Learning Together at The Lake

We spent Easter Sunday at Pounds Hollow Lake in the Shawnee Forest.
Much loving and creating and thinking and appreciating happened there.
It was also a good example of how ideas flow from one to another,

and the result is something you never had planned at all.

After being on the beach and seeing this, contemplating the delicate balance of living life,


I got the idea to make this:


And when I started making that, the 13 year old stepped aside to start his own project.


While he was busy starting that,we learned we could make lines in the sand with sticks.


And then we realized we could use the sticks for all kinds of things . . .


After some solid work time and fun in the sun, we were able to dig out a channel from one part of the lake to another.


Not huge, but big enough for small feet to run and splash . . .


. . . and big enough for big kids to get a taste of that intrinsic motivation and pride that I love to dwell upon now and again.


The level of conversation about how to make this project work impressed me, and the whole experience further impressed upon me how important experiences like these are. Definitely a Sunday worth having!

Happy April Everyone!