It’s my dad’s birthday tomorrow. When I’m his age I hope I have a fraction of the skills he has–the list is long, but includes:
- Building furniture
- Building pergolas
- Remodeling bathrooms
- Remodeling kitchens
- Finishing basements
- Laying tile
- Wayfinding in the wilderness (I first learned about cairns and blazes and that moss grows on the north side of trees from him)
- Tying knots
- Making balloon animals
- Decorating cakes
- Rigging model ships
- Building and maintaining bikes
- Engineering Halloween costumes
- Staying fit and healthy
- Serving his country
- Giving advice
- Getting up early
- Working hard
- Saving money
- Doing things “the cowboy way“
I’m pretty lucky to have a dad with such great Dad Skills!