Polliwog Park

       Polliwog Park is a lovely Manhattan Beach park with a playground and a duck pond that I had the opportunity to visit during my recent trip to Los Angeles.

    Things I Learned From Polliwog Park:

      1.  That the soft, cushy tire mulch and tire turf under the playground equipment at the Polliwog Park is made from 12, 250 ground-up tires. 
      2.  Never mind linoleum, ceramic tile or hardwood.  What I want under my feet in my kitchen and hallway is a floor made of ground-up tires.  And it comes in such nice colors!

      3.  That babies are so small that they lack the necessary ballast to slide down a sliding board.  The just sort of stick there until you slide them down.

   
      4.  That at the play ground, as in most collective situations, socializing trumps  toys and the bottom of the slide is as good a place as any to make a new friend.

     5.  Abandon hope of ever leaving, all ye parents who enter the swing area with your kids. 

   6. That a playground with palm trees might be a metaphore for Los Angeles.