The Think Tank Thursday #97 Playground

     I had another idea this week, but somehow my attention leaned on this prompt.  Remember the playground of your childhood, what was it like?!   Was it in a park, in your neighborhood, did you have your own swing set?   Playgrounds have changed a lot, since I was a kid. My kids played on ones with twisting, turning slides and special ladders to climb.  There are even plastic bubbles to enter and tubes to crawl through. My children's favorite park had a huge castle with many nooks and crannies. The designs are amazing, such bright happy colors.  Maybe the world is your playground?!

Playgroundby ~freakinrainbow

 

my playground.by ~Bucikah

 

Playgroundby ~aveo1010

      My favorite for the most part was the swing. I loved all of it, but the swing was my chance to have wings and soar away from the pack. Someone was always trying to push or force someone down the slide. It was too high for the little kids, eventually they put in another one.  The Monkey bars were fun, till your arms felt like they were pulled out of socket. The Merry Go Round usually made me ill, but so fun when you had the right kids. The ones that respected you needed to get off, as you walked sideways to the picnic table or draped yourself on the fresh, green grass. You laid there watching the world tilt around you. 

     What was your favorite?  Do you take your kids or grandchildren to the playground?  What are your memories of outdoor play?  I want you to pen a poem surrounding your memories of the  playground.   C'mon let's climb, jump back to our youth...
 

swingby ~caycee

"I'll race ya!"

"The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground."
                                                                                                         Gilbert K. Chesterton

"The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing."

                                                                              Natalie Kocsis  

 

 

 

"Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do."
                                                                           Shania Twain 

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