While waiting for my flight from St. Louis to Tulsa last Friday, I captured a little video of some WW II vets heading out on a little trip. A year ago in Las Vegas, I witnessed a hauntingly similar scene featuring Marines returning from Iraq.
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Tree House Magic
A tree house is a frivolous thing. No practical value (unless you’re living in the African bush). But if you can recall that childhood rush of climbing to the top of a tree for absolutely no reason other than the joy of doing it, you can appreciate what brings four good friends (and friends of) together every year to re-experience that feeling.
Tree House III (this is the third year of the project) is in the middle of the Prairie GardenTrust, which is managed by my friend Henry. He invited me to to come and be part of TH3 this weekend, which was perfect in every way. We finished the day yesterday by climbing up to the third level (about 30 feet up) to enjoy the view and reflect on project.
Box Turtle
We see lots of adult Box Turtles in our neighborhood but rarely (never?) see the babies. Rick Thom –long time employee of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources– lives just down the hill from us and called a couple of days ago to report finding one of the little guys. Video runs 3 1/2 min.
Sand Castle Lesson
Barb hired a professional sand castle artist Mark Flynn to give the family a lesson. Not too bad for a first try. And lots of fun. Here’s the flickr set and slide show.
A Walk Around the Lake
The video above (4 min) is a walk around the lake at the Prairie Garden Trust with Pete, Sam and Boots.