Sand Island

Sand Island

© by Bud Lemire on July 31, 2012

I was taken back in my memory

To a place that I use to be

Mom and Dad were fishing there

On Sand Island is exactly where

Digging worms under the leaf pile

Across from the Boat launch for quite awhile

There was a lot of dirt beneath the ground

It was there that many worms were found

I didn't come to fish, I'd do as I please

To the Island's shore, to pick some wild peas

They were all along the shore, on the ground

I'd fill up a paper bag with all that I found

I'd come home when it was time to go

But those wild peas tasted good you know

I'd check for worms in every pod I'd taste

There wasn't a pea pod that would go to waste

I loved those days on Sand Island with Mom and Dad

And all the good times that I long ago had

I have so many memories I can go back to

So many happy ones that I've been through

Sand Island is what we sometimes called Seagull Island as well.

Today we know it much better as Aronson Island. Back then it was

all dirt roads. I was always catching frogs near the polliwog pond

just beyond the entrance. Today it is fixed up and has a bike path,

and is quite a tourist attraction. Not just for people, but birds from

all over love our island. I love going there today, as much as I did

back when I was a child. It is a beautiful place to spend a day.