
Initially he thought maybe we should have returned her and gotten another one, but it wasn't long before Ava had him pinned down and helpless. Nathan is pretty strong, but he's no match for 3 tons of cuteness. It was a treat to have him over, he'd been blacksmithing in the North Georgia Mountains, and was a little tuckered. So he got some shuteye in the dappled shade and gentle breeze while laying in the hammock.

I'd set the hammock up in my fit of nesting. (Which unfortunately for Gail only manifested itself in projects outside the house.) One end is wrapped around a huge oak, and the other is attached to a cedar post I'd put in the ground. Unfortunately it was never set quite right, and had a slight but noticable inward lean to it. This had always left me vaguely dissatisfied, but not so much as to make me do anything about it. Once little miss thang got in there with her 4 tons of cuteness (she grows on you...), the cedar post began to lean inward to a degree that was no longer acceptable. Luckily her Uncle Nathan is a wizard with metal. He recommended a guy wire, and I had some steel cable lying around. We planted a big 'ol cedar stake in the ground, looped one end around the top of the post, and wrapped the other around the stake, attached it, then pounded it into the ground. The result is most victorious.

congratulations....yall did a hell of a job!!! will be up soon ......ken s
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