Demolition Of An Era

Demolition Of An Era

When my boys were young they picked out one corner of our yard that over hung a ravine next to it and started to build what they later named “the balcony”. This was their fort. Now most kids would just knock together something maybe in a few days of in a week at the most. You know how attention spans are at very young ages. Well not my boys. This building frenzy lasted for years. They built and built and remodeled and rebuilt and then they tore everything down and then they built it back up again. At one point this thing was two stories high. They had a drawbridge and had dug a “moat” (without water in it of coarse). They had their own what they refered to as their safes that they kept their treasures in. They had a watchout tower in the top too.
Then they grew up and it was time for them to out grow the whole concept of a fort. So a few years ago Matthew started to tear the whole thing down. Now the whole thing is demolished but the pile of rotten lumber is still sitting there and we have decided that it is time to clean up the mess. So tonight Matthew and Mary-Kate and I started the clean-up. I wish that I had a picture of the balcony intact on the computer to show what it looked like in its heyday. It was quite the adventurous place for boys to play. (and girls too!!)