Alison

~Monochrome Madness – Shadows in the Playground ~

This week Sarah from Travel with Me has chosen everyday objects for Monochrome Madness. I took Rosie to the playground yesterday and snapped a few of the equipment and used the shadows filter.

I’m not sure if playground equipment qualifies but I thought they were objects and used everyday!

  • Helter Skelter Slide
  • Swing like a monkey
  • Can you reach the top?
  • Practice your drumming skills
  • Fancy a Spin
  • Play a tune in the Sensory Garden
  • Test your balance

Everything in this playground is safe and fun. Squishy floors and tree bark to break any falls, safety chains on small swings and gates with locks at all sides. Nothing like the playgrounds of our youth, which were a veritable minefield. Vertical slides so high with smooth shiny surfaces to help you fly down and land in a heap on the concrete floor. Roundabouts that spun out of control as you held on for dear life and wouldn’t dare try to get off. Kids swinging and jumping off when it was at its highest. Most of you over 50’s probably broke a bone or knew someone who did!

Although saying that as we sat down for a snack on a bench, a kookaburra flew straight into Rosie’s face to see if he could snatch her croissant! We were both so shocked, she was so brave though and had a little quiver in her lips when she said “But I’m so kind to kookaburras”.

Had to laugh at this man, shouting at him,
“I’m going to throw my cap at you”

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  3. Yes to all those childhood playground memories! Coming down the slide and getting a blister on your hand if it hit the joint on the rails! Jumping off the swing and forgetting to move out the way and then it hit you in the back on its next swing. I even remember getting a nosebleed after swinging too high for too long. I don’t ever remember being ambushed by a kookaburra though, I have to say 😀😀

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  4. I think these are everyday objects just as much as were mine! And oh yes, I remember my local playground as a child, with hard surfaces beneath each swing, roundabout and climbing frame! But no kookaburras Inn west London 😆

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