imagination to befriend squid and dolphins.
The pirate ship is nice, because it's biodegradable once she moves on.
The tree house called for an unusual solution (Yeah I specialize in unusual solutions.) We don't have great climbing trees. Fi's not much of a climber. I wanted to build something a little physically challenging to her and her friends, but not permanently attached to a tree. The Big Blue Bug shape formed after a series of drawings. It's essentially a leaning ladder with a scarab like shape (possibly a tick). It's made from salvaged water pipes. The ladder on the rounder part can support multi-tiers of tree house slats. These will be attached to trees on special tree collars. The mandibles at the top would catch the tree. The pipes allow me to run a safety rope through the
mandibles, but it's self supporting. It's legs will be anchored into the ground.
I welded, tested and painted it blue at the space. I built the structure flat then used the wall and the entry sign of the space to bend the entire structure into a curled form. The curling was interesting and suggested a second life as a rocking-hammock hybrid. (Mental note: That really would be a natural evolution, rocking in two directions.)
Once the deck is in place, the blue arc could seem like a sail. and could definitely support a tent.
B-3 puts a climber into the lower branches of the white pine. Big Fun! A tree climbing tree-house. The "house"part to follow.
"I'm a Tree Fairy" Eeep! Success.
