Daily Archives: July 5, 2014

Family

Ruth

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Summer                                                                    Most Heat Moon

Sitting on the couch tonight, I had a conversation with Ruth. She helped her dad with the 2011 01 09_1223deck today, so I said, “You could be a carpenter.” She said, “I could.” Paused. “But I want to be a scientist. Or a science teacher.” “In elementary or college or?” “College.” she said with a definitive tone.

We talked about Benjamin Franklin and the Franklin stove, Davinci and his ornithopter, Edison and the phonograph and the light bulb. She studied inventions by famous inventors in a program called GEMS, Girls Excelling in Math and Science. This is an hour and a half after school, two nights a week. She loved it.

Ruth is fresh and eager, a learner already excited, seeking. 8 years old. What a privilege to share her life.

Dogs, Family

A Naked Deck

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Summer                                                          Most Heat Moon

Jon and his friend, Max, worked together years ago as the “monkey boys” of Dave Schlegel’s house renovation crew. They did this and that, both learning a lot about how to do various necessary household work. Today they’re putting those skills to work replacing our deck surface and a fence. Right now the deck is naked, wearing only its braces under the hot July sun.

Gertie wanted to go out, so I let her outside through the garage and into the orchard. But when it came time for her to come back in she crawled between two braces and followed the space between them to the back door where she leaped up and came in the kitchen. She wasn’t going to let a few missing boards get in the way of her usual route back inside.

This is a wonderful gift they’re giving us.

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Summer                                                              Most Heat Moon

The primary motivation for our move to Colorado is here this weekend. Family.

Jen and grandson Gabe are in Denver while granddaughter Ruth and Jon are in Andover. We’ve discussed areas of Colorado with Jon and he says Bailey, where there are several properties that look good in our price range, is beautiful and cool. “A couple of thousand feet of elevation really breaks the high temperatures,” he says.

Outside work today.