Making lemonade out of lemons... Earlier this summer I flattened not one, but TWO, tires on our van (at the same time). Nathan had the brilliant idea to make a swing for Ellie (and all of our backyard visitors) out of one of those, rather than pay a disposal fee for it. It's been a big hit!
(above) This is my new computer wallpaperWe used to have a great triangle of trees in our backyard, perfect for stringing up hammocks. Then, last summer a storm took out one of them. Over the course of the 08/09 year we started to miss our friends who would come bring their hammocks over and study in our shady backyard. The cabinet suggested we install a hammock post to replace the felled tree and Nathan took it from there. He dug a deep hole, filled it with a very large post and some sack-rete, and finished it off with some hooks, chains, and caribeaners (for easy length adjustment). We figured that we might have even more visitors if we provided a hammock (since not EVERY college student has their own hammock from Central or South America), so went shopping and found hammocks at 50% off and bought two! There's still a place for our friends who want to bring their more cultural/colorful (and may I add, IMO, uncomfortable?) hammocks. In the mean time, we are finding ourselves enjoying our backyard more too!
I love how you can see her pretty eyelashes in this photo (above)
5 comments:
wow nice photos!
Great pics. The first shot of Nathan and Ellie on the hammock IS wonderful. You can see how much they love you from the looks on both their faces.
That Nathan/Ellie hammock shot is epic.
These pictures are wonderful!!! The colors are so vivid!!! Nathan and Ellie's shirts are the same color. Ellie and Cydil's eyes are beautiful!! What are the things you got to adjust the hammock length?? Where did you get them?? We need some for our hammock. We never heard of them.
OK,I see Nathan's and Ellie's shirts are not exactly the same color.
The "whites" of Ellie's precious eyes match the color of her shirt. I'm not a photographer, but these pictures knock my socks off!! Wish I could hug her right now.
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