tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post2849402303928580593..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Kunigunde Guth Howard & Amy HowardPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-73392550222880187332013-06-05T15:31:09.658-04:002013-06-05T15:31:09.658-04:00Please keep in mind that I did not grow up on Ocra...Please keep in mind that I did not grow up on Ocracoke, though we came here every summer. Of course, before air conditioning it was almost always hot, though there was usually a breeze. It was also a long, hot walk to the beach...but Silver Lake was clean and accessible, the perfect place for teenagers to cool off. Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-79883402457303430382013-06-05T12:41:38.040-04:002013-06-05T12:41:38.040-04:00Philip, To your recollection, was the more exposed...Philip, To your recollection, was the more exposed Ocracoke of yore a harsher environment, without the relative shelter of vegetation/trees that have grown up since then? For all the images of island kids in rolled up dungarees riding wild ponies, it nonetheless looks like a tough place to get caught outside on a long, hot day. Not that it isn't still, but nowadays you can duck into the Post Office, the Variety Store, a book shop--The Village Craftsmen--to cool down and catch a break from the elements.<br /><br />Appreciate your efforts, as always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-89483432505377781202013-06-04T17:22:46.950-04:002013-06-04T17:22:46.950-04:00Philip,
I loved seeing the picture of Aunt Connie....Philip,<br />I loved seeing the picture of Aunt Connie. She was a very pretty and such a sweet woman. Loved her.Juanitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-79793148230140771722013-06-04T10:00:48.946-04:002013-06-04T10:00:48.946-04:00This is not to be critical but merely a comment on...This is not to be critical but merely a comment on social conventions. As I see it, were I a woman of the 50's about to have my photo taken , photos being not so everyday(?) and that is why 50 years ago women appear to be wearing their "Sunday best" in images from that time period. I look through my photos and I am rarely captured in a dress though Lord knows there are dresses in my closet. I suppose if I had a house dress that I could splash bleach on maybe that is why I should wear painters pants or something all white if that is my concern. The fabrics of today's fashions are not work horse fabrics. The cotton prints that look like quilt squares or pillow ticking are putting women into a corner. I don't wear track suits, I don't jog merely run errands; and yoga pants well does eating yogurt count? my sneakers are sneakers I play tennis occasionally and well, loafers I wear those alot really alot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com