Friday, July 30, 2004
Molly Meets The Door Stop!
For a while now I have been searching for a door stop for the french door in the dinning room. Up until now I have used a chair to prop it open. But today while out buying the saw blades I saw this bunny at ACO. He was fairly heavy and not very expensive so I bought him.
Upon arriving home I placed him in front of the door. The results was this picture. A very cautious cat investigating a strange animal in her home. Evidentually Molly decided she could share the doorway with the new stranger.
The Wood Pile
Yesterday it was off to the awsome woodpile. It is an unsightly pile of branches, vines, and sticks that grew from the storms breaking limbs off, cutting branches that hung to low or intruded into the growth of other trees, and David just getting pissed off when trying to cut down a dead apple tree. When the saw started to fail David got angry and ripped the tree out of the ground.
I tried to burn some yesterday but I didn’t have enough larger pieces ready to keep the fire going. My big chain saw is too much for Jay or I to handle and my little chainsaw is loaned out, so I was using a reciprocating saw to cut thicker branches and loppers to cut smaller ones. Anyway the blade on my saw broke which meant I had to work with the loppers. My fire went out and my zest for accomplishment faltered. So I gave up for the day.
I think I’m going to go buy some more saw blades and when I get back I am going to pull the shredder out of the shed for the small stuff and cut up the larger stuff for burning.
Ain’t nothing like a 69 year old lumber jack for displaying tenacity!!