Swinging – the new style

When we were children, we used to have old, rusty iron swings, that could make a 360 degrees turn, and they made us feel like we were flying head-down and spinning very, very fast. The chutes were made out of metal, and sometimes you could get cut in them. But they were fun, though, and we never complained. Now, the toys in the children parks have to be made out of plastic, the swings are hung by chains, not by metal bars, and they say the children are safer this way. This is how children parks look nowadays.

This next picture shows a chute that seems pretty small and not that much fun. Or maybe I’m too tall for it now. The little guy in the picture seemed to like it, though.

This view of a boat-shaped thing in the children’s park is taken from the balcony of an apartment building near it.

And here is another toy in the same park that seems kind of sci-fi to me, but there were children playing there, so I guess I’m just old-fashioned.

I don’t know how much fun all these toys are, but they sure are pretty.

~ by hellenna on March 26, 2008.