May 2, 2006


  • La hutte


    The hut


    English version below the pictures


     En février dernier J ' élaguais mes arbres at avec le tas de branches je fis des fagots . Mais je mis de côté quelques longues branches de houx . Je pensais déjà aux petits - enfants .Sans doute seraient - ils heureux de les trouver pour construire une hutte dans la pelouse .


      Je me souviens quand j ' étais très jeune ( 8/10 ans ) je construisis une hutte avec quelques camarades dans un buisson situé au sommet d ' un talus . Nous utilisions des branches , des fougères et même des feuilles d ' iris sauvage provenant des bords de la rivière . Cette hutte était notre domaine , notre propriété ,notre abri , notre forteresse . Nous vivions intensément avec elle et elle était bien défendue contre les envahisseurs !!!


      Et bien entendu , le mois dernier , Luis , Clara , Sarah et Joe ……aidés par leur mère construisirent une hutte avec les branches . Ils placèrent les longues branches pour former un cône lié à son sommet par une corde . Puis ils placèrent autour les fagots pour les " murs " et enfin mirent quelques vêtement : vieux sac de jute , lainages , poncho , manteau . Je crois que tout leur plaisir était dans la construction elle - même .


      Je pense qu ' il peut être dans notre nature de construire des huttes ou autres abri quand nous sommes petits . Que cela signifie - t il ? Et des adultes aiment aussi camper sous la tente près de la nature .


      Je pensais aussi à ces gens des cinq continents dont le logis est une sorte de hutte / tente parce que c ' est leur tradition ou parce qu 'il ne peuvent pas faire autrement faute d ' argent ?


      Vous voyez une hutte peut inspirer beaucoup mais pour le moment je pense que ce serait une bonne place pour la sieste cet été ! Plaisanterais - je ?



    Luis attend les fagots!!!! Juis is waiting for the bundles !!!!   Photo Janine fauquet Avril 06



    Luis is teasing the girls inside the finished hut . Lus taquine les filles dans la hutte terminée . Photo Véronique Fauquet 06


       Last february I pruned my trees and with the amount of branchs I made bundles of branches . But I put aside some long branches oh Holly tree . I already thought of the grand children . Probably they would be happy to find them to build a hut in the lawn .


      I remember when I were very young ( 8 / 10 ) I built hut with some friends in a bush located at the top of a slope . We used branches , fern and even wild iris leaves coming from the bank of the river . This hut was our domain , our estate , our shelter , our fortress . We lived intensely with it and it was well defended against invaders !!!!


      And of course , last month , Luis , Clara , Sarah and Joe…… helped by their mother built a hut with the branches . They placed the long branches to form a cone tied by a rope at the top . Then they placed aound bundles for the " walls " and at last they put some clothes : , old jute bag , sweatshirt , poncho , coat to cover . I believe all their pleasure was in the construction itself .


      I think it may be in our nature to build hut or other shelters when we are child . What does it mean ? And some adults like also to camp under the tent , near the nature


      I thought also of those people of the five continents whom the home is a kind of hut / tent because it 's their tradition or because they cannot do otherwise by lack of money .


      You know a hut may be inspiring but for the moment I think it would be a good place for a nap in Summer . would I joke here ?


     

Comments (109)

  • Is Veronique your wife's name?  That was my name for class when I took French my senior year.  I've always loved that name.  Where I grew up, we didn't make huts...but we made snow forts and tree houses and tents with sheets over clothes lines.

  • Yes, I did that too when I was 7-8.  I think they were forsythia bushes that we had toward the back of our yard, and they grew in such a way, like a fountain, that the "stem" was in the middle, went up, than, like an umbrella, dangled back to the ground.  Very thick.  You could part the "fronds" and climb inside and felt very sheltered and secret.  We spent a bit of time there.  Ah, childhood memories...

  • J'ai fait des cabanes des draps de lit seulement. N'ayez jamais j'ai construit une structure en plein air pour le jeu. Peut-être, j'ai sauté sur un peu d'amusement, non ?

  • LA HUTTE EST TRES JOLIE. LE NICOTINE PUR A UNE CONCENTRATION MOINE QUE CEUX DES CIGARETTES.

  • A L'AMITIE!

  • Huts are wonderful...much safer than our "tree houses".  We took left over pieces of lumber, as many new houses were being constructed in the area, and we made a ladder up into the oak trees where we built a base between large branches and then made walls from more lumber scraps.  We seldom got a roof on it, but the overhanging branches of the tree provided shade.  I cannot imagine letting my grandchildren of 7 to 9 years old, climb so high with boards, hammer and nails.  Yes, a hut is safer.

  • Bonjour, Michel!

    I also liked to build little huts when I was younger. I would take a clothesline and string it indoors, and toss a blanket over it. Or I would do it with chairs. Sometimes, I would just find really big cardboard boxes and use them! I miss those days. Sometimes I imagine that I would still like to create a little hideaway like that just to escape for a moment.

    That is an amazing hut. I never attempted one with branches. Perhaps, I was just not that patient in taking that long.

    Have a wonderful week, my friend. God bless.

  • Nous n'avons pas de jardin alors pour occuper les 2 petits cowboys qui vont bientôt venir il va falloir qu'on trouve autrechose.Si tu as des idees je suis preneur

    Merci

  • this brings back memories of when i was a child... we built "huts", too... only we called them "forts"...

  • I agree. I nice spot for a nap in summer, and out of the sun for a while.
    This brings back many good memories for me, and for my girls.

    I like how you think. I am always thinkng of what things I have and how they can be used creatively for fun... especially these branches.
    Kids love playing and imagining.
    You are a wonderful grandpa, Michel

    ~

  • Michel, je suis allée bien arrière dans le temps en lisant le reportage sur la hutte de tes petits enfants, et je me suis émue en me souvenant des huttes que je batissais avec mes enfants...  
    Et soudain un épisode plus récent, d'il y a quelques années, est revenu à ma mémoire. Il est très simple, mais j'ai envie de te le conter. Me le permets-tu?
    Dans un de nos tours par mer avec notre petit bateau pneu, un beau jour on a rencontré un group de personnes adultes qui étaient en train de jouer à batir une hutte avec des cannes (roseaux?) sur une plage solitaire du sud de l'Italie. Ils étaient tous bronzés, en train de batir un abri avec des branches, les corps au vent. Le travail à peu près terminé, ils ont posé des pierres de confins, une plaque avec la numérotation civique, e le couvercle d'une poubelle en façon de parabole sur le toit... Ils jouaient comme des enfants, et la scène était presque emouvante.
    Je les ai photographiés à plusieurs reprises, mais je n'ai jamais leur envoyé les photos. Je ne le connaissais pas, et je n'ai pas demandé leur addresse, faute de papier, de crayon, et même de téléphone portable... 
    C'est tout. Je m'excuse de t'avoir conté une sottise comme celle dessus. Mais tes contes m'ont fait venir l'envie de le faire! J'espère de ne pas avoir fâché personne...
    Ciao, have a nice week!
    Annalisa

  • RYC:  I did not know you were interested, mon ami.  But...as you wish...you're in.

  • I used to have an old-fashioned clothers drier - just two pieces joined so it would fold over. The children used that to make their tent covering it with bed-sheets or tablelcloths. F rank left the bottom of the garden wild on purpose so the GC could play hide-and seek in the " secret garden " as they called it ! You GC will have hours of fun during the summer in their " hut " You are a very caring, sharing grandfather   BTW do French men have garden sheds ???? English men do - it is their refuge Marie

  • Forgot to say - it's a happy Tuesday for me as you have blogged

  • we used to make forts in our little woods in back of my best friend's house....we spent many a summer day in our fort..having a wonderful time!  Thanks for the memory!!! Take care Michel..God bless you and Janine((HUGS))

  • Tout ce que tu écris, Michel, me rend tellement heureuse...et me fait penser!

    J'attends toujours avec impatience la prochaine fois tu y mettras des photos de ta BELLE famille.

    Bisous et bonne journée.

  • Yes, Michel, you are right.  I have many lists!  I have thousands of feet of radio tower here but none of it "vertical."  It is all "horizontal."  But once the fence project and the project of moving all the horizontal radio towers from my old property are done, I will start installing it here!  And start talking to France and other places on shortwave radio!

  • Look up the word "faggot" in the English dictionary.

  • I loved forts and things when I was little.

  • What a great place for the children to play they are very lucky to have a Grandfather like you where in the garden is the hut ? is it just before you go into your vegatable garden

  • la hutte c'est formidable...
    :)

  • You must be one of the funnest Grandfathers on the whole planet! 

  • the photos make us all want to come over and play. we were always building FORTS when i was a kid. wonderful!

  • Hi Michel:  That's a very nice hut.  We use to build them as children, I think it is just a good feeling to have your own place, some where to go and know you can have some space to think.  From the looks of the sky right now I would guess Virginia is in for a down pour.  Shirley

  • what a great talent for building...

  • You're too funny. The thought of you taking a nap in the hut is hilarious! Hope you're doing well, Michel. Thanks for making me smile.

  • How fun!  We didn't build huts, but we'd go down to the creek where there were steep banks and burrow into the bank and make a "playhouse".  That was lots of fun, too.  Aaah, sweet memories.

  • When I was younger, all of the kids I knew were always making such little private domains, where the child could reign supreme.  At the neighborhood park, there were two berry bushes that grew very close together, but if you were a small child it was possible to crawl inside and be almost completely hidden from the outside world.  My grandma's house also had two enormous pine trees whose branches enclosed a great play space.  The boys were more fond of making treehouses.

  • Michel, it's already great when children can play with their immagination..How exciting that must have been to them!!

    How sweet of you to save the branches so they could do that...You are amazingly sweet..

    Thank you for your compliments and comments..

    Again I say: "you're sweet!"

    Thank you..

    A hug,

    lucy

  • Excellent hut!  Looks like fun!

  • I noticed one person told you to look for the word "faggot" in our dictionary...LOL I thought that as well. Each language has it's own semantics.

    My brother and a friend built a hut in the woods and dug a " basement" then put some bed springs over that. They wouldn't allow me there so I sneaked up there one day and I fell thru the springs and was caught. I could not get out. They were really angry with me!!!

  • Fantastic fun the kids are having! It makes me want to join them We used to build "cubby houses" as children in the bush behind our home, Michel. I recall all the great fun we had doing this! The photos you've included here are wonderful! Michel, I have to tell you there is a rather nasty meaning to the term, "faggots" in English. It's a nasty slang term for a homosexual. Just thought I'd better let you know. I know you would definitely have been unaware of this, so that's why I've mentioned it.

    Wonderful blog on the fun times we have as children. You are THE best grandfather a child could have!!

  • What fun! I've created a second blog - just for certain people to read some of the stuff in my life and I wanted you to be a part of it.   Livia.

  • children can get very creative with things that may not be useful to many other people. it's good to see that the kids here can use the branches as play things and build something.

  • How lovely, not many children are allowed such freedom anymore. We built huts out of anything we could find to crawl into and play house when we were little. Your grandchildren are blessed to have such wonderful grandparents. Such fun, thanks for reminding me.

    Love,    Brenda

  • One of my favorite memories is of a very small little building in our yard.  It had been a chicken house but made a wonderful play house after years of unuse.  I have never forgotten it and the fun we had playing in it.

    I enjoyed hearing of similar with you and now your grandchildren.

    Regards,

  • hey i havent been here in a while

    i missed this french site!

    well.

    bon soir.

  • I personally believe that children are the greatest treasure to one's life.  It's so amazing how much they can teach us by their simplicity.  Thank you for always sharing your wonderful pictures of your amazing family.

  • Hello Michel,

    My name is Narelle and I am from Brisbane, Australia.  I found your site in a rather round-about way and just wanted to sign in and say hi - so, hi!  Your family seem to be wonderful.  What a blessing for your grandchildren to be able to play, free to use their imagination with the resources you have for them.  You seem to have a lovely big yard as well.  How long have you lived there?

  • Yes, it would be better to use the word, Bundle, Michel.  I'll send you an e-mail tonight about the slang term of the word you used. I hope you don't think I'm interferring, I'm only helping.

  • How fun making a fort outside. I remember doing that as a kid too. One day me and my kids made a fort in the living room, when they were small.

  • yes.. i agree that ppl tend to like to build tents and live under them or sth.

  • Again...great pictures of children having fun!  I used to love stuff like that.  However, here in FL, if we had a "shelter" like that, we soon would be joined by some rather undesirable critters...such as snakes and cockroaches...and fire ants.  We could do it in Ohio, but not in Florida.

  • C'est mignon !

    C'est vrai, les enfants s'amusent plus à la construction qu'au resultat d'une chose. ha ! ha! ha!

    - NaNa -

  • Oooo, come built a hut for me, Carlo and Speedy!

  • huts sound so fun..

    why do children build? i am not sure why either but the thought that came to my mind was how a child loses his/her constant sense of belonging when they were in the womb.

  • Merci Michel . C'est vrai il y a beaucoup de chose à faire .Je pense commencer par le musee automobile du Mans ensuite on va descendre environ 2semaines vers Toulouse et faire un petit sejour a Font Romeu .Suivront le musee du Bourget pour visiter le Concorde ( c'est la moindre des choses car ils sont baignes dans l'aeronautique depuis tout petit et passionnés par cet avion et beaucoup d'autres) et le parc Asterix .Ensuite on va trouver certainement d'autres occupations .Au fait ils ont 6 et 8 ans.

  • nice memories for the grandchildren.  and we used to make leaf homes in the fall to play in ~ huge piles of leaves.  blessings!

  • So nice to supply the materials.  Almost looks like a indian teepee..... I was not so lucky to have this type of materials as a child.  We had to use the laundry sheets  and clothes line to build tents.

  • As a child I too had a fort to myself. Sometimes I wish I still had it. Ha ha

    Great photos, as always my friend.

  • How on earth did you remember that you blogged about dandelions in 2002???

    Sometimes I can't remember what I blogged about last week!

    Another thing about them; they are likely to be a child's first floral gift to Mom, and nobody ever discourages picking them!

  • Props! i wish you a wonderful day. Take care and God bless!

  • Your family is indeed lucky to have someone like you, Michel. Not only have you also sharpened your views with the camera but you are now also writing more, which I particularly love! Yes,  your thoughts are inspiring. The spots too.

  • My children did a hut when they were young. They were so very proud of the construction and spent many happy hours inside. How alike children are all over the world.

  • The memories of childhood are made of such events as building a hut or a tree house, not playing a computer game or watching television.  As a very little girl (age 4 or 5) I liked to make a "house" under the dining room table with the tablecloth handing down to make the walls.  There I would play with my doll and my beloved panda bear. 

    Jeana and Terry are very close friends.  Beth is their nanny.  They have seven children.  It is their son Anthony that I teach.

    As ever, Carol Suzanne

  • Good Morning hun and hope you have a blessing day

  • Mm... a lovely idea! Haha... Summer time reminds me of lemonade (though it's not very popular in Singapore). Will the children be cooking something too?
    I remembered 'building' some sort of shelter on my bed with pillows and blanket when I was a kid.

  • You have beautiful grandchildren!  And very smart. That is a great hut they built.  I think human instinct is to want to make a place in this world that we know is ours and is safe.  Perhaps it is built into everything because even little birds build nests.  Great post. 

    Love

    Debbie

  • When I first saw the pictures, I thought--"wikiups"!!  Ken's sister taught 5th grade for half a year (as an emergency replacement teacher) on the Apache indian reservation in Arizona.  This was in January of 1961 when she arrived there.  We drove up there one weekend to visit with her.  Most of the indians lived in houses by then, but there were still quite a few who lived in wikiups .  They had more of a domed top, with a hole in the center for the smoke to escape. 

    We attended church on the reservation on Sunday morning.  Quite an experience.  We arrived very early, and sat down.  By the time church started the aroma was something!!  A combination of smoke, urine, unwashed bodies, and dog.  Men sat on one side, and women and children on the other.  Many of the older women still clung to wearing the "old" clothing of long, tiered skirt, with matching top, and wearing lots of turquoise jewelry.  The younger women dressed "modern"----like we whites did.  It was a VERY interesting weekend. 

    Anyway, your hut brought back so many memories.  Can see that the children really enjoyed building it.  I bet they just love to come to Gramma and Grampa's house----you find such fun things for them to do!!

  • Oui...a treadmill is definitely a type of torture.  In reality, it's an exercise machine.  You walk on it.  You can walk at different speeds and it is good for the heart as well as the muscles and joints.  It also burns all those calories from that wonderful French cuisine!!

  • As a child my imaginary castle was at the top of the old apple tree. We had a mosquito type tent that we liked to set up under the mock orange tree to play in. Other than that I don't remember building a shelter.

  • Hello, I came to look at your pictures.  I enjoy reading your comments to Francoise.  I love the pictures of Chloe, (the last picture would make a good painting,) and wanted to show them to my daughter.

  •  Hello sweety love the pictures God Bless.

    CLICK HERE

  • takes me back to when I had my own 'den' and a rope swing with an old car tyre tied to it in the trees.  Happy Days.

  • glad that you came back to Xanga!
    Best. Isa

  • Good evening was passing by and wanted to say Hi

  • We always built "forts" in our childhood.  My brother and I had some really neat ones.  I remember on had a tin roof and when it rained it sounded so wonderful.  It is instinct that makes us find our own nests....and the joy therein.  So lovely to see your grandchildren enjoying their safe place Love, Nancy

  • Vivent les cabanes :)
    Ici celle du "Club des Cinq" :)
    Etonnant ce besoin d'abri en fait c'est vrai ...
    Sur la première photo Luis paraît impatient aussi de jouer au foot ...
    joli ballon
    et il regardera sans doute bientôt les grands matchs de juin avec toi Michel :)

    Amitiés d'un jour férié à HK, Anniversaire du Bouddha oblige :)  

  • How much fun it was to have a 'hut,' but we call them forts here!

    Laurie

  • Good Morning and hope you have a blesssing weekend

  • It looks like a wonderful hut!  When I was little I used to gather moss and use it for a carpet in my pretend homes outside.

  • thank you, michel.  you're so sweet.  yes, sammy is a parakeet.  they are companion birds, and if you only have one, they bond with you.  she sits on our shoulders, flies on our heads, and crawls all over us.  we enjoy her.

    the bird sitting in the nest outside is a robin.

  • It is one of the most loved thing to do by the boys at all times. We did with straw.
    The fagots remind me of the "fasci"(italian for fagots) and the "fascismo" .
    Your garden must a paradise for the children to play. I bet they love to come visit very often.

    Amitié

    Carlo

  • They are nice for naps, I do remember that from my childhood.  The children look very happy.

  • Michel, First of all I always understand your English and I so appreciate your well thought out comments. Oh huts I don't think I ever built one when I was young.  But they look like a wonderful domain for kids.  They probably are a great place to take a nap. Your Grandkids are so beautiful, Judi

  • I love your posts and your pictures... have a wonderful day, Michel.

    Aimee

  • Sorry  Davei: I deleted by error in cliking badly at the side of your name your interesting comment about the tree house you built when you were a child  and in which you listen to the music . Excuses .

  • A BIG yes to freedom. I know of a Xangan that was taken off of Featured Content for having the word 'piss' in her title--aaaaaaaaaacccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhh! Laurie

  • Hi there Michel.  Thankyou so much for your reply!  It is wonderful to be in touch with someone from your part of the world.  I am glad that you liked my story.  I have just started it up with an American friend of mine in conjunction with one of her stories  that she is gradually posting on her site.  It's a bit of a writing exercise for both of us.  I am, myself have started writing a novel.  It is based loosely on Ezekiel 16 from the bible and I am posting a chapter when I get to writing it (hopefully at least once a month).  I have had some good reviews by other friends on the net who write and some helpful hints, so if you want to have a read, here is the link: http://www.xanga.com/narellew2.  Blessings to you and yours! (by the way, I love the post about the church and your lovely experience with Papa God!)

    Narelle  (0=`~

  • I too am drawn to spending time in tents when the weather is good. I want a small dome tent for sitting out in my yard when the mosquitos are bad (there is a small pond on the next property)

    As a small child I put my old red flannel blanket over our folding card table in the house on rainy days. It was my hut! There I would play with my dolls.

    Thank you for pictures of your children and nature. It looks lovely this time of year!

    I have posted more about my garden.

    health to you
    Ana

  • so creative!!! we never did anything like that here!

  • Jacques Cousteau? C'est vous? :D

    Je parle un peu de francais, un peu d'italien, vietnamien et anglais.

  • It's always a pleasure to read your posts and see your imagination at work. You are truly one of those people who "stop and smell the roses" and appreciate your surroundings, instead of just living day to day without thought.

    I can remember as a child I made tents out of blankets, "camped out" in my parents car..complete with an extension cord ran to my record player and playing music of the Monkees, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Bobby Sherman, etc.!

    Thank you Michel, for making me think of good times! Kaye

  • I just love the pictures!!  You have given me some wonderful ideas for my little sweeties to try out here on our little hobby farm in Kentucky.  It seems that every day brings new surprises and opportunities for growth and fun and educational experiences.

    Have a wonderful weekend.

    Karen

  • Sorry, I'm feeling lazy today....no French for me.  But I'm glad you enjoy reading my site!  Being you're so popular, it's flattering that you take time to read my blog!  Thank you!  I ALWAYS enjoy looking at your fun pictures....I wish I were in France.  Did you read Jenny's blog on our Easter in France?  That was definitely one of my favorites!  Seeing all the people in the confiserie after Mass was neat!  Not many people buy the Easter candy ON Easter!  :D   I hope you have a great weekend!!!!!

  • I think I lived in one of those things one night, long ago.  It wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be.

  • Have a wonderful Sunday God Bless

    MY FRIEND

  • You must be good blogger since I have read all of your entries.. It made me so happy to hear from you living in France. You know how much I adored Europe because I wanted to explore there..

    Take care!

  • YEAH I know i think there are hardly any children who don't like to build their own shelters ....be it doll houses or tree houses..........your refreshing post bring back memories of childhood!!:)

    best*

    ashar

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  • Hi Michel:  I use to enjoy Xanga and doing blog's but here lately it was become more like work than a joy.  In fact I was thinking about it this morning and how I need to pull away and place distance between the day's I blog.  I must not be the only one who feels that way because I have noticed comments are way down.  Wishing you and your family a happy fun filled day Shirley

  • bonjour michel! it's been a long time...sorry about that. how have you been? i hope all is well with you and your family. i remember when i was little we built small forts like that...it was so fun. have a great day :)

    -juli

  • Don't feel bad for asking Michel. Hot rollers are a device used to curl a person's hair. I will show pictures of how my hair turned out after I used them in my next post. CATS is a broadway musical about les chats! It is a very good play and I saw it last night with my boyfriend.

    That hut is amazing! When I was a child I could never construct something that intricate. Thank you for sharing these photos with us!

    Ranah

  • NON!  I would never be offended at the poem.  Indeed I was quite flattered.  How wonderful to have a song named for me.  I couldn't quite understand everything.  Was it naughty?  A bit risque??

    Thanks so much for sending that.  I'm sorry(je regret) I didn't get back with you sooner and thank you for your thoughtfulness.

    Merci, merci, merci beaucoup!!  Gracias and danke shoen!

    votre amie ...toujour

    Francoise

  • I have had an interesting day visiting the farm where I lived as a child. Even tho all the houses are very expensive looking now, I am glad I lived there when all the people were poor as we were!

    How was your weekend?

  • I remember building shelters in the trees and bushes with my brothers when I was a child too. Thanks for the memories.

  • Hello Michel, Thanks for your note. I wish I could have heard your Ave Verum. We did a transcription of that with my band last year--lovely piece.

  • re: mercis pour toute ton attention cher Michel
    je dois t'avouer que je n'ai pas eu l'occasion une minute de penser au muguet le 1er mai .......
    on est vraiment loin de nos racines .......
    vivement les vacances :) ))
    quoique Grâce à Dieu tout aille bien pour nous ici :)

    et Louisa + Fredrik et Mitszan vont super bien aussi
    sans connection d'ordinateurs pour l'instant
    mais Louisa commence son nouveau travail aujourd'hui :)
    la prochaine fois que l'on se téléphone ou se voit car son bureau est très proche de chez moi je lui transmettrai volontiers ton message

    amitiés

  • This is singof praises ,..My xanga got hacked into and someone close it so i made new one so come by and comment me sub me if you wish

  • Sorry riddiger I deleted your comment by error in cliking at side of your name ? My eyesight becomes weaker . It was interesting memories of your youth when you were playing in a shelter ( weeping willow )

  • RYC: Oui, tout s'est bien passé! Merci merci beaucoup!

    Gros bisous!

  • Hi Michel!  that's a great picture.  My sister and I used to have snow forts when we were kids; and my brother and I used to have a fort in the woods next to our house.  Those were great times as kids.

    You always seem to capture the very essence of life and display it so beautifully.

    Paula

  • thank you hun for stoppin by and hope we can become best of friends

  • Oh it brings such memories of when I was a child...building hiding places out of anything...old boards, tree branches, cardboard boxes, anything! My best place to nap however is under the shade of a dwarf coconut tree, such is the life in Hawaii.

  • They're out Michal - praise God, they're out!!!

  • We used cardboard boxes that refrigerators come in for our hut or fort. My neighbors father had an appliance store and sold washing machines, dryers, cooking stoves and refrigerators. You have made some beautiful photos.

  • We used to build forts with everything we could find. We would sometimes use the kitchen table, the couch cushons, and blankets. Bunk beds were the easiest thing to use when we made forts! Didn't make too many outside.

  • Yep, this is a fine play spot for any child.  I would have loved it when I was small.  My daily included runing and playing in the woods just a block away and we always had what we called camps.

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