Posts Tagged ‘summer memories’
Everyone Loves a Pool.
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
We were all young once. Each day at school, our minds would drift to the sun filled days of summer vacation. I remember being at my aunt’s house swimming with my cousins. It was there that’d we play Marco Polo, pretend to be deep sea diving for treasure, or to see who could hold their breath the longest underwater. Even once school was back in session, I can remember coming home from school those first few days in September, trying desperately to use the pool in a failed attempt to preserve a lost summer vacation.
A lot of individuals want pools, but not everyone can afford them. Not having a lot of money growing up, my aunt had an above the ground pool. To us it was just as much an oasis as any overpriced fancy shmancy pool that was dug into the ground. I look back now and remember the dark brown color, which at it’s time was in fashion, but seems a bit dated by today’s standards. There was also this cheesy panelling that was a beige plastic, which kept us from falling through the rails and over the sides. My aunt was also a stickler on NOT heating the pool, so she used retractable swimming pool covers to keep the water warm and toasty. Our parents were alsoways freaked out, and there were countless safety discussions on not falling in on, or getting trapped under, the pool cover. It wasn’t the prettiest pool, but as I said, for us it was our summer paradise.
As I stroll through the aisles of department stores, I’m amazed how quick and effective an upright pool can be constructed, especially at such low prices. There are even inflateable versions which can be thrown up for a weekend party, then deflated and stored when not in use. Simple and cost effective filtering systems can be set up to clean and process the water, even for these most economical pool choices.
Sure it would be great to live in Florida or California and have an infinity pool set up on your patio, that makes it look like the pool is a part of the ocean, but aren’t we in a recession? I still love to look at Florida developments near Disney World in Orlando that have screened in porches with small kidney shaped pools backing on to the typical Floridian wooded glade. Unfortunately with the times, and our kids getting older, the luxury of owning a vacation home with a pool might have to wait.
