Features Podcasts Family Video Comics Music Tech Science Books Film & TV Games ✚

Jill

Tiny tire-swing for a little bitty tree

Cory Doctorow at 4:58 pm Thu, Oct 6, 2011

Tweet
Kindle


Phil Jones writes, "Went out and bought a toy car spare tire because I thought this tiny tree needed a swing."

Miniature Tire Swing

(via Super Punch)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

MORE:  Funny • happy mutants • photo

More at Boing Boing

Ants and Stars: Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic visit the Sardinia Radio Telescope in Italy

The Snowden Principle

  • awjt

    Just wait till the big little people try to swing on it.

  • TimmoWarner

    This is awesome.

  • Donald Petersen

    Crivens!

  • http://littleredtent.net/LRT Edie Howe

    Wha’ hey, ye Big Jobs! Nae there’s a fine wee big swing for the wee free men!  Geroff, ye scunner or Ay’ll gae ye sich a kickin’! It’ll be my turn o’ it! Nac Mac Feegle, wha’ hey!

  • goose

    Had the same idea a while back:  www.indeliblelab.com

  • http://twitter.com/chriscoreline chris coreline

    That is weapons-grade adorable right there

  • CH

    Aww… that is too cute!!! But yes, now the swing looks sad and empty… it definitely needs some tiny people to swing in it!

  • planettom

    Are those lights to illuminate it at night?

  • http://www.jimdraws.com Thorzdad

    Single best thing I’ve seen in a long time. If I was just taking a walk and happened to see this in a neighbor’s yard, I’d probably stop and applaud this perfect bit of whimsey.

  • http://twitter.com/netmork netmörk

    This made me happy. Really. Sounds corny, I know, but it’s true. Thank you.

  • efergus3

    Now if you put a whirlpool foot bath next to it for the ‘little people’ to use as a hot tub, they’ll REALLY love you.