Talents passed along

There is so much talent in our family -- each of us has something different and unique that is the envy of the others. Dad was a wonderful carpenter, fixer upper, Mom can work wonders with numbers, Kathy is very artistic and a wonderful cook and gardener, Debbie has grown a magical yard and hosts a mean party, Sue is quite the athlete, and Cindy has a special way with people and puts together wonderfully themed special occasions.

Uncle Ronnie's family is also very talented -- and they seem to share the wonderful talent of building a home. Uncle Ronnie built this plastic log cabin way back in the day. Dale mentioned he learned alot of his skills watching Dad.

And Dad and Uncle Ronnie shared a talent -- they both had a tendancy to cut off heads when they took photo's! Oh and they both could build just about anything.

Rona certainly has absorbed these talents. She is truly amazing! She bought a property about 5 miles south of Glenwood where she lives -- very remote and rustic. There she worked, typically alone with little or no help, on a cabin. She built the entire cabin by hand -- WITH NO ELECTRIC! Wow -- no electric saw, drill, planer, etc. PLUS you have to hoof all of this stuff to the location.

She's built many other buildings including one in Ohio and worked on many buildings with Dale in Alaska. She is tireless -- work during the day, go build at night.

As you can see she is also a bit fearless! She also told some stories about staying at the cabin and having bears come and visit -- even tearing up a campground of some "neighbors". But can you imagine sitting on your porch and checking out this scenery at night!

And she wasn't done. She bought another house in Glenwood and proceeded to totally renovate it. It's really nice and she's also put in a great garden -- a talent Kathy and Debbie can relate to. It's a very old, historic house and needed alot of work. It has great details and alot of character.

Rona is very impressive -- I was in awe of all she has done. And she has lent her talent to her friends as well -- good friend to have!

We all wish we have talents we don't have, are a bit envious of other people's talents, and rarely credit how wonderfully talented we truly are. I for instance, put out a mean blog!