This awesome holiday drawing was done by our son, circa 1995.
There are details here that deserve commentary:
- We built this house when Boy was a toddler, so there some things have received more emphasis than they might have from a child that didn’t witness quite so much construction for instance – light switches. As in, hey – we now have electricity!
- Yes, we did store kayaks on hooks from the ceiling. In our defense, it’s a very small house with very high ceilings and it seemed like a good idea at the time?
- Snow falls off that steep metal roof like king-sized mattresses being dropped from 40′. It sounds like thunder and was obviously a big part of his childhood.
- Our neighbors were often in the front yard, spoiling for a snowball fight. I don’t remember the Darth Vader get-up but it’s possible.
- My partner is a landscape painter. That painting hanging on the wall is a pretty good reproduction of a Robert Pollien.
May your season now be merry, and may you have joyous records of the time spent before!
I couldn’t do any better myself. Love the picture and your commentary. It will be interesting to see what my kids remember in the future.
I’ve written some beekeeper guides over Christmas about the Small Hive Beetle and Asian Hornet, Vespa velutina.
Happy New Year.