Tallented Nephew, Phil

 

Phil is always busy. When I arrived in Pima he had a job moving trees. He uses this back hoe to dig all around the tree. Then he lifts the surrounding soil with roots and moves the tree to the new location he prepared. During my time there he had several jobs with this new tool.

Phil patiently dug on all sides of the mesquite root. He, Mikie and Jim removed nine mesquites.

Phil is also an electrician. He’s worked for the federal government, the state, the mines always drawing high praise from the employer for his skills as an electrician. Demand for him as electrician compete with demands for his excavation.

Phil is a welder. He has fashioned wrought iron furniture. He’s modified a pickup truck into a trailer.

Phil is a carpenter. Together with his dad they built a garage. He assembled a steel shop.

He is going to move this steel building to his new property.

One afternoon I came along with Jim. Inside the shop is another Ram truck. I watched while Phil and his dad rebuilt the carborator. The two of them had it running within a couple hours debunking the adage I had heard, "Don't mess with a carborator unless you rebuild one or two a week." Fact is, Phil is an exceptional tallent.

Jim and Phil walk around his three lots. He will move the big steel shop onto this land.

Phil is a tallented musician. Before I left he gave me a CD on which he laid down multiple tracks in which he provided all of the tracks. He plays the guitar, banjo, harmonica, saxaphone, piano, and keyboard.

If you have ever been impressed with a person who seems to be aware of details that you hadn't thought of then you've met a person exceptionally observant. My nephew, Phil, is among the most observant people I ever met. When he is quiet he is thinking. When I listen he tells me details I hadn't noticed.