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i love it! i kept staring at it and realized that i was expecting james bond to run past the opening, and then the whole thing would turn red. I think that I know what it is, but I would hate to ruin the guessing for everyone else. unlike that big know it all calvin. :0)
I’m still not going to tell you my guess. Instead, I am going to tell you a little story that my guess reminds me of. When I was a little girl, little enough that I was not allowed on the big kids playground, I used to spend many a recess sitting in one of those big cement drain ditches (installed for the children, not an actual drain ditch). For some reason, I remember sandwich bag snacks of cheddar crackers and gummy bears. These must’ve been shared with me by a friend, as I do not recall mom buying these sorts of snacks. They were like a very special treat to be conserved and savored. I remember lots of other stories from this time that are potentially more interesting, but this is not probably the right forum for them. Do you remember many of your experiences on that same playground?
I sure do. There was that one set of bars at the back of the playground, it was like an animal of some kind — a dragon, maybe? It had a green metal head, and its body was like a ladder that had been folded accordion-wise. We used to feed it sawdust. Only its mouth didn’t have an opening, so we had to feed the back of its head. I also remember a bully named Bruce, and a Big Sister Second Grader who scared him off, and he left me alone after that.
I hadn’t thought about those drain pipes for a long time. They were so smooth inside. I hope playgrounds still have them.
I never said that it was. :o) That would be FAR too obvious. hmmmm.
I forgot completely about that dragon or loch ness monster-ish big toy. faded and chipped green paint on its head? It was chipped by the time that I came around anyway, maybe it was shiny and new for you. Well fed, at any rate. If we had only known.
I remember more clearly the dome shaped triangularly made metal structure that I busted my head open on when I was learning how to do the dead man’s drop. somebody ran over and got ALH(C). from the big kid’s playground and told her that my skull was cracked open! Boy was she scared. I think she expected my brains to be falling out when she arrived at the nurse’s office. It may have been a little bit of a let down to run full bore into a much less dramatic situation.
I like the memories from the little kid’s playground much better than the awkward growing pains memories from the big kid’s playground. We were/are so lucky to have our big sisters.
So very lucky indeed!
I remember the dome thing, too, kind of like a bucky ball but with triangles.
Also that one thing that was like a horizontal ladder, up in the air, with a ladder going up to it at each end — the kids would go across it hanging from the rungs hand by hand, remember? That one made my hands hurt. And once when I was getting ready to go across, a bossy girl who was on the ladder below me pinched my bottom really hard. She was mean.
I don’t have too many specifically bad memories of the place. I still have dreams of going up or down the grassy hill. Oh, there was a place the older kids could go, sort of beyond where the tetherball poles were, that had the single bar and the double bar — remember those? I loved the single bar. Put one leg over, arms under and fingers laced over the shin, then go! Around and around. I was so disappointed when I got too big to
do that. Who knew it was possible to get too big for something so easy?
Like being young and limber and wondering why the adults have so much trouble touching their toes.
Oh my……i too lost myself in this picture…what amazing movement….or is that the jager talking? Hmmm, it feels like some sort of penlight coming through a calla lily shaped fixture. The calla lillies are in bloom……i’m sure i spelled something wrong…..Emily, I LOVE KATE H….you probably got the ref eh?
as I see that you have not responded at all to my last guess, I must assume that either you have left the country without telling me, or it is just not a crazy eyeball. That was K’s guess anyway. I just took credit for it in case she was right.
yes. furniture has buttons. cars and houses have lids, most things have lids, actually, and ornate frames are “gloopy”. do we get any hints on this one?
Did someone put a flashlight up a drainage pipe or something? The picture has amazing texture and by that I mean it appears that there is rust on the object….which perhaps itself implys drainage and water….love this one….
Hi! I’m so glad you like the picture. I think it’s neat too. There’s no flashlight — it looks just as it was found. You’re right that much of the texture is rust. But it is not a drain pipe.
it worked for me, but now, more than ever, i am convinced that it is a crazy eyeball. ooooo! is it a sane eyeball?
is that the distinction that i was missing? a perfectly sane, rusty eyeball – the kind that you may find on some sort of perfectly sane garden gnome who still has all his marbles.
September 5th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
i love it! i kept staring at it and realized that i was expecting james bond to run past the opening, and then the whole thing would turn red. I think that I know what it is, but I would hate to ruin the guessing for everyone else. unlike that big know it all calvin. :0)
September 8th, 2006 at 9:29 am
I’m still not going to tell you my guess. Instead, I am going to tell you a little story that my guess reminds me of. When I was a little girl, little enough that I was not allowed on the big kids playground, I used to spend many a recess sitting in one of those big cement drain ditches (installed for the children, not an actual drain ditch). For some reason, I remember sandwich bag snacks of cheddar crackers and gummy bears. These must’ve been shared with me by a friend, as I do not recall mom buying these sorts of snacks. They were like a very special treat to be conserved and savored. I remember lots of other stories from this time that are potentially more interesting, but this is not probably the right forum for them. Do you remember many of your experiences on that same playground?
September 8th, 2006 at 11:15 am
I sure do. There was that one set of bars at the back of the playground, it was like an animal of some kind — a dragon, maybe? It had a green metal head, and its body was like a ladder that had been folded accordion-wise. We used to feed it sawdust. Only its mouth didn’t have an opening, so we had to feed the back of its head. I also remember a bully named Bruce, and a Big Sister Second Grader who scared him off, and he left me alone after that.
I hadn’t thought about those drain pipes for a long time. They were so smooth inside. I hope playgrounds still have them.
The picture is not of a drain pipe.
September 8th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
I never said that it was. :o) That would be FAR too obvious. hmmmm.
I forgot completely about that dragon or loch ness monster-ish big toy. faded and chipped green paint on its head? It was chipped by the time that I came around anyway, maybe it was shiny and new for you. Well fed, at any rate. If we had only known.
I remember more clearly the dome shaped triangularly made metal structure that I busted my head open on when I was learning how to do the dead man’s drop. somebody ran over and got ALH(C). from the big kid’s playground and told her that my skull was cracked open! Boy was she scared. I think she expected my brains to be falling out when she arrived at the nurse’s office. It may have been a little bit of a let down to run full bore into a much less dramatic situation.
I like the memories from the little kid’s playground much better than the awkward growing pains memories from the big kid’s playground. We were/are so lucky to have our big sisters.
September 8th, 2006 at 6:36 pm
So very lucky indeed!
I remember the dome thing, too, kind of like a bucky ball but with triangles.
Also that one thing that was like a horizontal ladder, up in the air, with a ladder going up to it at each end — the kids would go across it hanging from the rungs hand by hand, remember? That one made my hands hurt. And once when I was getting ready to go across, a bossy girl who was on the ladder below me pinched my bottom really hard. She was mean.
I don’t have too many specifically bad memories of the place. I still have dreams of going up or down the grassy hill. Oh, there was a place the older kids could go, sort of beyond where the tetherball poles were, that had the single bar and the double bar — remember those? I loved the single bar. Put one leg over, arms under and fingers laced over the shin, then go! Around and around. I was so disappointed when I got too big to
do that. Who knew it was possible to get too big for something so easy?
Like being young and limber and wondering why the adults have so much trouble touching their toes.
September 9th, 2006 at 4:41 pm
Oh my……i too lost myself in this picture…what amazing movement….or is that the jager talking? Hmmm, it feels like some sort of penlight coming through a calla lily shaped fixture. The calla lillies are in bloom……i’m sure i spelled something wrong…..Emily, I LOVE KATE H….you probably got the ref eh?
September 13th, 2006 at 12:19 pm
dah-ling. of course. Who doesn’t love KH? To Kate (Clink) Here here.
I know! I know! It’s a crazy eyeball!
September 27th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
as I see that you have not responded at all to my last guess, I must assume that either you have left the country without telling me, or it is just not a crazy eyeball. That was K’s guess anyway. I just took credit for it in case she was right.
is it a button on a piece of furniture?
September 27th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
Oh! Sorry. Nope, not a crazy eyeball.
Furniture has buttons? And, nope.
September 27th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
yes. furniture has buttons. cars and houses have lids, most things have lids, actually, and ornate frames are “gloopy”. do we get any hints on this one?
September 27th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
What sort of hint do you want? I can’t think of any good hints. Don’t want to give it away…
And hey, what happened to your secret guess?
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:30 pm
Did someone put a flashlight up a drainage pipe or something? The picture has amazing texture and by that I mean it appears that there is rust on the object….which perhaps itself implys drainage and water….love this one….
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:50 pm
Hi! I’m so glad you like the picture. I think it’s neat too. There’s no flashlight — it looks just as it was found. You’re right that much of the texture is rust. But it is not a drain pipe.
October 3rd, 2006 at 4:04 pm
I don’t know if this will help, but try looking here. It’s a picture of the same thing, except using the flash:
hint?
October 3rd, 2006 at 4:06 pm
Hmmm that’s weird, don’t know why the link didn’t work, here’s the uri:
http://jeroboam.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/mystery7a.jpg
October 7th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
okay how about looking down a well….either it’s the moon reflecting or perhaps the flash?
October 7th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
okay, clicking on the “hint” was some sort of interesting picture fest….completely random….is this a psych test? :)
October 7th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
Excellent guess! Except it’s wrong. Not a well, not the moon. No flash was used (except in the “hint” picture).
Yeah, I don’t know why the first link (“hint”) didn’t work. I thought the second one with the full uri did work. Did it not work for you?
October 11th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
it worked for me, but now, more than ever, i am convinced that it is a crazy eyeball. ooooo! is it a sane eyeball?
is that the distinction that i was missing? a perfectly sane, rusty eyeball – the kind that you may find on some sort of perfectly sane garden gnome who still has all his marbles.
October 11th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Haha, you are funny girl. :o)
No garden gnomes were harmed (or photographed) in the making of this photo. (Nor were eyes, crazy or otherwise.)