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Throwback Thursday, Let's Go Play Baseball.

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Real Estate Agent with Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC RB14037276

Throwback Thursday, Let's Go Play Baseball.

Christmas morning is magical to children. This day was no exception. We visited our grandparents in Oxen Hill, Maryland for Christmas, so it must have been in the mid to late 1950's. My older brother and I both had an interest in baseball, so we must have wanted a baseball glove for Christmas that year.

You will notice that we have the gloves on, ready to play, but still have on our pajamas. The problem here is, We lived in Michigan, and would have to wait until April or May, because the snow was probably a foot deep back then.  I'm sure we didn't care, we had our gloves. With a baseball in hand, I wonder what I was thinking......... (Lookout lamps!)

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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello Larry what a shot of the past.  I remember going out in the garage and throwing the ball in the winter months growing up.

Aug 21, 2014 02:59 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Shannon.  I'm glad photos these days are a lot clearer.  Back then, we thought they were great.

Aug 21, 2014 03:33 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Whitney,  I remember them well, it's just that some of the presents had to wait for better weather.  As a kid you want to play with it Now!

Aug 21, 2014 03:34 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Will, That's a great idea, but we lived upstairs above a bakery in the middle of town, with no garage or yard. There was a parking lot a block away though.

Aug 21, 2014 03:36 AM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

Reminds me of " A Christmas Story." At least you didn't want a Red Ryder BB gun - or did you?  Cute photo...

Aug 21, 2014 09:28 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Larry that is a great memory.  I still remember my first baseball glove, it wasn't a very good one, but it did not matter it was nine and I don't think I took it off for a week :)

Aug 21, 2014 10:13 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

You look so cute as a little boy, and what a handsome man you turned out to be! Loved the story!

Aug 21, 2014 10:59 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Larry, I remember Christmases with my siblings....great memories, I need to go through some of my old photos.

Aug 21, 2014 11:55 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Noah, Nostalgia keeps you young. That's part of why I paint nostalgia.

Aug 21, 2014 12:07 PM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Shannon, I think we all need to take photos of family and our history to preserve our heritage.

Aug 21, 2014 12:08 PM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Debb, I did buy a BB Gun, but is was not Red Ryder. It was a Daisy BB Gun.

Aug 21, 2014 12:10 PM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi George, I'm sure mine wasn't that great eaither, but I think I used it in Little league.

Aug 21, 2014 12:11 PM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Evelyn,  I think you are just partial.  Of course, now that I think of it, you might be right. LOL

Aug 21, 2014 12:12 PM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Rebecca, Go ahead and go through those old photgraphs. It will trigger all those memories of the past.

Aug 21, 2014 12:14 PM
Bette Gottwald
UNITED REAL ESTATE | Central PA - Mechanicsburg, PA
"Bet"on Central PA Real Estate!

Very nice photo Larry.  It looks like your brother must be four or five years older, please tell me he practiced with you in the Spring.

Aug 21, 2014 03:08 PM
Jane Chaulklin-Schott
TEAMCONNECT REALTY - (407) 394-9766 - Orlando, FL
TeamConnect Luxury Homes - Orlando, Florida, 32836

Christmas morning and finding a new glove under the tree. Can feel your happiness as you project yourself into Spring.

Aug 21, 2014 04:38 PM
Judith Parker
ProStead Realty - Charlotte, NC
CRS, GRI, CMRS, Charlotte, NC

Good evening Larry ... Christmas is and was always so special especially with grandparents.  Love the photo and was wondering ... do you still have that glove?  Would be nice!

Aug 22, 2014 08:44 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Bette, My brother is 2 years and 10 months older, and yes, we did a lot together.

Aug 23, 2014 11:08 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Jane, I'm sure that with those glove, Winter must have been long that year.

Aug 23, 2014 11:09 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Judith,  There are a lot of things we lose track of while growing up and moving from place to place. No, I no longer have the glove, but I do have the photograph and the memories.

Aug 23, 2014 11:11 AM