Me and Frank Lloyd Wright

Well you know how Dads think at times about how neat it would be to get my little daughter something, Jason, my son-in-law is absolutely no expectation. Except the little something was an HO Scale replica of the Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright. He thought is was a punch out thing that required a simple snap in place parts things, well Isabelle upon seeing it was an HO scale building, knew right away that she just had to wait until they moved from Virginia to Ohio so that Papa could help her with it. Papa is more then helping as it is a very detailed cut with a very shape xacto knife, very small, very many pieces that require very small amounts of exactly placed glue to fit exactly in certain places in precisely certain order, following not so exactly detailed instructions. I will include pictures of this endeavor for your viewing pleasure at another time. I have been very occupied with this endeavor and am hoping to finish so Isabelle may enjoy the part she has been waiting for, the placement of little HO Scale people and cars and trees and grass and bushes and the like all around the house and grounds. We have been also working on a repair of the HO Scale Noah's Custom Boat shop(no job too big) for my layout. This building was damaged by a 1x4 piece of wood in the truck during our move to Ohio almost 6 years ago. I have just begun repairs when Isabelle came up with the idea of no fixing all the damaged wood side of the building but rather have my little HO Scale people working on the repair, thus leaving most of the damage, Brilliant! my granddaughter, a chip off the old block! OH! where have I heard that before?
So we have been making some scaffolding for the little people to work on and Isabelle has been finding all the little people from the box full that I have spent hours painting. She has the greatest time placing these people around places that look like they are doing the work. She is patiently waiting for the new trees to add to the scene and reminds me that some of the shoreline rocks need filling in. But time keeps marching on and things get slowly done, as I must admit I have to work once and awhile.
But what a joy to have her here with me, to be so blessed to be able to spend this time with such a precious lttle soul.