We're in the midst of the worst rainy spring I've ever seen here in Maine, and it's torture for my little guys! They stare out the window just talking about playing outside! I took these pictures last week on our one sunny afternoon. Ah. So, here's our "Banging Wall". Steve and Calvin made this last summer, after being inspired by something similar at the Maine Organic Gardeners and Farmer's Association Common Ground Fair. The boys (and Steve and I!) spend so much time out there banging and making music. I know it wouldn't work in a neighborhood of any kind, but if you've got the space, or neighbors that don't mind a lot of noise, I'd highly recommend making one! It was so much fun and so easy to make: we used some logs found in the woods for the frame; about $10 worth of pots and pans and metal nailed to the frame (yard sales, salvation army, etc); and then we gathered sticks from the woods for our "drumsticks". Voila! A very entertaining musical instrument in your yard! (And quite a conversation piece....)
