Views by Valerie: Oak cutting day 8-22

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Oak cutting day 8-22

This morning felt like Fall was teasing us...it was 55 and for the first time in a month I had to close the windows...brrrr.

Larry was up early again and was touching up the paint in a few of the rooms. I put the guest room together, tried ironing the curtains...which didn't seem to help much so I ran them through a wash and it helped more to get the packaging creases out. We had a hunt for a bookcases shelf pegs...they hold the shelves up and the L bracket that Larry attaches to the top to secure the whole thing to the wall. We couldn't remember where we put them and they weren't in the most obvious places and then Larry remembered his hardware box and sure enough there they were.

Larry's Boss and friend Daryl showed up around eleven to cut some oak for us...he likes the firewood and we needed some low hangers taken out so we could move the trailer in behind the shed when we are ready to store it. He is really good at it and it was fun to watch him manage those big branches. The biggest, tallest one they tied to the truck for tension and kept it from falling on top of the shed...very slick.

Daryl bucking up the largest of the branches.

Here is before

Here is after...it made a big difference but most people won't be able to tell.

We hiked all the limbs up the hill to the best place for us to burn them this fall/winter when they allow burning. It is a steep little hill and a pain hauling them all up there, but it is very open there and the remaining charred area won't be a problem. We didn't really want a burn ring in the middle of our little meadow. Daryl was worn out by the time he cut out all that was in our way...we had some branches along the road and our driveway that prevented parking so we took them out too. After a little rest the oak was loaded into Daryl's trailer...that green oak is really heavy by the way and he headed home...it was around 4.

After some dinner and a little snooze we broke up boxes for garbage/recycle pickup tomorrow morning, tidied up some more and put a few more things away. I got the bed made up in our bedroom and the last box sitting in the living room emptied. There are just the boxes of books in the art room and one or two boxes of treasures...oh and my crackle glass to get unpacked...we want to redo the lighting in the cabinet...a good time to do it with it emptied of shelves and glass before we put it all away. Another trip into town tomorrow to return the rental van and scout out the things on our list. We always seem to have a list!