Post by Zala on Jan 22, 2019 2:38:31 GMT -3
Wow the weather has been unseasonably warm for this area; not that I'm complaining, nice enough that the horses were able to go outside without getting pelted by rain or hail balls; those things hurt sometimes!!! I was walking along the fence line, doing one of our regular fencing inspections when I came upon a whole line of fence had been squashed flat by a big old hemlock. Boy do I hate those trees!! All their good for in my opinion is firewood and nothing else! You can't even make good lumber out of the stuff!! Twisted gnarly trees, yuck!! I made a note to notify the groom's to drag out the old ATV and chain saw and get to work!! I'll have me some nice firewood for next year!! I continue down the line and find no other obstructions. I'm just glad none of the horses were in here when the tree fell!!
After the fence inspection, I give the barns and other buildings a good look over, marked each on my list if they needed anything and meandered over to the show barn where the groom's were busily cleaning tack for the following days training. They all looked up when I approached and waved before going back to scrubbing or reassembling clean tack.
"Anyone want to volunteer for tree removal duty?" I asked cheerfully, "There'sa big hemlock that took out part of the side pastures fence. It will make great firewood for next year!" Just then my husband walked up and said he could do it; of course mr ex logger, but I thought you could use some help! He's such a stinker, thinking he can do everything by himself, lol. A couple of the grooms volunteered to help him, and he didn't say no to the help, so that's good!! Maybe all those long talks we've had about him getting up there in age have finally started to sink into his thick logger man skull, lol. So the grooms hurried off to get the Gator while Mr. Logger got his chain saw, gas and oil and they headed out. I figured it would take them a bit, so I headed into the house to make some sweet tea and fix them all lunch. Now I'm no master chef, but I can certainly whip up some mean nachos or sandwiches! I made the sandwiches, grab up a jug of water and the tea and lugged it all out to them.
After the fence inspection, I give the barns and other buildings a good look over, marked each on my list if they needed anything and meandered over to the show barn where the groom's were busily cleaning tack for the following days training. They all looked up when I approached and waved before going back to scrubbing or reassembling clean tack.
"Anyone want to volunteer for tree removal duty?" I asked cheerfully, "There'sa big hemlock that took out part of the side pastures fence. It will make great firewood for next year!" Just then my husband walked up and said he could do it; of course mr ex logger, but I thought you could use some help! He's such a stinker, thinking he can do everything by himself, lol. A couple of the grooms volunteered to help him, and he didn't say no to the help, so that's good!! Maybe all those long talks we've had about him getting up there in age have finally started to sink into his thick logger man skull, lol. So the grooms hurried off to get the Gator while Mr. Logger got his chain saw, gas and oil and they headed out. I figured it would take them a bit, so I headed into the house to make some sweet tea and fix them all lunch. Now I'm no master chef, but I can certainly whip up some mean nachos or sandwiches! I made the sandwiches, grab up a jug of water and the tea and lugged it all out to them.
