The “polar vortex” moved on and temperatures went from sub-zero last week to a balmy 44 degrees this weekend – warm enough to run a chainsaw and start clearing out another fence row. We looked for the most level spot to clean up – for a future implement shed. Zach (who is visiting with his family this week) volunteered to run the chain saw, while Lars manned the log-splitter. Toben and Jeff “supervised” and Tina cleaned away the brush and stacked the smaller pieces of firewood. We got a lot done in one afternoon – and it felt so good to work outside:
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Toben helped too |
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Zach & his chainsaw |
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