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17-SEP-2010	Yvonne

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The "cubby house" the grandchildren built last weekend, 3 of our grandsons, aged between 9 & 12
plus 2 visiting children aged 3 & 6, it kept them busy the whole afternoon! I took the
photo to send to one to prove that its still standing in the corner of one of our windbreak areas.

We had a cute note from a cousin who moved back to England with her 3 youngsters, aged
between 3 & 6 years, and they'd been making GRASS soup! Just goes to prove that kids
don't really need expensive toys to entertain themselves with.

Canon EOS 40D ,Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
1/8s f/11.0 at 47.0mm iso250 hide exif

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Date/Time	17-Sep-2010 10:31:56
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ISO Equivalent	250
Exposure Bias	-0.67
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Guest		21-Sep-2010 21:49
Thank you for the wonderful childhood memories this photo brought back Yvonne!!

Fay Stout		21-Sep-2010 01:36
What fun they must have had building their "cubby house". (No batteries needed!)

Maaike Huizer		20-Sep-2010 08:14
Wow, a great shelter.

LynnH		20-Sep-2010 00:36
Oh, you've brought back some memories for me! We had so much fun playing in the "woods" :)

reflectionsofnature		19-Sep-2010 12:43
Ah, brings back great memories of when I used to do this type of thing. Your grandchildren built quite a robust structure too!

Mieke WA Minkjan		19-Sep-2010 08:19
very true Yvonne, kids don't need really much to be playful.. it is the commerce who wants parents to buy all these stuff a wonderful capture of the "hut" !

Cindi Smith		19-Sep-2010 04:40
Those are the best memories....ones that don't cost anything. They did a good job here. I'm impressed! Reminds me of my childhood! Thanks!

carol j. phipps		19-Sep-2010 01:08
Agree with Coleen! Wonderful work!

Jola Dziubinska		18-Sep-2010 23:55
Great job, they did excellent! Wonderful time of chidhood :)

Barbara Heide		18-Sep-2010 23:31
a great pass time for kids, so much better than a TV screen...

laine82		18-Sep-2010 22:43
Takes me back to when we entertained ourselves...love to know they can still do it. We had a group of young visitors yesterday...they spent time with the sheep & their lambs also birdwatching the new ducklings & their parents:) They did a great job!!

Patricia Kay		18-Sep-2010 17:45
Wonderful Yvonne....Remindsmeof my chidhood too when we were always trying to build tree houses...well done kids...BV

Guest		18-Sep-2010 14:11
fit to live in till.... age 10!

J. Scott Coile		18-Sep-2010 13:09
That brings back childhood memories!

Stephanie		18-Sep-2010 11:00
This is a terrific hut! Don't you just love the creativity of children?

Kathy Thompson		18-Sep-2010 09:49
Great to see this. Unfortunately the big aussie backyard in which to make things like this is nearly a thing of the past. I'm sure your grandchildren had a great time making this and will remember it for a long time.

lou_rozensteins		18-Sep-2010 08:31
Nice! I remember stuff like this when I was a child. Happy times!

Astrid Taen		18-Sep-2010 07:35
Great combination of imagination and skills to build such a nice shelter. I am sure they are proud of it as they should be.

borisalex		18-Sep-2010 05:07
Yes.. that´s true, but here to build such houses is now prohibided almost everywhere, and kids play rather online games anyway!

Bill Robinson		18-Sep-2010 04:27
Not sure about the grass soup Von, but they have definately shown some good survival skills here!

Coleen Perilloux Landry		18-Sep-2010 03:59
They did great. Go sit under there and read a book. That's the kind of things children should be doing instead of texting, and IPods and all that stuff.

larose forest photos		18-Sep-2010 02:49
What a great shelter! I see these occasionally in the woods around here and think some kids must have been at work.

Guest		18-Sep-2010 02:35
The kids got busy! Great! V.

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