Building the playground

When we were told that we would be building a playground, I am not sure what I expected. I envisioned power tools and precise measuring devices; this was a gross overestimation on my part. What really happened , is that Denvy and Gladness went in to town and bought the materials, and for the next two mornings we put together the whole thing. I personally worked with a few other people on garden boxes and the climbing apparatus. This entailed tying evenly placed knots, over and over again. Keep in mind that this was using 100 meters of rough hemp rope! It was a rough process, let me tell you! after considerable teamwork and frustration, we finally managed to tie the rope into a net of sorts that we would later put up on a wooden frame. This was very tiring work, but ultimately was worth it. The others worked on building garden boxes and the swing set. Men helped immensely by digging three foot deep holes (through rock!) to put the posts for the swing and the climbing thingy, which were then filled with concrete. Unbelievably, it only took two mornings to put all of these things together; proving just how much can be accomplished with teamwork!

Emily