Nice Weather in Central MO

Wednesday I continued cleaning up the uprooted tree in our yard. Ran 1.5 tanks full of gas through my chain saw and by that time I was out of gas.

Thursday I almost finished the tree clean up but dulled my chain in the afternoon and didn't have enough energy to sharpen it and make the last few cuts on the trunk of the tree.

Before

After

We burned some of the limbs earlier in the week. This is what is left. I still need to cut up the trunk for firewood before setting burning this trash.

This is a trashy tree. I don't think the wood will provide a lot of heat, but it burns. The previous owner planted 7(?) of them around the property. I had previously cut one of the down. The leaves on a "double" version (2 - 12" diameter trunks from the same root system) of one that was close to the one that fell over, appear to be dying. I think it almost blew over. I won't feel bad if it dies and I end up cutting it down.


Friday I spent the day at Larry & Sharon Farley's helping frame his 30x56 building. This is a 56' long, 16' tall wall, with 8' returns at the ends. Not bad for 2 old guys (I'm 70, Larry is 60) & Billy (Larry's son-in-law). Actually there were 4 of use for a couple of hours. Dennis, another old guy who is a friend of Larry's was there for about 2 hours in the morning, but Billy was not able to get there until around 10:30. I started at 8:15 and quit at 5:45, half hour lunch break. Larry was out working when I got there and still out there cleaning up when Billy & I left. We were all dragging by the end of the day. (Notice the NICE Kubota tractor over in the corner. It's mine. It was a big help raising the 16' long sections of 15' tall, 2x6 walls.

Kelsey, Andy & the kids were over for supper last night.

Kathy is up at Centertown Baptist this morning. They are having a "work day" this morning.

When she gets home we are going to Columbia and pick up a new "house battery" for the travel trailer. The existing 6 year old battery seems to have lost most of its capacity to hold a charge overnight, even with only a minimal draw on it.

Good is good, may He bless you and yours.