The old joke goes something like this; "How do you eat an elephant?" The answer is, "One bite at a time." Chris has been nibbling at the "elephant" that is the hundreds of small trees to be cut at the edge of our new property. Weather and time permitting, he takes his saw up and whacks down a few at a time. Tonight when he got home from work, we worked together, cutting and stacking 30 trees.
The setting sun makes it hard to see, but the pile of cut trees is getting rather large. He estimates he has cut around 150 so far.
Several lovely young birch trees were hidden by all the scrub pines. They are a favorite of mine, and it's a delight to look up from the house and see them standing out as we slowly remove the pines.
When we got done, we rode around the block. I saw a new baby calf at my neighbor's place and some cute pigs at another farm. Chris put on his best Maine accent and quipped, "It was right enjoyable working together." I had a good laugh. But he was correct. It was right enjoyable.
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