June 28, 2017 Cutting, Slicing & Dicing

Ooooops!

Guess who gets to walk. . .

Rounds to be split.

Monday 6/26. By 9:15 am we had cut down another tree; sliced it in half; pulled both logs up.  JB clipped all the branches he could with the clippers, while I went inside to vacuum.

Larry, Elsie and their grandsons arrived at about 10:30 am and we had a wonderful, relaxing visit.  So much fun to have the children Up Here.  Shortly after they left, we had two very close, very loud claps of thunder, but the clouds went to the north and south of us, and we never got any rain.

This was supposed to be our day of rest, but after lunch I trimmed most of the large branches that JB had cut.  Then I split all the rounds.

It was quite hot while our visitors were here - actually got up to 90!  But with the cold front moving in, the temperature soon dropped to 76.

Tuesday 6/27. It was a lovely 54 this morning with clear skies.  Again we were out early and sliced four of the logs into rounds.  Then moved the wood I split yesterday to the wood shed, and moved all the rounds up to the splitter.  I stacked all the wood and hung up the laundry.

JB was rested by then so we sliced up two more long logs.  After lunch we sliced up a couple more and took the rest of the afternoon to relax.

After dinner we finished slicing the last two logs into rounds and moved them all to the splitter.  Whew!  So glad that is all done.

It was a very pleasant day with a high of 76.

There are two fires in the area, one to the southeast about 10 miles and one to the northeast across the Columbia about the same distance.  Larry said the wind was really blowing in town today and where the fires are.  We barely had a breeze until this evening.

My brother is at his cabin and will be up for breakfast tomorrow.  JB is going to town for bloodwork and errands.

Wednesday 6/28. It is 50 with clear skies and a wind gusting to 19 mph this morning.  Dinga began barking at 6:00 am, and when I let both the dogs out, I immediately smelled skunk.  I called them back in and they came right away, thank goodness.

Thought for the day: Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows.  Peggy Noonan