This I saw in a yard across the street. This family has a basketball goal set up in their backyard, which I can see because they have a side yard (where a house used to be) and thus a clear line of sight to the back from my upstairs window. They also have a plum tree and share the fruit with their neighbors.
But anyway, today some enterprising member of the household had set up a big trampoline under the backboard. Three boys were jumping up and down on the trampoline and shooting baskets with a basketball and a volleyball. The trampoline was high enough off the ground that the rim was hardly higher than their heads. I think the difficulty was supposed to be introduced by the bouncing, but I could only watch for a few minutes before I was convinced that they were going to bash their heads on the rim or the backboard. Thank goodness for short attention spans! When I looked again a short time later, they were sitting on the trampoline and talking.
178 words | August 26, 2005 09:57 PM | Real true story