Even now, months after the logging operations, there is a large pile of wood that needs to be cut. Here, Jim wrestles with a rather large log as he works to reduce the size of the wood pile.

Posted by Jim W Coleman at 08:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Wow, got up early today and started messing around with my wood before the crack of dawn. First, I split huge stumps with a maul and wedge, then started in on one of the huge logpiles left on the property after the loggers left. Here, I've barely made a dent in one of the woodpiles. Those who know me well enough to know I can't do anything without ending up in the hospital will be delighted to know I'm chainsawing on slippery ice, having not eaten all day and while balancing atop the huge woodpile, with a cold beer balanced one log over. Thank God I work for a health insurance company, heh heh. (Click on the wood to enlarge it.)

Posted by Jim W Coleman at 02:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

As the logging operation on our property continues, logs are placed in piles for the logging truck to pick up. Most of what you see here was very densely forested.

Posted by Jim W Coleman at 09:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This morning, a heavy frost covered the mounds of soil where loggers have ripped tree stumps from the ground. It was an eerie, still scene and looked every bit like a moonscape. Here, the glorious sun shines through the remaining trees - shining over the St. Wiggles Observatory.

Posted by Jim W Coleman at 06:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In order to put in a new driveway, improve drainage, protect our home, open up the sky for the observatory and just brighten up the place, we're having a substantial number of trees logged from our property. Wiithin a week, everything you see here will be gone. Including, unfortunately, the John Deere excavator.

Posted by Jim W Coleman at 12:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)