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Across the Fence:  Tree Swings  |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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 Posted - Sep 19 2004 : 11:12:54 AM
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Someone (Kim?) had mentioned swinging from a tree swing and feeling surrounded by the spirits of nature. I grew up with a tree swing hanging from a majestic tree near our house. At the age of about 6, I have a specific memory of swinging early on a June morning after school was out and waiting for my Dad to come in from milking the cows... walking up the path from the barn. This memory is such a comfort to me... I wish my place here had an approprate tree for a swing.. I have to make due with a glider.. not quite the same.
My grandaughter lives across the street from a park with the old fashioned swings. We go over there and swing high,... such freedom! I love to swing. It's like you can sail away on the air to wherever you long to be!
Tree swings are a good thing!
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2004 : 11:25:46 AM
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Good topic Clare! I was the one that could feel the presence while swinging on our old swing in our old elm, late in the evening on cool fall nights. Sadly the old swing's rope has rotted off after 14 years and I am not as agile as I once was to climb the tree to put on a new rope. I'll have to ask one of my young nephews to attempt this so I can swing again.
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
1597 Posts
Kim
Sycamore
Il
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2004 : 3:04:38 PM
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I love tree swings! My grandmother had one for us when I was little. I could swing for hours under that shady tree.
farmgirl@heart
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1004 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2004 : 4:09:47 PM
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My Aunt Jessie and Uncle Benny had a place in the "mountains" where family tended to congregate for picnics and celebrations. Back in the woods, past the spring was a huge tree in which my father, uncles and very nimble cousins (the "big boys") hung a "Tarzan" rope swing. There was a small, narrow, wooden seat attached at the end of the swing. I can so vividly remember hanging on for dear life as my father's pushes sent me up into the leaf canopy. Streaching my legs as far as I could, I tried to touch the leaves and branches on the next closest tree. My mother would cringe as I would tip my head back and legs up on the return swing. And since it was the "Tarzan Swing", we all would try to out-do each other with our Tarzan yells as we swung to the sky. Oh, how I loved that swing!
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cecelia
True Blue Farmgirl
497 Posts
cecelia
new york
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2004 : 5:23:21 PM
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My grandparents had a farm about 15 miles from the city; my uncle farmed it for awhile, then it just became "the farm" which we all used for picnics, vacationing, etc. even though it was quite primitive. We had a tree swing where I spent many hours relaxing and dreaming; the swing went way out over the dirt driveway, since the tree was on a slight rise about the drive, so if you pumped your feet real hard, you could swing out over it; another fun thing to do (until I got older and couldn't stand the nausea!) was to "wind up the swing" and then let it unwind...the 50's equivalent of a midway ride. We also had a swing back home under an apple tree...now I'm planning to put in something tamer for my life now - a wooden porch swing on my son's swing set.
Cecelia
ce's farm
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1197 Posts
Eileen
USA
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Posted - Sep 22 2004 : 12:26:36 PM
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Oh you guys make me laugh with the fun of it!!!!!!
There was a swing that someone had hung up in an old elm tree that hung way out over the little spokande river where there was a deep pool. We used to swing out over the water as far as we could and then jump or throw our bodies way out into the water and swim back to do it again. There was a rope tied onto the swing that was tied to the tree so we could retrieve the swing for the next jumper. Oh how I loved to swim in that river.
Eileen
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cecelia
True Blue Farmgirl
497 Posts
cecelia
new york
USA
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Posted - Sep 22 2004 : 1:33:30 PM
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and down the road from the farm with the swing was the creek we used to swim in! We stopped in the '60s because there were so many houses being built on the old farmland the creek was becoming a bit polluted; we stopped when my brother dove in and came up with leeches on his arms!!!
Cecelia
ce's farm
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1197 Posts
Eileen
USA
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Posted - Sep 22 2004 : 2:03:00 PM
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We used to take our innertubes to the bridge and get into the river about 2 or 3 miles upriver of the old swing and float down river to the swimming hole. Play for hours and then hike back to the bridge where we would get a ride home. I do not think that the river is safe for this pastime any more. Pollution and private property boardering the river. Haven't been back to the river in years. Just love the memory of it,
Eileen
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