... the two of them were working together, Mr. Redmay wielding the saw and Louisa feeding him the branches, to be reduced, in a matter of seconds, to piles of logs. The air was filled with the scent of sawdust. James thought they looked both businesslike and companionable... Louisa seemed tired, but she leaned against James's shoulder and said with great satisfaction, "Just look at it all. Could you believe we'd have got so many logs off just a few branches?"
By Rosamunde Pilcher in "Home for the Day"
A large oak limb had fallen at my aunt & uncle's house, and since we're hoping to hook up our wood stove for this winter, Jon and I headed over there three days this week to cut it up for firewood. Jon ran the chainsaw, and I tried to be a useful assistant. We enjoyed nearly perfect weather, picnic lunches, time to just talk... and the truly satisfying feeling of real productivity!
The first workday he de-limbed it and started on some of the smaller branches.
Here's the limb at the beginning of the second work day...
And here's what it looked like by the end of the third...
We still have to transport the wood to our house, and it still has to be split, but what a blessing that downed limb will be for us. The wood is dense and heavy... I found even these wheels hard to roll, and some of the cuts with the chainsaw took more than 5 minutes for the saw to make it through the thickness of the log. We think it will burn beautifully!
And, oh my, does a girl sleep good when she's worked in the wood! :)
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: ...
Proverbs 31:21a
1 comment:
What a lovely post. It does feel good to be productive, and it also feels good to be prepared. The pictures were very pretty... even of a downed limb! Sounds like you had a good time, even amidst the hard work. We don't get enough time with our brothers sometimes, when we "grow up." I treasure times that I can spend just talking to Clark without the rush of "somewhere to go," or work on the other line (for him), or children needing us... when he has time and he is relaxed, we enjoy each other's company. I wish we had more times like that! I'm glad you were able to have just such a a little stretch of time, yourself. It makes for good memories!
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