The Beautifulest Gate
Posted: Monday 12 April, 2004
If this site had a strapline it would be "If we can do it, anyone can". As a child I was officially The Least Practical Boy in the World. Anything to do with using my hands that didn't involve a keyboard, joystick or mouse was beyond me, and my family despaired. But now behold my gate, crafted this morning by my own fair hands from the raw materials. It's not perfect, and I made a couple of elementary errors, but I'm proud of myself nonetheless.
The reason I was outside at 8am building said gate is that the pigs are going to be moving in the next few days, since they've done so well in their first pen. It's only a temporary move, to allow them to get some more grazing, and they will be moving back to their current pen in a couple of weeks. But it will allow me to fork over the current pen to expose the roots of the grass, and to loosen the pan that is already developing. So I better get on. The gate was just the first step, there are fence rails to be nailed and sheep netting to be pinned before the boys can pack up their belongings and flit.
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Comments
Dan
That's true, and I experience the same enhanced feeling of satisfaction when producing something real. I guess it's about familiarity breeding contempt as well - the skills we have for all things technological we can sometimes take for granted, and it's only when trying something completely new and different that we appreciate and remember the effort that goes into learning new skills.
Jean
Hi, Received message from my friend, Yvonne- she is coming to visit you on Sunday- so thought I would check out your web site. Love the gate- Yvonne and I are into 'stripping' furniture rather than making it, but one day, who knows. Look forward to hearing her views... Jean
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Dave H
Tuesday 13 April, 2004 at 7:49am
Good Job! I had to craft a similar gate last year (into our main 'behind the big barn' paddock) and was equally proud of the result. I find the feeling of building, growing or raising something real to go way beyond the satisfaction I get from making something unreal, like software.
Be well,
Dave H.