Saturday, May 24, 2003
Today Aaron took me on a tour to see classic cars and trucks he's located in our town. This first picture is unclear so I put in arrows. It would have been better if I was willing to climb down the steep riverbank.
Its a very old car that fell down the hillside on the other side of the river... either an accident or it was pushed off the road. Aaron said, "Its in worse shape than I remembered." It has a rumble seat in back so you know, its very old.
Notice the rainbow? I didn't see it when I took the photo. This one has poison oak growing in the driver's seat. Aaron said, "Mom, I could have that truck dug out in a month. Do you want me to get it out?" Me: "Not without permission of the land owner."
Aaron says, "I think that truck has a very sad history because I believe that the truck was owned by an old man and when something stopped working on it or when he got a new truck, I believe he stripped down the truck for his new truck for parts so I'd like to save up my money for the tow truck so I can tow this truck if I buy it and restore it to its former glory and sell it. Then the old blue truck will have a happy home once more." (As you can tell, Aaron has an active imagination and could be a novelist, if only he could read and write better.)
"I'd have it professionally repainted blue, and I'd build a wooden back for it and stain it and replace the door. And if there's any problems with the engine I'd fix or replace, and any further problems are beyond my reach, besides the interior."
My husband came in and started giving negative input to this project - as in "we don't have a place to keep a truck", "we don't have the money to buy it", etc. I told him we don't want to hear it. There's power in positive thinking and we don't need any negativity. Aaron's a dreamer and I don't want his dreams to be crushed.
This is the tow truck, his number one choice of what he'd get if he had money and a willing seller.
This picture is blurred because Aaron took the picture out of our truck's window as we drove by - there was no place nearby to park. He's not so avid to have this one as much as the two directly above.
Its a very old car that fell down the hillside on the other side of the river... either an accident or it was pushed off the road. Aaron said, "Its in worse shape than I remembered." It has a rumble seat in back so you know, its very old.
Notice the rainbow? I didn't see it when I took the photo. This one has poison oak growing in the driver's seat. Aaron said, "Mom, I could have that truck dug out in a month. Do you want me to get it out?" Me: "Not without permission of the land owner."
Aaron says, "I think that truck has a very sad history because I believe that the truck was owned by an old man and when something stopped working on it or when he got a new truck, I believe he stripped down the truck for his new truck for parts so I'd like to save up my money for the tow truck so I can tow this truck if I buy it and restore it to its former glory and sell it. Then the old blue truck will have a happy home once more." (As you can tell, Aaron has an active imagination and could be a novelist, if only he could read and write better.)
"I'd have it professionally repainted blue, and I'd build a wooden back for it and stain it and replace the door. And if there's any problems with the engine I'd fix or replace, and any further problems are beyond my reach, besides the interior."
My husband came in and started giving negative input to this project - as in "we don't have a place to keep a truck", "we don't have the money to buy it", etc. I told him we don't want to hear it. There's power in positive thinking and we don't need any negativity. Aaron's a dreamer and I don't want his dreams to be crushed.
This is the tow truck, his number one choice of what he'd get if he had money and a willing seller.
This picture is blurred because Aaron took the picture out of our truck's window as we drove by - there was no place nearby to park. He's not so avid to have this one as much as the two directly above.
