Four strong winds that blow lonely.
Spring on the Canadian prairies is about wind. Constant steady wind that continues for days on end. I will always remember spring winds. There were many experiences in the wind.
As little farm boys in the forties we were very free range kids. We didn't have TV so there was no sense staying in the house. We had very few toys.
So what did we do? We made kites and flew them. We had seen pictures of kites so made our own. After a few experiments we had kites that would fly. We used heavy brown paper to make the kite and chopped off about 500 feet of dad's binder twine. We went out in a wide open space( it was all open space) and let our kites go. As little boys not very much held our attention for very long. Soon we would tie our kites to a fence post and leave. Remember that strong steady wind. Your kite flew by itself all day.
With the high winds it was very peaceful to get out of the wind. We would find patch of badger brush and crawl in out of the wind. Badger brush is a shrub that grows from 40 cm (18 in ) to 100 cm(3 ft) tall. It was thick and was a good shelter from the wind. We pretended we were coyotes and looked out for people with guns.
So as usual our short span attention moved us on. So you spread out your arms and coat and felt the force of the wind push you along.
Today was one of those spring days when the wind blew all day so I was reminded of the fun we had as kids being outdoors.
Oh ya? the kites. The wind usually went down in the evening and so did your kite.
