Thanks for the compliment! It's amazing what you can learn by just stepping back and being quiet! I know that growing up on a farm helped shape me too. You learn a lot by watching animals and weather-everything else just builds on those lessons.:)
That's right. Like my grandfather taught me when he was buiding a barn with his neighbors, you have to have a firm foundation. He was right. Once you have the basics right, you can build as high as you like... No firm foundation, you are a Leaning Tower of Pisa, forever biased.