Treats on the Bench

This was taken of the 4 kids in the Lincoln, Hartley St. back yard in the spring of 1961. It is one of the many slides that I scanned but haven't yet processed to improve the quality of the print. I don't believe we fully appreciated the old Wagon Wheel bench at the time as much as we do looking back at it. We brought the steel rimmed wagon wheels and axle into our Seward house back yard before Flowerdays had their farm sale in 1956. It took very little effort to attach  a couple 2 by 8's for a seat and backrest. When we moved to the Washington D.C. area about a year after the picture was taken, it was moved back to Seward and anchored in the Flowerday yard on Locust street where it remained until the place was sold in the '80's. Like many things, we never ever asked Albert the story on the wheels which were obviously from a heavy duty wagon.