tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974379645841145390.post7473609238155145553..comments2024-02-10T03:47:12.772-06:00Comments on gather: Swingin' On A Stardonna bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974379645841145390.post-36973115004464985822010-11-09T19:43:16.055-06:002010-11-09T19:43:16.055-06:00Oh this brings back so many wonderful memories!Oh this brings back so many wonderful memories!Mary-Laurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014386827410465480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974379645841145390.post-53672899492934553662010-11-04T15:31:53.973-05:002010-11-04T15:31:53.973-05:00I still like to swing! When I'm blue I head to...I still like to swing! When I'm blue I head to the tiny playground in our neighborhood and give my stomach a whirl! Never seen this poem before so thank you for sharing. I'm trying to do a poem a day this month and now feel inspired for today's! Thanks to you.<br />KirstenKirsten Steenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07497761140112542336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974379645841145390.post-72912129938832999792010-11-04T09:30:13.602-05:002010-11-04T09:30:13.602-05:00Oh what memories! I had a swing in a tree when I w...Oh what memories! I had a swing in a tree when I was a child; every so often it would break...I think I still have the scars! Haha!<br />Always loved that poem :)<br />☼ SunnySunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743103444717771768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974379645841145390.post-71901250806534513832010-11-04T06:35:18.911-05:002010-11-04T06:35:18.911-05:00Boy sister, you opened the flood gates...my wonder...Boy sister, you opened the flood gates...my wonderful Gramps built me and my brother a swing out of an old model T frame...boy could we climb to the stars and eject ourselves into the wild blue yonder.<br /><br />Those were the days and I would gladly run back skipping and jumping, a simpler less complex time, before governmental corruption wasn't at it's peak...oh, the days ahead look bleak, as we forge ahead trying to figure out ways to survive from stealing what is rightfully ours back from a system gone mad.<br /><br />Thanks for giving a glimmer of the past and the smiles! I wouldn't trade those times for anything and am glad I got to live in them, in a way I guess, that's what I strive for at my lil' pink chateau, I'll have to ponder a swing next...ha!A Wild Thinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11083369862963892366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974379645841145390.post-4906182842802594082010-11-03T21:16:19.053-05:002010-11-03T21:16:19.053-05:00My cousin and I had a wooden swing, she used to pu...My cousin and I had a wooden swing, she used to push me so high I would get dizzy.<br />In school we always played with two tennis balls up against the school wall, and Chinese skipping, made out of an elastic jump rope, held in place by four sets of feet, and one jumper.<br />Those were the days my friend ;)A Brit in Tennesseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080644141670903160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974379645841145390.post-57543027727862801472010-11-03T20:17:27.677-05:002010-11-03T20:17:27.677-05:00Swinging was the only way to fly! Drove my mother ...Swinging was the only way to fly! Drove my mother crazy...since I was usually wearing a dress!<br />Debbietrash talkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17508579521854913297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974379645841145390.post-13165403885141673802010-11-03T14:31:10.488-05:002010-11-03T14:31:10.488-05:00I LOVED to swing. It was that flying/air thing. I ...I LOVED to swing. It was that flying/air thing. I also adored my jump rope and jacks. Jacks were a big deal in 1965 in my neck of the woods.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974379645841145390.post-34702840746270792352010-11-03T13:25:54.452-05:002010-11-03T13:25:54.452-05:00Oh swinging is the best thing. You did bring back ...Oh swinging is the best thing. You did bring back memeories. There are wonderful new swings down at the lake.. safely not too long of course which is a pity, but my sister and I sat side by side on a double swing for ages.. back and forth.. chatting...so lovelyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470961835179653158noreply@blogger.com