That quote always reminds me of Andy. His latest project/toy is building electronics for the greenhouse:
When conditions are right he has been pumping warm air from the greenhouse to the back of the heat-storing wall. Then at night when it’s bitterly cold outside he pumps some of that heat back into the greenhouse. He is now building the electronics to do this automatically.
Designing the electronics isn’t the hardest part. The hardest part is finding components big enough for him to handle. They are getting smaller and smaller, but so far he can still find them.
February 20, 2020
I think Andy is amazingly wonderful! 😀
and your cartoon is great!
I like the ancient quote too.
I guess I’m just a happy camper! xoxo
Yes, happy campers! That’s our job.
That looks quite complicated.
It is, but he’s had a lot of experience designing and building electronics.
Wow, we are very impressed. That looks like a lot of very tedious and hard work. Way to go, Andy.
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It’s good mental exercise. Keeps the brain tuned up. 🙂
That’s an amazing and impressive achievement to know how to build something like that, let alone actual do it.
He’s had years of experience, and it’s good he still has a chance to still use it.
agree, agree, agree…sorry simple word related to “wow: Andy”
That’s quite a circuit board, isn’t it?!
one of your replies about what we did as children…and then another about what rocks someone’s boat when older; including the differences between siblings.
I think why I like dabbling with “rubbish” or turning nice things into something they are not made to be – comes from when as a child, I had to do gentle things and do them quietly or not even do – watch someone else do something interesting and being told by Mum “that’s not possible for you…”
being disabled growing up (still disabled but no Mum ideas) – isn’t a good way to be…maybe now, children do not fall completely through gaps/cracks but in the 1950s one could, especially when your parents changed a whole lot of your life – be it home, friends, and even my primary schooling…
Art making is a great way of saying, “You were wrong! I can do things! See!”
This sounds quite interesting and exciting. Wish I was your neighbor to explore what he’s doing.
It is fun to watch.
I am a firm believer that men are children all their lives. they each have something that they love like a child does. my hubby flies and builds and repairs radio control airplanes. ha ha on seeing the parts. he is having a problem with that also….
The thing is not all guys do. My father didn’t, and that’s what attracted me to Andy. He enjoyed working/doing things and I knew he would never be bored or depressed.
That is so cool that he can do that…that is the one thing that Roger never really had the urge to learn.
It doesn’t matter what they’re interested in, as long as it’s meaningful to them and doesn’t hurt others. My sister spends a lot of time trading in the stock market. It’s not something that Andy and I are interested in, but it’s great for her.
Wow, he’s amazing
He hasn’t completely lost it. 😀