Paul Bunyon

 Carm channelled Paul Bunyon and a bit of Hercules yesterday as he cut down 2 trunks of a huge tree BY HAND! One trunk came down last week with the ice, leaving the other two in a precarious position. With a pole saw and a bit of help from a chainsaw on a pole but it was mostly pure muscle that brought that tree down!

The chainsaw came out for bucking up those beumouths while I shuffled between the felled brush and our towering brush pile with the tops of those three giant trunks.

Before the trees came down we moved the camper… oh dear… when I was raising it so that we could get under it with the truck, one side suddenly dipped down. What the actual HELL! With some fiddling we were able to get hitched and figured I had done something wrong (I hadn’t)... but when it came time to unhitch it was clear that something was wrong, really wrong, as the passenger side leg would not budge. There were some metal filings on the ground under that leg so it looks like the gears are stripped on that side.

We rushed into the house to make some phone calls and luckily (we hope), the RV repair guy that we used a few years ago is able to come to the house to fix it on Sunday or Monday (again, we hope!). In the meantime the beast sits heavily on the truck with just a bit of support from one landing leg.

Today I moved brush while Carm bucked up. It wasn’t as hot as yesterday but still hot in the sun. Carm also spent ages clearing out all the darn locust leaves from the pool. The water looks nice but there was still ice floating. 😱  The water is an icy 44F/7C. I wimped out after a few hours and am now collapsed on the sofa having had an A&W burger (I was starving!) and a hot bath. 

There’s still so much left to do…

When the chainsaw was off the dogs were out for some fun. They ran and ran and ran - the joy was palpable! Monday the vet said Adia was in good weight but if he were to see her again in a few weeks he’d be gobsmacked -  she puts on muscle quickly.

Lupa has been practicing her loose-leash walking and is doing great! Tomorrow I hope to get her to a parking lot somewhere to practice with more distractions.

The grass turned green today! The garlic is a few inches tall! The life force is strong here… birds are looking for nesting sites, squirrels and chippies are stuffing their faces, trees are budding, grass is greening, flying insects are out… we’ve had a little taste of summer 😍

Awesome!

“my muscle honey”

“grass turning green”

“hot April day!”

“A&W burger after a hard physical day”