nature or nurture?

One of my favorite books when I was a kid was Doris Burns' Andrew Henrys Meadow.  In that wonderful book,  a boy named Andrew Henry, who likes to build stuff, runs away from home, because his family doesn't appreciate his love of building stuff, and ends up in a meadow out in the woods, where he build himself a house/workshop.

Other kids start showing up, kids that have left home for various reasons, and Andrew builds them all special homes..  A girl that loves birds gets a tree house and a boy that loves rabbits and critters gets an underground home to live in and raise his critters.  Here is the picture from that page.



I wanted to be that kid. 
When I was a wee lad in Germany we had a friend of the family named Herr Hammerschmidt.  (Herr = Mr.)  Herr Hammerschidt lived on the edge of town in a small barn like structure (this is all filtered through my shitty memory from 30 years ago) with a bunch of animals.  He had rabbits and a dog and chickens and other critters.  We'd go to visit him and I loved it.  I don't really know much about the guy, to tell the truth.  Somewhere in the piles of photos my family has is one that has Herr H. in it.  I'll have to go look for it one day.

I wanted and still have some desire to live like Herr Hammerschmidt.  Having my own little farm like place.  Some rabbits and chickens and a big barn with some cats and dogs and a beehive or two.  Gardens and the like.  With a high speed internet connection, of course.

I really want to give bees a shot.  I've been reading about beekeeping and it's kinda cool.  Maybe it would help my tomatoes too.

nature or nurture?

One of my favorite books when I was a kid was Doris Burns' Andrew Henrys Meadow.  In that wonderful book,  a boy named Andrew Henry, who likes to build stuff, runs away from home, because his family doesn't appreciate his love of building stuff, and ends up in a meadow out in the woods, where he build himself a house/workshop.

Other kids start showing up, kids that have left home for various reasons, and Andrew builds them all special homes..  A girl that loves birds gets a tree house and a boy that loves rabbits and critters gets an underground home to live in and raise his critters.  Here is the picture from that page.



I wanted to be that kid. 
When I was a wee lad in Germany we had a friend of the family named Herr Hammerschmidt.  (Herr = Mr.)  Herr Hammerschidt lived on the edge of town in a small barn like structure (this is all filtered through my shitty memory from 30 years ago) with a bunch of animals.  He had rabbits and a dog and chickens and other critters.  We'd go to visit him and I loved it.  I don't really know much about the guy, to tell the truth.  Somewhere in the piles of photos my family has is one that has Herr H. in it.  I'll have to go look for it one day.

I wanted and still have some desire to live like Herr Hammerschmidt.  Having my own little farm like place.  Some rabbits and chickens and a big barn with some cats and dogs and a beehive or two.  Gardens and the like.  With a high speed internet connection, of course.

I really want to give bees a shot.  I've been reading about beekeeping and it's kinda cool.  Maybe it would help my tomatoes too.