Christmas Days Have Come And Gone." John Prine
Merle found some good ones for us this week, radial diesel engines! You can see a bit of information about these by clicking the YouTube logo and viewing on YouTube. Thank You Merle!
Time to make some firewood! Here's one from two years ago.
Back To The Old Grind!
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We enjoy that special time in the morning when the sun rises and the golden light hits the top of trees and works its way down. The geese often entertain, and this morning we had turkeys darting around amongst the trees.
A good friend called today and had treasure for us. Her husband found three big clumps of oyster mushrooms and they gave one to us! Susan separated them, cleaned them, and sauteed them in ghee. We had 1/2 of them with Christmas Eve dinner, with pork loin and a salad with the last of our garden tomatoes. The bedtime treat will be fruitcake bars made by Patti. There are just enough for one more Christmas. Thank You Sally and George! Merry Christmas!
Merle spotted this, and it's too good to wait for the weekend! Thank You, Merle! Merry Christmas!
Sunka arrived underweight, and we are struggling just to hold even. He will like a food one day, and the next turn up his nose. At age 15, being skin and bones is bad. We don't want his organs to fail. Otherwise, he is a happy, and well adjusted house dog now. Susan made some new treats for him with graham crackers and sardines, and he likes those. They are high calorie, too. It's not a Grind; it's a joy.
I had the good fortune to meet Kory last year at Rollag and got to visit with him a bit. He's a genuine nice guy, and a real Iron Man. Thanks for the great pick, Merle!
Lisa went to St. Louis today for her follow-up appointment at VSS. She checked out OK, but is going to stay on meds for a while in case of residual infection in her bones. As we left St. Louis we were behind a load of walnut logs. That was a nice treat.
Susan and I put that hickory on the ground with a cut that will be new to most of our followers. It worked great, and we pulled it off the stump with a come-along rather than the tractor. We have the video processed and we will start the upload at bedtime. It should be up in the morning and then we will post it here on the blog.
And Here We Go! It finished uploading about 4:30 this morning so you can watch it come down with your morning coffee!
This stack was a white oak log earlier today. Freshly split white oak smells delicious!
While out in the woods bringing the white oak rounds in, I spotted a hickory that had tipped over and lodged. I shot a little video about it, and we will go back tomorrow to take it down and shoot a video showing the process.
I brought Lisa home on Thursday after a four day hospitilization. The good doctors at VSS in Manchester, MO saved our little girl's life. We still do not know what caused the infection in her right leg, but it is healing and the swelling is down. We will go back in a couple weeks for a follow up appointment.
Merle found another great one. This makes a traction engine look like a toy. Thank You Merle!
UPDATE: A personal note to us from John In Philly, who has a great deal of experience working down deep in ships. Thank You John!
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I think you will like Derek. Pop some corn and pour a cup of coffee!
Here's another great one by Good Old Brother Ben, aka Brassman Bart!
...is to let the little ones alone. Let them get to know you, too, if you have the time to be in the woods.
I've been in St. Louis with Lisa at Veterinary Specialty Services. She has a bad infection in her right foreleg and is undergoing IV therapy. It appears she is recovering now, and she will have a CT Scan tomorrow to see if there is something in her leg/foot. A holiday weekend during Covid restrictions is a bad time to have a sick dog, but they are taking care of her.