We love the simple things don't we.......That's why we love these old shows! We watch the Waltons EVERY night during the school week! We all love that show (well I can't tell you Jordan loves it as much as we do! ha but I do see him drawn in sometimes!) ha For the last three days Hallmark movie channel has featured the Sarah Plain and Tall movies! I LOVE those........I think we like the "family" feel it gives us.......We can count on Mama's and Daddies that have good morals and take their little ducklings to church services on "Sundie!" We love it when siblings call each other honey like John boy calls his baby sister Elizabeth and we'd like to think that could happen at our house too! ha
We love Ma rolling out some dough to make fresh baked bread or cutting biscuits....We love her feisty ways and how she sweetly apologizes to "Pa" for talking to him gruffly earlier in the day! Or the feeling it would be to let your children run and play all through town without worrying about their safety........We love General stores and all the smiles cracking open a bottle of soda brings and what a special treat penny candy was! No show made a Peppermint stick sound as scrumptious as Mr. Olsen's store did on Little House on the Prairie! Or when the Ingles girls find a homemade sugar cookie in their Christmas stocking on Christmas morning because sugar was such a special treat (not to mention their OWN tin cups!)
I'm so glad we own almost all seasons of Road to Avonlea and we love to see what mischief Felix King is going to get into or Felicity fussing about Spring cleaning with her mother! Every Christmas we buy another season and I can't tell you how many times we've watched them and wanted to slip into long white ruffled nighties and make popcorn over a roaring fire.......To find an orange a delectable treat or buy a pair of little white gloves for 5o cents in the General store!
I love to hear the laughter from my girls as they watch Lucy and Ethel try to stuff chocolate bon bons in their mouth or churn their own butter! Ricky telling Lucy she's got some "splainin to do!" and precious little Ricky playing his drums while Fred and Ethel tease about Ethel's healthy appetite although Fred isn't any skinny stick himself!
There's no swearing, there's no nasty commercials, no sass that isn't dealt with, no harsh words or mom's and dad's yelling over dirty laundry on their bedroom floors.......Tough times that make us feel blessed today that we have all we need........The simple life, a great place to escape, teaching great morals to our kids without even speaking, cozy as a family in front of a fire, or tucked into the covers on Mike and my bed with just a candle lit and the light of the tv. screen.....how we crave these little escapes......how we wish tv. was like this today.......but we enjoy the time together, the popcorn the laughter the bonding!! Ahh the Simple Life!
I love these shows too. We have the entire series of The Waltons on dvd. It took a year or two to acquire them all, but we love watching them. We'll go through a year at a time, watching every few nights here and there.
ReplyDeleteI do like the earlier seasons best, but they continued to be wholesome throughout the entire series.
Blessings,
Marcia