We’re ready for Old Man Winter
pamelamyers | July 7, 2015
During a recent storm, Mark’s dad had quite a few trees come down in his back yard. It was a crazy storm. We were just expecting run of the mill thunderstorms, but, wow! The noise was incredible, the lights kept flickering, and it was actually the first storm I remember that Sam seemed scared of. At any rate, Mark’s dad had to call a tree guy to get rid of them. They were huge! Before he could do that, a neighbor of his, who heats his house with wood, said he’d clear them away as long as he could keep the firewood. It was quite a deal, actually, so Rich jumped on it. He did ask that he be able to keep a few truckloads of wood for us, since he knows we build fires all winter. The trees were cherry (perfect firewood) and we were glad to have it. Rich came over tonight with the wood and Sam had to jump right in and help.
First, she had to see all the wood up close. Into the truck she goes!
When it was clear she wanted to help, I made her change her clothes, put on her work boots and her gloves, and she dove right in stacking the wood as high as she could.
The pieces were heavy, so she took a break to serenade us with a tune on her drum. 🙂
It took a while, but it all got stacked. Now Mark just has to split it…good luck with that!
