In Search of Dirt

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GrandThing 3 sets out to find dirt.

GrandThing 3 sets out to find dirt.

There are defining moments that burn themselves onto our internal processors. I remember vividly four years ago, today,  the moment he popped into this world all wet and shiny new. But in my mind’s eye, he will forever be the little boy in search of dirt.

When he visits, he inevitably is drawn to his daddy’s old Tonka toys. So it was, one spring day. With a lot of rain, the wild grasses and weeds had taken over the fields. What this little boy really needed was dirt.
Nothing more.
Nothing less.
Just dirt.
He spent the better part of the afternoon dragging the backhoe and tractor around, looking for a proper place to put them to work.  Alas, he spies a pile of decomposed granite.

Bliss.

Happy Birthday GrandThing Three!

Bliss! perfect dirt for play.

Bliss! perfect dirt for play.

Fishing with Grandpa

Fishing with Grandpa – The Forester Artist

Showing off his catch. This one went back after the photo.

Showing off his catch. This one went back after the photo.

GrandThing 3 tells Grandma all about his painting.

GrandThing 3 tells Grandma all about his painting. “He caught grasshoppers with Grandpa and they caught a fish.”

30 thoughts on “In Search of Dirt”

  4. These memories are so precious. Our middle child had many moments learning to garden with her grandfather when she was a toddler, and though her grandfather past away while she was in her teens, those memories will last forever.

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  12. Adorable Mary….All your grandchildren are lovely… So much happiness in all your posts about them… May they continue to be inspired by the grands and vice versa… :))

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