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| Dawn at Gilbert, Idaho |
It’s
been several weeks since Mike and I were here at the farm. We had hoped to be
finished with splitting and stacking the firewood by now, but weather caused
delays. The temp today is quite mild (around 50). Earlier in the week,
colder temps and snow were predicted for tomorrow (Sunday), but now the
weatherman says it will be too warm for snow. The “Champion” tomato bush still
looks strong and healthy, though tomatoes are not ripening. I picked three small yellow crook-neck squash before pulling out the bush.
Son
Clint is here today to help his dad. This morning they made a brief hike south
of the house, but seeing no deer, they returned for breakfast. Then they drove
to Orofino, rented a wood splitter, and set to work in the wood piles.
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| Note limb leaning on woodshed |
Mike
counted 92 rings on the tree that fell from the grove into the north field,
meaning that it began to grow around 1923. The house was built in 1917, and I
don’t know whether the grove existed at that time or if trees were
planted.
And
speaking of trees, the limb that dangled from the pine beside the woodshed
finally slipped to the ground without incident.You can see it leaning against the woodshed in the photo right.
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| Pencil Tree |
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| Wood splitting in north field |
4 comments:
I like the slim tree. Looking forward to seeing it decorated. We moved our tree last year (it was getting to be too much work to move furniture around to use the old spot) and the new spot needs a slimmer one.
Glad Clint could come help Mike. I'm sure they enjoyed working together.
Lastly, I'm so impressed that you were up to capture the dawn. I know you get up early, but still, I'm impressed! I'm certain I was sound asleep when you took the picture. :-)
You don't have to get up too early to see dawn these days!
I've never seen a splitter contraption like that before. Very interesting. Sorry I missed it.
The three of us were up at 5:30 that day. I think I took the pictures between 6:00 and 6:30.
Mike said the splitter was worth every penny of the rental cost -- $65. They split those big chunks into at least eight pieces. It took a lot of time, even though they worked quickly. Mike had anticipated the fir would split more easily, but it didn't because of all the knots. But -- we have more pine than fir.
I's sorry you missed it, too, Hallie.
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