tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34533114.post9051551612203080962..comments2023-11-02T03:50:06.516-04:00Comments on Life at Patience Corners: It's a Tree! It's a House! It's a... Treehouse!Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01495761149470856230noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34533114.post-60603752998326760102010-07-13T07:21:58.068-04:002010-07-13T07:21:58.068-04:00I never had a tree house as such, but when we move...I never had a tree house <b>as such</b>, but when we moved to Canal Fulton, there was a huge pine tree that had to come down, because it shaded the entire back yard, and we needed a garden. (That was a good-sized yard, too.) Dad hired an Amish man to cut down the tree, and to avoid having it fall on and damage any buildings he brought it down in segments, which I'd guess were around five or six feet long each. Dad kept four of the segments that were pretty equal in length, from the top half of the tree (perhaps a foot or so in diameter) so their bulk was at least somewhat manageable, and used them as base pillars for a free-standing fort. <br /><br />The floor he mounted on them was just a sheet of plywood, but with the cross braces (which did double-duty as ladders) and railing made from smaller left-over pieces of the tree (like, long straight branches as thick as your arm), it did have some charm. I was in second grade at the time.<br /><br />We had that fort for about a year, and then he took it down, much to our disappointment, when we started trying to sell the house, on the dubious theory that nobody would want to buy a house with a fort like that overlooking the garden. (It didn't help. The house didn't sell until I was in seventh grade.)Jonadabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960094338418224109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34533114.post-17058515623105679552010-07-09T10:44:58.064-04:002010-07-09T10:44:58.064-04:00we built one from discarded stuff, too! but yours ...we built one from discarded stuff, too! but yours is far more advanced. we're working on a pulley set up as well. i love seeing how big the kids are (:tumbleweedgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05266633939271140627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34533114.post-67368732538871639752010-07-07T17:54:15.503-04:002010-07-07T17:54:15.503-04:00Andy, that is awesome! And the pictures don't...Andy, that is awesome! And the pictures don't convey just how hot that day was. What an accomplishment! I'm sure the kids love it. Make sure you post pics as you add to it :-)Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289575114419797031noreply@blogger.com