I remember honeysuckle. There must have been honeysuckle vines in almost everyone's yard in the neighborhood and that scent sends thousands of memories through my mind............ Softball games in the backyard or the city plot, either one was fun. BTW, the city plot was literally a plot of land in our neighborhood owned by city.... and it was our playground! Let's see..... hopscotch, match box cars, riding bikes, cops and robbers (which to my recollection was really just an older kids version of hide 'n seek... lol). Oh and the 2 block walk to the little "grocery" store to buy candy.... which we promptly brought home and set up a table at the end of the driveway and sold to the other kids whose parents wouldn't allow them to walk 2 blocks to that little store! lol. A neighbor who sat on her front porch at night and told the kids ghost stories... were we able to sleep at night? Ping pong games and home made ice cream. Catching fire flies and saving them in a jar and even with holes punched in the lid, they would die. Croquet in the front yard. Jan, thanks for the reminder about playing cards pinned to bicycle tires (I had forgotten that one). Rides in the back of my father's car-truck (don't know the proper name of the vehicle, but it only had a front seat and the back was like a pick up truck bed.) Card games: Rook, Canasta, Rummy. Board games: Monopoly, Life, Backgammon. Other games: Trouble, Operation, and some 'haunted' game with a plastic board on legs that glowed (can't remember the name of that one). Barbie dolls and record players (45's until I "graduated" to albums). "Instant requests" on the local radio station. The bell tower at the nearby college chiming the hour (it still does, but I no longer live close enough to hear it.) Ah the memories. Thanks for this thread. It was fun and nostalgic.