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  January
2004 issue
Trading Spaces With the Squirrels
Most of us have fond memories of a special
tree house. The world looked better somehow way up high among
the leafy branches, in our own little secret hideaway. Tree houses
have come a long way since then, judging from the photos of elaborate
tree houses constructed by some of our readers. Climb on up into
some of these great tree houses and feel like a kid again!
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| San Bernard
EC members Jim and Marian Cisarik, along with children Michael,
Sally and Kathleen, built their wonderful "two-trees"
tree house together over a four-month period. |
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Having watched his grandfather
and uncle catch catfish, 22-month-old Caleb Bagley knew just
what to do and landed his own fish after a three-minute battle.
Uncle Doug Bradshaw of Jasper-Newton EC sent us this favorite
memory. |
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| Five-year-old
Rebecca Sanders celebrates the Fourth of July in this tree house
while visiting her grandparents, Glen and Mary Sanders. The photo
was submitted by Pedernales EC member Cherri Rapp. |
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| You're
never too old for a tree house. Jennifer and Robert Clarke pose
with their one-year-old twins, Annabella and Samuel, on the porch
of Jennifer's new tree house, built by her parents, Bowie-Cass
EC members Jack and Carroll Baldridge. "When Jennifer was
growing up, she always wanted a tree house, but Dad just never
got around to building her one," says Carroll. |
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Lightning struck one side
of this oak tree, causing it to split off. It took Cooke County
EC member Roland Balak one year to build this tree house on the
missing side of the old tree. His son, Casey, plans to rent out
his tree house occasionally to overnight guests, says his mother,
Vicki. The tree house features built-in bunkbeds, carpeting,
air conditioning, and a father's labor of love. |
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| Matt
poses on the entry porch of the treehouse he helped his sister,
Paulina, and dad, Gene, build. The threesome didn't start with
a design in mind, so the tree house simply "evolved"
as they built it. It features ropes, pulleys, a trap door and
a swinging crane for lifting and lowering supplies. The entire
structure is suspended between two cables--no ground poles! The
Klasers are members of Pedernales EC. |
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Comments
about the magazine?
E-mail Editor Kaye Northcott at kayen@texas-ec.org
©2004 Texas Electric Cooperatives,
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