Skywatch Friday No. 30

This is the water tower that is about four blocks from our house. It was taken this evening between the branches of the oak...yep it still has leaves.
When we were little we would get to walk over to the park to play. It doesn't seem like a big deal, but we got to walk all by ourselves which made us feel very mature. Then we would get to the park, run around like fools, spin each other on the merry-go-round until we were sick...pretty mature huh.
I remember my own kids feeling the same way when they could walk to the park on their own when they were visiting great-grandma.


When I was younger the tower wasn't painted, it was just silver metal with a bright red light (which burnt out this week and needs replaced) on the top. My grandpa told us the light was up on the top of the tower especially for us. If we were ever lost in town all we had to do was find our way to the bright red light, then we could find our way to grandma and grandpa's house. There were a couple of times we had to to that.

When we were coming from Wenatchee to visit the grandparents we used to have a contest to see who could see the "water tower light" first. We would start watching for it a good 20 minutes before we would arrive at the house. I still find myself searching for that light as I am on my way home. There is something about the bright red light that makes me feel like I am close to home. It is nice that something so simple makes such a lasting memory, a simple red light meaning that home is always there.
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