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Back To The Old Grind!

Valentine's Day Song Festival! Spanish Pipedream, John Prine, "Go To The Country, Build You A Home!"

Valentine's Day Song Festival! DIggy Litty Lo, Doug Kershaw

 

Weekend Steam II: Trevithick's Locomotive, The World's First

 

Many Thanks, Merle, for the suggestion!

Valentine's Day Song Festival! Desperado, the Eagles

 

The interview with Don Henley is well worth listening to, plus he sings Desperado at the end!

Making Hay While The Sun Shines

The temps were good for outdoor work today and snow was melting.  Susan and I got out, split and stacked 45 rounds from the black oak snag that I finished picking up a few days ago. 

 

Weekend Steam: Steamboat Engine Room

 This is a fantastic look at a well kept engine. Note the angled blades on the paddle wheel as it turns.  That is high tech in the steamboat realm, and greatly increases efficiency.  Many Thanks, Merle! 

Valentine's Day Song Festival! Cherish, The Association

Valentine's Day Song Festival! Burning Love, Elvis Presley

Gathering Wood In The Snow

We got all the top wood out of the timber before the snow and cold snap, but thirty some feet of good, long dead black oak got a foot of snow on it, and we had days of single digit temps. It finally go up to almost 30 degrees F, so I grabbed the rest of the wood before the ground has a chance to thaw. I think we are set now until warm weather. Now, to split forty-some big rounds of oak.