Pickin Wild Flowers In Powers Woods
When I was a kid I lived with my Grandma, Grandfather (Poppa), Aunt Gwen, Aunt Betty, Aunt Marge, Marge's son Bill and Uncle Walt. Just a small family. :) In the Spring my Aunt Gwen's friend Ruth White would come over and we would all go wildflower pickin in the woods by our house. Now mind you, we lived in town, but close to the edge and near the Sangamon River. That's the river that Lincoln took a flatboat on when he was young and his family had a cabin just west of here. Well anyway, back to the Woods.it's still pretty much the same today as back then. There were always houses surrounding it, and it was a hilly area with dips and ravines. The woods is situated between Greenwood Avenue and South Edward St. As a child I spent lots of time playing in the woods with the kids in the neighborhood. That was shortly after the end of WWII and the army surplus had loads of things to play War with; things even a kid could afford. We had a fort there ...