tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post8785483229113942680..comments2024-02-26T00:38:41.733-05:00Comments on Jollett Etc.: Sepia Saturday: Playing AroundWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-62028786806182582392020-01-28T14:48:00.919-05:002020-01-28T14:48:00.919-05:00We were just talking about "play" when I...We were just talking about "play" when I was a kid. I remember a favorite activity was playing Monopoly with the next door neighbor. One of the places we played was under a ping pong table covered with blankets (don't bother us!). Another favorite was the way back of the neighbor's station wagon on the driveway - how comfortable could that have been?Debi Austenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409492643470603926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-87264818345335157752020-01-27T18:57:58.921-05:002020-01-27T18:57:58.921-05:00Wonderful post. I remember hanging upside down fro...Wonderful post. I remember hanging upside down from the top of a friend's swing set on summer nights after dinner and somersaulting to the ground, in fact we all took turns. May not have been educational, but we learned social and acrobatic skills as we took turns. Still, those play sets you constructed look like they offered hours of great play!Molly's Canopyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01571003887840906315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-1727893741981824872020-01-27T10:10:06.712-05:002020-01-27T10:10:06.712-05:00Great to see the industrious Dad, and the kids pla...Great to see the industrious Dad, and the kids playing dress-up...used to enjoy trying to walk in my mom's heels...thanks for the memory.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-75587149898232348022020-01-27T03:32:46.847-05:002020-01-27T03:32:46.847-05:00We didn't have fancy play equipment when I was...We didn't have fancy play equipment when I was a kid - house and garden too small and thanks to the war, not a lot of children's play things were made. We relied on our old bikes and trikes, home made cricket bats, rag dolls and wooden blocks and toy cars. Most of our time was spent playing in the surrounding paddocks, catching tadpoles and having mock battles with the kids from thew next street.Liz Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346380755511150998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-10518597356439611002020-01-27T00:04:53.574-05:002020-01-27T00:04:53.574-05:00Excellent match! Very organic. Growing up as a mon...Excellent match! Very organic. Growing up as a monkey bars, kid I wish someone came up with a playground for adults! That didn't require a monthly subscription!Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-10964308070950749422020-01-26T13:15:27.966-05:002020-01-26T13:15:27.966-05:00When I was growing up, our favorite play place was...When I was growing up, our favorite play place was underneath a beach umbrella. My Dad sank a pipe in the ground into which the umbrella pole fit snuggly. We'd clothes-pin old sheets & blankets around the umbrella to close it off & it became anything our imaginations could make of it - a space ship on its way to the moon, or what have you. Meanwhile, we had a wooden swing-set frame with no swings, so used to pull ourselves up on the side bars, reach out, and hand-over-hand work our way across the top to the opposite side bar and down - all without realizing we were exercising our big muscles. It was just fun. We also hung upside-down by our knees (from the top) which scared our Mom to death. :) La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-79142902442537114212020-01-25T14:05:55.187-05:002020-01-25T14:05:55.187-05:00a rusty swing set*a rusty swing set*Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145530293593063964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-65828171547822073192020-01-25T14:05:19.889-05:002020-01-25T14:05:19.889-05:00The early days of the Monroe Brothers! and I had ...The early days of the Monroe Brothers! and I had rusty swing set from Sears! But didn't we look cute in our dresses that were once Momma's?!<br /><br />Your girls are indeed lucky you drank the kool aid!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145530293593063964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-22983119207243267032020-01-25T09:57:04.720-05:002020-01-25T09:57:04.720-05:00What an amazing project. We were farm kids, so amu...What an amazing project. We were farm kids, so amused ourselves by playing in the creek and roaming the pastures and woods. virginiaallainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11638980515172649708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429612700924625855.post-79257731122487388452020-01-25T09:13:05.142-05:002020-01-25T09:13:05.142-05:00I hadn't thought of it before but the swing se...I hadn't thought of it before but the swing set/play equipment has definitely evolved! We had a wooden swing set with some climbing things for our kids when they were growing up. Funny how it was really used for the first few weeks and then rarely used after that (at least in our case LOL). We did frequent parks though that had lots of wooden playground equipment, most built on castle themes :) Got to give it to you and your hubby for building your own!<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.com