“Candy is childhood, the best and bright moments you wish could last forever.”
The early morning was chilly, a left over temperature from last night’s 36°. It is now 52°, the high for today. Tonight will get cold again, back down to 36 °. That has become the pattern, a warmish day and a chilly night.
It is a pretty morning. The sun is brightly shining framed by a blue sky. Leaves are dropping in the breeze, some still have color. The dogs wander the backyard. Nala is looking for branches. She brought in a long one yesterday. She had to turn her body to get it through the dog door. The other day she brought in a shorter branch covered in brown, dead leaves. She carried it to the couch, got comfortable and then chewed off the leaves. I was her lackey and cleaned up after her.
When the penny disappears, a part of my childhood will disappear with it. When I was a kid, the penny had value. All the corner stores had penny candy in display cases, rows of choices. The ladies in the white store were patient. They let us take our time deciding how to spend our pennies. Sometimes I wanted chewy candy which lasted a long time, candy like Banana Splits, a yellow hard candy, Mary Janes, a peanut butter molasses candy, Tootsie Rolls, Fire Balls and green Mint Julep candy. Fire Balls were a bit of a challenge. We’d sometimes have a contest to see who could suck on the hot candy the longest. As for soft penny candy, I loved Bull’s Eyes. They are a round caramel candy with a white creamy center. I’d save the center for last. Pink and white coconut candy was also a favorite. The weirdest penny candy was a sheet of candy buttons. You had to chew off the colored buttons, and each button always came with a bit of the paper. More weird candies included red wax lips and black wax mustaches. You just chewed those like gum. Wax bottles had colored liquid inside which squirted in your mouth when you chewed it. Every color liquid tasted the same. Nickel candy comes next but that is for another post.
I remember one corner store had a freezer in the back which held frozen Milky Ways, Snickers and Charleston Chews. The nuts in the Snickers made it the hardest to eat. The Charleston Chew was the easiest as I’d smash the bar on the table to break it into smaller pieces. I still freeze Snickers and Milky Ways.
Compared to last week, this will be a busy week. My dance card has four uke events starting tonight. Our music for the month is cowboy songs. Git along, little dogies.
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