squeakyfrogfarm on Nostr: Yesterday I was working in the front yard, cutting up some limbs that had fallen out ...
Yesterday I was working in the front yard, cutting up some limbs that had fallen out of our pecan trees. Two of the neighbor kids ( are 4 and 6) came running over to "help". They enjoyed chopping up the smaller branches with loppers and then I taught them how to use a hand saw. Much fun.
While we were doing that, two older boys (age 10 or 11ish) from down the street showed up, carrying an old ironing board with a kayak seat strapped to it and wheels from a lawn mower. They are building a "go kart" and needed me to weld the front axle to the swivel caster they intend to use for a steering mechanism.
It's so heartening to see kids doing real things instead of just staring at screens. I didn't think kids tinkered around like that anymore. Maybe our society is finally leaving the paranoid safetyism of the past couple generations behind, and we're getting back to kids getting dirty and skinning their knees. I sure hope so.
#diy #grownostr #kids
While we were doing that, two older boys (age 10 or 11ish) from down the street showed up, carrying an old ironing board with a kayak seat strapped to it and wheels from a lawn mower. They are building a "go kart" and needed me to weld the front axle to the swivel caster they intend to use for a steering mechanism.
It's so heartening to see kids doing real things instead of just staring at screens. I didn't think kids tinkered around like that anymore. Maybe our society is finally leaving the paranoid safetyism of the past couple generations behind, and we're getting back to kids getting dirty and skinning their knees. I sure hope so.
#diy #grownostr #kids