When I was little, as I believe I've mentioned before, I was definitely always one of those kids with a million questions for the adults in my life. Most of them involved "but why?" about any number of things. Not because I was trying to be a pain in the butt, but because I genuinely wanted to know.
Why? How? Please explain how it all works; I want to understand!
Both of my grandparents, to their credit, were very DIY-minded people in their own right. My grandfather would show me certain things, like why he planted seeds in the garden a certain way, and how he fed them and when and why. My grandmother would show me other things, like how she made a pizza from scratch, or how to carefully comb and shape and spray a piece of fake fur into a fancy lady's hairstyle for a doll she was making out of an old wine bottle (and sewing a glamorous gown for on the sewing machine my grandfather had electrified for her).
