This scene really made me smile when I saw it. This is the kind of
image I used to fantasize about when I was a little kid. I would see
images like this in old movies and sometimes on nostalgic TV shows. I
always wondered if other people fantasized about tire swings hanging
from tree branches when they were little kids. Or, perhaps, they really
had a swing like this in a big old tree in their backyard or behind the
barn somewhere. A tree house is another thing I used to get all dreamy
about. Just the thought of having a tree house brings a smile to my
face. We didn't have tire swings hanging from trees or houses perched
up under the umbrella of shade trees. Being City kids and all, we did
find our own entertainment. In the summertime, we would run through
the sprinkler fountains in the local park or open the Johnny pump on
the corner and enjoy the refreshing cool water on a scorching hot day
We also had outdoor barbeques over open hand made fire pits and we
would take long walks on the wooded park trails. When we went to the
beach, we would look for shells, build sand castles or bury each other
in the sand. In the wintertime, we would build igloos, snow forts, snow
caves, and snowmen. We also had jump rope, hop scotch, stick ball,
stoop ball, and hand ball. Did you have a tire swing or a tree house?