During the storm I last blogged about, we had several trees go down all over the property. (We live on 15.5 acres.) Yesterday, Kevin and Dad took the chain saw to the fallen fir and medrona and cut them down to a manageable size. Today…we played in the forest. For hours, we rolled them down the steep slopes, gathered the logs into piles, and loaded them into the back of the pickup. A great invention, that 4-wheel drive! But what you load…you must unload. 😉
It was hard, physical labor, but I found joy in my ability to lift a heavy piece. Last year, I was still recovering from a sudden, unexplained paralysis and I could not have done the work I did today. And to be in a quiet forest, working beside my husband, smelling freshly cut wood, tromping in ferns…I think my section of heaven will have such things.
Christina, you made this sound like so much fun I ALMOST wish I had joined you.
~Mom