After a morning of working around the house I headed back up to the Mountain. I stopped by and talked with Debbie and Charles at the pottery shop for a while. They are doing well. Next I went to my lot, then next door. I caught Aaron the logger as he was leaving for the day. We chatted a while and he said he wasn’t sure when his boss was going to come up and run the excavator. That was a real bummer. Oh well, I’m sure it will happen eventually. This evening I just read and relaxed.
Back on the farm and in the heat.
I did a last bit of cleanup at the lot this morning, split a little more wood, then drove down to Columbia. I bought a new chainsaw and then went to Harbor Freight for a new drop witch for the “$400 pickup”. Then I came home. Luke was surprised and I think happy to see me, and we read some books. Liz came home a little bit later. We had a nice dinner and played with Luke some more before his bath and bedtime.
The sky was lovely and there was a soft glow out back that the phone camera couldn’t quite capture. The last picture is the automatic Google “enhanced” version that they sent me. It comes a little closer.
More cutting, hauling, and splitting.
Today I cleared a path for the excavator to access the site from the property next door. Mainly that meant just clearing up an old road bed. I also cut up a number of downed trees and hauled them to the dump. The lot is starting to look pretty good. It was another hot day but not miserable. After work I did a lot of reading.
Splittin’
I spent the morning working around the house, namely setting up the hoses to water the pumpkins and loading up the trailer with tools to haul to the Mountain. It was pretty hot, even in the morning. I left a little after lunch time and drove first to Manchester. I stopped by a couple of equipment rental places to inquire about machines for removing stumps. Neither ended up being a good option. Also went by Home Depot for a wood splitting maul. In Monteagle I dropped the tools off at the storage unit, then went to my lot. I walked next door and spoke with the loggers about coming to remove stumps with their big excavator. It looks like they are set for later this week, which is fantastic. Back at the cottage I started splitting firewood. It will split easier once it dries and cracks a little more, but it was good exercise.
Friday feeling like Monday.
We went on a brief walk at the new park this afternoon. I spent most of the day working on little projects around the house. Also did a bit of stuff on the computer. It’s hot.