This tiny little run down shack is one of my favorite places, so full of memory's that sometimes it can bring a tear to my eye.
 This to me is what country living is all about , when my grandson was about 8 years old he would stay with us alot and of course like most kids get bored waiting around for us to finish work to play, so one day as we were working away in the garage we could hear pounding so we went to investigate and low and behold he had decided he needed a fort to play in, and of course there is always wood and stuff around a country home so he had no problem finding building materials. I said whoa young man you cant...and that's when i heard my husband say what else do you need to build your fort.He told me if the boy had that much imagination to pick out the trees and stuff to start then he should be aloud to finish it, so over the next few weeks each day when he came over he worked away on it when he was ready for the roof his dad and papa helped alittle, but the rest was all him. He bought the hammock from his allowance and set his own area up back there.
 And let me tell you we have had some good times out there, his sister enjoys it to and we would have campfires ( always supervised ) there and sled and hot cocoa and a fire in the snow. We  even put a Christmas tree in there one year and lights outside on the trees, it was beautiful. He is now 17 and has no interest in playing out there but we often talk and tell stories about days out there and laugh. We have left it just the way he built it with the hopes that the other grandsons will also play there and learn about Nature and relaxation when they are old enough.
   Do you have a place that brings you joy full memories ??        Windy,