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12.28.09Stephanie Makes a Dragon
Birds, Fishing, Toys, documenting nature, mom, tools, wood, xo (5)The other day I sat down with Steph and she showed me these cute little dinosaurs she had made with the kids out in the shop. I was floored, these were simply the coolest toys ever! Steph suggested that Seth come over and we would make him a toy. Just to get Seth pumped about the idea she showed us this dragon. Seth liked the dragon toy but did not want his dragon to be green. Seth wanted the color of the dragon be red, because "meat eater" dragons are red, green dragons are "vegetarians". Steph heard this and decided to ...
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10.27.09Wooden Boats (not the floating kind)
Boats, wood (3)Seth came home from school with this yesterday. It is a wooden "boat". Daniel Beard has numerous chapters devoted to building boats so I thought I better snap a few shots. Seth told me not to put the "boat" in water because some of the pieces are attached with glue that is made from water, and if we put it in water it might fall apart. I guess that even if your boat does not actually float it is still healthy to mess around with wood, nails, crayons, a beefy hammer and your imagination.
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03.23.09Redwood Boats
Boats, Hiking, tools, wood (5)At the family camp of our step cousin Francis near Butano State Redwoods we learned how to build a boat out of redwood scraps. Francis has a special boat that his father made for him a few years ago. Unbeknown to me there was a plan afoot to build a companion for Francis' redwood sail boat. Seth was slated to get a boat of his own. So when Daddy Joerg arrived and the construction began, I rushed to get the camera because how often do Boy's Almanac projects fall in your lap? Daddy Joerg started jovially going about the business of ...
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