among other trees also some apple trees. For me it was heaven on earth and I was more often climbing the crowns than sitting to their feet.Surely it wasn't an entire orchard but hey! I was small :-).  
 
Thank you for sharing your best childhood memories, preciosa. xoxoxo

we never forget those secret places, Chi,
& return in spirit...

John, I wonder to which secret places you return in spirit ..
Thanks for revealing at least that you HAVE secret places :-)!

Beautiful innocence! Miss Chi this is a lovely, romantic painting. Brava!

Yes precious time of innocence. Long gone but still longed for.
It could also be a lovely photo, right :-)? Thanks, GW!

Yes ma'am it most certainly would make an excellent photoi :)

Beautiful evocation.

I'd be glad if this picture evoked the memory of some precious childhood places in you, Ahavati. Thank you :-)!