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Blaze:
We did that here, too! The result was called Kinderland, and it is over twenty years old now, and is still a great place to take kids to play! The only image I have is tiny:
It was a wonderful melding of just plain folks and the city.
Alilisa:
:) That's what we'd hoped would happen, once people started asking for information on the playground. Because we had nothing to go on, I wrote a booklet that is now in several libraries and has been sent out all around the world to help others build accessible playgrounds like this. The most accessible before ours was only 40% accessible, we brought that up to 100% accessible, that in itself was a breakthrough for so many. Had people from all over working on it, the furthest away was England, he put the dragon up on the castle. He passed away not too long ago, such a nice man.
nice, is that a Leathers playground, Blaze? The techniques used reminds me of theirs.
Blaze:
Gosh, it was almost 30 years ago now! I don't recall! LOL
Alilisa:
:D Understandable, definitely, but it looks like a gorgeous playground. When you get volunteers together, you can do anything!! So glad you had the chance to take part in such a wonderful project. :)
MrsAWiggins05:
I haven't read the whole thread yet, and though I can clearly see it's now about playgrounds (?) my answer to Habu is:
I hate these degree checks. Because I'm not Shecky, though I like him much.
I have a regular high school diploma that was .002 away from being Valedictorian and .001 from Salutatorian. I'm the frustrated third place in class.
And then, to add insult to injury, I had to actually work my way through college, but never found enough funds. So, I have three years of Special Education for Early Development and Elementary Education under my belt. I am about 20 hours shy of a Bachelor's. And a few tests away from having my certification. But I won't obtain either in the foreseeable future because... I have even less money than I did when I quit school nine years ago.
So, I'm just an underachieving, quitting stay-at-home-mom and part time bus driver. When what I really want to be doing is teaching special education.
I'm not bitter. Really. Just very, very frustrated that I'm stuck unable to achieve my goals because I'm still stinking poor. Oh, and all those promises that Obama would give money to stay-at-home-moms who wanted to get their degrees? Yeah, that's a lottery. My ONE ticket against hundreds of thousands of others? Hasn't happened yet.
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