First snow of 2019
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Trees trimmed
Barb brought in the tree guys yesterday to drop a few dead trees and clean up some branches. Lots of yahoos with a ladder and a chainsaw in this business but these guys are probably the best around. Worth the money.
This is my favorite oak tree. The arborist estimated age at 80 years.
Pickup is home
My first gardening run. Hattie is digging up the yard looking for moles. My job is to fill in with top soil. No long have to use Barb’s Lexus for this chore.
Update: January 5, 2019 – Plumbers cut up the old acrylic shower-tub in one of our bathrooms to make room for a walk-in shower. Contractor hauled off most of the old shower but didn’t have room for some.
So I tossed it in the bed of Minty Fresh (along with some other junk) and hauled it away. Pre-pickup, that would involve paying someone or borrowing a truck. How did I ever get along without a pickup?
Wind Sculpture – Nighttime
Morning Light
Spotted this on the kitchen floor this morning. The prism effect was created by a beveled glass window. The pattern is the result of the light passing through one of those plastic crates. Didn’t last long.
Fall Color
Log guard rail
A year or so back I had a bit cedar tree cut down and saved half a dozen pieces of the trunk, thinking Barb’s nephew might carve them into something interesting. He didn’t. Today I moved them to the edge of our drive to serve as a barrier when backing out of the garage.
I’ve never failed to stop before reaching the edge but it’s a 15 or 20 foot drop and the thought of rolling The Truck down that 45 degree slope into the propane tank… well, I don’t want to think about it.
Hattie on the half shell
Upper 90s in mid Missouri today.
When a tree falls in the forest…
I fired up the chainsaw yesterday and cut up a couple of dead trees that have been on the ground for a couple of years.
I’d normally just leave these but I plan to drive the Land Rover down into the woods from time to time and these would be in the way.
I only have one power tool: the chainsaw. And I love cutting up downed trees. We’ve got more firewood than we’ll ever be able to burn and I can’t give it away. But getting it up to the house is hard work. So the plan is to spit logs as needed, toss ‘em into the back of the Land Rover and haul them up to the house.
Christmas 2017
