More tree work & Ice Cream

Hang in there people, I am almost done with the tree cutting portion of our stay at the cabin.  The trees are all cut and today Bob brought out this John Deere tractor once again to help finish up the project.  He took all the wood that was along side of the lane and used his John Deere to pile it up next to his woodshed.  It will have to age for a year and then he will be well on his way to having enough firewood for the winter of 2014.

Gerry and Annette (Bob's better half) were out there with their work gloves on and between they wore me to a frazzle.  They helped load the logs onto Bob's tractor and I know we couldn't have finished the job without them.  

After Bob moved all his wood he decided to push all the old wood and branches on my property into a huge pile.  The plan is for him to burn it this winter once there is snow on the ground.  It is quite a large pile and I would be a little leery of burning it, but Bob says he does it all the time.  This will save me a lot of hard work and time, so I am happy to have him try it.

His John Deere tractor really made short work of moving the logs and then piling up the old logs and branches.  As I mentioned in a previous blog, I sure would like to have a tractor like his, but it would sit idle 99% of the time and rust out.  Bob will use his for plowing snow and a number of other tasks around here.

  

 The larger logs are from a 90ft hemlock tree that was cut down three years ago.  All of our hemlock trees have died due to a blight and it was sad to see them go.  They provided shade to the area and were nesting places for the squirrels and birds.  Now all are dead and we still have 10+ more to cut down.  Nobody wants hemlock for firewood, so it is difficult to get rid of it.

Last night Gerry, Cassie, Jack, Elizabeth, Lexi and I went to the local soft serve ice cream stand.  It is only open on weekends, so it is a sure sign that fall is just around the corner.  They do have the best ice cream around and you know that Gerry always has her eyes open for a good ice cream cone or Dairy Queen Blizzard.  The 2nd blizzard is only 99 cents, so you know where we went this evening.  I am full to the gills as they say and will save the blizzard for another night.

 

 Yes, it was that cold that Lexi needed a blanket to keep warm.  We woofed down the ice cream and got back in the cars to keep warm.  By the time we got back to the cabin the temp had fallen to 46F.  Hey, it's still summer.  We are getting cheated.  We did turn on the motorhome furnace and slept out there so we were fine.

That was our exciting weekend, how was yours?