Tree House

In Hauser Lake, Idaho John Kory has been building a tree house for his grandchildren.

What a delight it was for me to see it. And even more, I climbed up it's sturdy stairs, stood on the platform and enjoyed the endless vista.

I put my hands upon my waist and stood, wide legged, feeling like I was the boy Peter Pan, looking over an endless possibility of life. 

  I'm sure everyone knows who Peter Pan was.  A story character  created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie (1860–1937).   He magically whisks Wendy and her brothers to the magical world of Neverland where there is an ongoing war with the evil Pirate Captain Hook.  I love every movie, book and toy that has ever been created about this character.  So when I saw what John was creating I got very excited.  Now I'm an old lady but I still climbed every step onto the platform and just stood there pretending.  It was awesome!

John has definitely chosen the right tree.  It's strong and safe and has the ability to move when the wind blows. There wasn't an evil Pirate Captain Hook sailing by...but I bet John's grandchildren will find a worthy adversary.

I grew up on a farm. I didn’t have a tree house..but, myself, my three brothers and my sister would shinny up trees and run around on their branches like little monkeys. And oh, we dreamed about building our own tree house.

One summer, my brothers decided: Enough already,  it's time to build our own tree house.  So we toted heavy planks of wood, hammers, and nails to the stand of trees (a distance of 500 plus feet away) and slid the planks up into the tree branches.  We never got to the nailing and hammering part because my sister and I decided to gather leaves and flowers for decorations…And when we got back, well, the boys had not nailed the wood.  They had become involved in creating a knotted rope so we could climb up and down easily.  We used the rope a great deal.  Our celebration garlands hung off the ends of the planks that were jammed between branches. And the house in the tree that we envisioned for ourselves never did become a reality.

John has been studying books, and working on this project all summer and it really sparked my imagination to see it.


You'll enjoy seeing his work also.  So check back here.  John is talking about the possibility of creating a second room, putting electricity in the house and maybe even a roof, so this is definitely something you will want to check into.  I know I'm excited about reporting back to you.