Excellent story and pictures. Thank you.
When I first saw the house, some thirty plus years ago, where we would eventually raise our two sons, before even going inside, I chose it for the pond which it abutted, so that whatever children we were to have could have the Huck-Tom thing on that pond. And fortunately, after many twists and turns in the fence, it has all worked out. They are off living their lives, but I’m still here, feeding the woodstove, enjoying the pond, the woods, a different wife, the grandchildren via her, and to a small degree, starting the whole thing over again. I have many pictures of all those childhood moments we shared and occasionally look at them. They are certainly special, but also that was then; this is now.
