Treehouse
If we've had a conversation for more than five seconds, then you probably know about my treehouse dreams. Yeah, that's my one measure of success; if I have a backyard with a treehouse one day. I never actually had one growing up but lived next to a small forest. Andrew and I knew those paths and secret bases better than anyone. We embarked on hundreds of epic adventures in those woods, venturing farther and deeper back as we got older. It was the same thing during trips to my Grandpa's farm, a special yellow house with a secret winding staircase and open fields to run around in. And our family trips to St. Maarten always ended up with Andrew and I going beyond the borders of the public beaches and finding caves, abandoned hotels and hidden islands. That sense of exploration is something I miss in this grown-up world full of daily routines. A treehouse seems to embody that sense of childhood discovery; a simple balance between humans and nature...a tangible, realized expression of a limitless imagination.
This dream is easily visualized. Swinging in a hammock on an extended deck, two or three stories above the ground, our house on a hill nearby. Sipping lemonade through a bendi-straw and strumming a guitar (maybe not at the same time), while a cardinal swoops down to one of many bird feeders (hey I'm flexible, I'd settle for a ring-tailed lemur). My kid(s) running over the suspension bridge with crayons and paper in their hands, getting ready to draw a treasure map of the surrounding forest, while I hope they'll ask me for help. Maybe there's a secret passageway like a rotating wall or trap door somewhere. Afternoons are spent staring deep into the trees and just imagining what's next.
So that's my personal goal. It might take ten years, it might take a lifetime, but it's out there.
Oh yeah, congratulations to Mrs. Jurinski's 12th Grade Calculus partner-in-crime Brian Shea on his recent engagement! And thanks to Alison for the recent mention (you might recognize her from singing Surf Wax America into a water bottle in yesterday's video).
Monday, July 18 at 9:15 PM
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