Treehouse Masters!
My recently discovered TV series on Animal Planet! I heart/adore/covet
treehouses.
Background (I had to Wikipedia this information for
y'all—I could remember a lot, but needed a teensy bit of help to explain it
adequately):
In 1960 (I was 6 years old), a Disney movie came out called Swiss
Family Robinson. If y’all are young (to me that’s 45ish and under), I
hope you’ve discussed, with your parents or grandparents, their/our entertainment
options back in the 50s and 60s. Even 70s! Obviously those years were
significantly different for all of us—compared to our/your options—our/your kids’ options—today.
Going to a movie was a MAJOR event and treat. We wanted to look nice. Not church clothes, but we were clean, our hair was brushed and fixed, our clothes were our school clothes. Unless we were going from Church. Then we stayed in our "Church" clothes. (This was much like "dressing up" to go on plane trips. My first plane trip happened when I was 16. I was "dressed up" for that.) Disney movies, westerns, comedies (Doris Day movies were some of my
most favourite), musicals—all of these were what we, as children, pre-teens,
teens, had in the way of entertainment. A lot of what we saw was in black and
white. But Disney movies were in
color. Swiss Family Robinson was Disney’s
first widescreen film.
It’s about a family—Mom, Dad and three sons—who’re on their
way to New Guinea Switzerland. Hence "Swiss Family Robinson."
As the movie progresses, they discover who they believe is a
young boy on the island. PLOT TWIST: She’s a girl! The two older brothers quickly begin
to compete for her affections. And so begins the “love story” part of this charming movie. I
won’t tell y’all any more. I think it’s still a great movie for kids nowadays! Full
of comedy, drama, adventure. MAGIC.
Hopefully I've conveyed the impact this movie had on
me. I’m 1000% certain this is when my love for trees and treehouses began.
At our home in town, where we lived for over 22 years, we
had a HUGE Mulberry tree in our backyard. Big enough to safely climb. TLC and I
would carefully scoot up it’s thick branches on a pretty Spring, Summer or Fall
day. We’d dream. Visit. Laugh. We moved to our country casa in 2000. Once our
home was built, at the back of our property and on our big hill, I began
telling My Sweet Hubby (MSH) I wished we could build a treehouse at the very top. It faces West. We could watch the stunning sunsets we are blessed by our Lord God Almighty to see at the end of each day from our Casa in the Trees. This dream of mine hasn't happened yet. I haven’t completely given
up.
You can imagine my sheer and utter JOY when I found this TV show
about three weeks ago. After watching the first one (each show lasts an hour),
I promptly put it on a Season Pass
(that’s the terminology I've used for this process ever since we got our TIVO /DVR
twenty years ago). I’ve watched approximately ten of these shows. A new season
recently started.
Pete is the Treehouse Master. Builder. Architect. He and his
wife, Judy, and their three grown kids—Emily, and twins Charlie and Henry—live at Treehouse
Point in Fall City , Washington America Devon
and Toby. Bubba is their Carpenter/Philosopher. One of his twins is
usually on a job. All of them are tres interesting peeps.
If you’re like me, and treehouses represent
fun/magic/adventure to you, I think you’d seriously enjoy this show!
Yeehaw, Y'all!
