Second floor on hold

The children's patio was finished in May. This is a great play area, rain or shine. It even has a loft with a tree house, a rope ladder and fireman's pole. The bigger children can make it up all by themselves. Sometimes the rope ladder needs a little holding, especially for adults.


The see-saw is in the center of the court yard with the rocking zebra. I actually made the zebra myself. It just took some wire mesh hung to a frame. I made it with left over steel from the cement work. Then a lot of patient spackling with my mortar tool. Before it was painted white and black, most of the onlookers thought it was a dog. After a few days of layering the cement shape and some white paint with black stripes, they gave me the benefit of the doubt. It's a wild ride, for sure, but it's welded to a truck spring and has stirrups.

Archie likes to bike around the court yard and is very good on his bike now. The playground is a happy place where the children all get outside in the fresh air and use thier muscles. You can see the covering over the stairs to the second floor in the background. We hope to begin building the second floor when funds become available. The plans are finalized and the builder is awaiting our call.