SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
I have already written several posts about our time in Germany. But recently my husband, Fred, and I have mentioned to each other some events or incidents that happened while we were there. They were fun memories, and I would like to pass them along to you. Perhaps you have experienced something similar in your lifetime.
As we were eating our strawberry/blueberry combination one morning, Fred mentioned he had seen a strawberry/blackberry combination. Telling him that it sounded good, but I really dislike the blackberry seeds in my teeth, he asked if it was blackberry bushes we saw walking along a path from our housing area to another while in Heidelberg.
Heidelberg castle from the Korn Markt
You see, there was a “short cut” from our area (Mark Twain Village)
Part of Mark Twain Village – across the courtyard from our building to Patton Barracks, and it wove through an area of garden platz. While most of the gardens within the platz were fenced in, the pathway itself was not. And those blackberry bushes were there for anyone to enjoy.
And we did enjoy them. We would pick some of the berries and bring them home. I remember making jam out of them, but the seeds just made it uncomfortable to eat – at least for me. I think I even made a pie from them, but the same situation. We have found some jelly made here in the States that is blackberry, but the seeds have been strained out. Much better!!
Credit Google Search and Pixabay
I remember once, when our girls and I were walking along that path, and Janet was trying to reach some of the berries that were back (obviously someone had picked the ones up close to the path), and while trying to help her reach those distant berries, I accidentally pushed her into the bushes! And, unfortunately, she came home with a few scratches from that! Not a good move on Mom’s part!
Credit Google Search and Pixabay
One of the reasons we liked to walk the path to Patton Barracks was that one of the eateries on Patton Barracks was a pizza parlor. And they made the BEST pizza! We would frequently call ahead, so that our pizza would be ready for us when we arrived. So we could just sit down and eat it.
Credit Google Search and Pixabay
Do you remember the TV series “Dallas?”
Credit Google Search and Wikipedia
We didn’t watch it, by the way. However, one season-ending cliff-hanger was with J. R. Ewing getting shot.
J. R. Ewing, portayed by Larry Hagman – Credit Google Search and Wikipedia
According to Wikipedia, that wasn’t resolved until the fourth episode in the next season, November 21, 1980. There was a lot of hype about it, even with the catch-phrase “who shot J. R.” and it seemed like the entire world was eager to see who did it. As it turned out, that particular night, the pizza parlor was having a special – come order a pizza and watch that episode. Well, since we weren’t big fans of “Dallas” we didn’t realize all that was going on, and we ordered a pizza! After walking along the garden platz path, and arriving at Patton Barracks, we discovered the place was packed with people! When I went up to the counter to get our pizza, they told me I would have to wait in line – and it was a LONG line! And then, when we finally made our way to the counter through the line, they then told me we should have come up to get the pizza, as it was ready! Talk about being frustrated! I think we even just took the pizza home – it was too crowded to eat there.
Looking back – it was a fun and funny memory.
More on the path from Mark Twain Village to Patton Barracks next time.
~~~~~~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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Old Things R New 
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