Double Video

I find it is easier to show how the fence line clearing is going than try to describe it.

Wasps

Hate me some wasps.  I got stung while putting away the wood from the dead tree we cut down.  Right on the knuckle of my middle finger.  Perhaps the wasp was a hit man sent from the bad drivers in St. Louis.

But I do have a fair amount of wood now.  Not sure how much more I can fit because it is starting to get difficult to stack it much higher.  I do have some room on the left that I am trying to reserve for the wood I start splitting.  It doesn't look like it but I would say the pile is at least four feet high.

Also made gooey butter cake.  As you can see I didn't get around to taking a picture before I had some.  I regret nothing.  But a great easy recipe I found on facebook, here: St. Louis style gooey butter cake

Shaky Cam

I didn't realize how bad the video would be shaking when I took this, but it is what it is.  I just always complain about stupid shaky cam work in movies and shows to give fake action and here I am doing it myself.  Just not on purpose.

Also a cute picture of Varg sitting in Bone's lap.

pictures

Picture of the fence line I had cleared so far.  Rob helped me this weekend to get some trees and a branch that was up high.

 Turkeys being very helpful.  They wish they had thumbs to help unload the wood.

quick video of what I had gotten done.  Will get another made in the next couple of days.

Technology

I was going to take this caffeine induced hyperness in the middle of the night to put up pictures and maybe a video of the progress being made on clearing some of the downed trees and clearing the fence line (deep breath), but nooooo.

I upgraded to Windows 10 and now I can't import pictures or videos off my phone.  I searched online for a solution but the few recommended ones haven't cured the problem.

So I went on to scan in a receipt for a rebate.  But noooo.  The computer doesn't want to import that picture either.

So here I was, going to be all productive and showy and stuff, but Windows 10 has defeated me.

Otherwise it seems to run pretty quick and smooth.  I am sure Rob or his brother will cure the computer this weekend.  Or thump my on the head with the, "Duh, click this option." solution.

But I did clean up a majority of the trees me and Dad had cut down last year, and I have a good start on a winter wood pile with them.  It is very satisfying seeing that pile grow.  The last couple of winters we heated the house with just the wood stove and it was fine, except we were usually bringing in wood from one of Rob's co-workers.

It was great that he was giving us the free wood, but it sucked that I had stock piled any ahead of time.  I feel much more secure with this wood pile, but I know it isn't nearly enough for the winter yet.  There are several downed trees in the woods from a storm a year or so ago that are begging to be chopped up.

The fence line is beginning to take shape.  I cleared several yards of it, giving myself about four feet to work with and it looks pretty good to me.  There are some spots where I will need help (which I volunteered Rob for on the weekends) where some dead fall is to high for me to reach or I need to drop a big dead tree.

I hope to get the pictures up soon, cause there is an awesome one of the turkeys on the wood I hauled up in the lawn wagon behind the tractor.

collecting wood

Just some pictures of get the woods clear and the collection of firewood for winter.

Father-in-law

My father-in-law is amazing.  He let me borrow his saw.  I don't want to say what it is or anything since this is a public blog and I don't want strangers to know what equipment I have on my place (especially when it isn't my equipment) but may I just say, "Hot knife through butter."

I know what brand I want now.  I even figured out how to pull it off of the ground.  Unlike the homelite and poulan I have, this one doesn't yank back on you.  It starts on the first pull 90% of the time, and always within three.  I am going to have to write the company a love letter.

At first I was dreading going out and I admit I made several excuses until 10 o'clock rolled around, but once I got out there and started working, the saw made life so much easier.  Of course I waited a bit too long into the day and decided to come back in as the heat climbed higher.  But now I know I want to be out there first thing.  I can start gathering logs for the winter and the path back into the woods is open for the first time in over a year.

I appreciate what my dad tried to do with getting me some cheap saws.  I mean the first one I bent the blade in a tree the first time I used it.  I am in no ways proficient, but just like having a sharp knife keeps you safer when cutting things or butchering, a good saw makes you better at cutting wood and trees.