I had the day off today because of the rain last night and the forecast for showers today. Mom asked me about cutting a pine tree by the log cabin so I thought today would be a good day for it. I also have been scanning some of Grammy Lowden's old pictures so I wanted to return those 
after finishing with the tree.
I had to put the tree onto the lawn because of phone lines and power lines. I didn't have enough wedges so I had to cut several wedges and then a wooden pry bar. I may have been able to cut more of the hinge but I was nervous because the tree was so close to the house and leaned that way slightly. It is my understanding that the tree was planted by Mom and Sumner before I was born(at least 41 years ago). The tree was getting thin on top and when I chunked it up the top was getting that punky look to it. The but was surprisingly sound and I hope to get an Alaskan mill and saw it out, otherwise I will cut it into chunks.
after finishing with the tree.
I had to put the tree onto the lawn because of phone lines and power lines. I didn't have enough wedges so I had to cut several wedges and then a wooden pry bar. I may have been able to cut more of the hinge but I was nervous because the tree was so close to the house and leaned that way slightly. It is my understanding that the tree was planted by Mom and Sumner before I was born(at least 41 years ago). The tree was getting thin on top and when I chunked it up the top was getting that punky look to it. The but was surprisingly sound and I hope to get an Alaskan mill and saw it out, otherwise I will cut it into chunks.After we cleaned all the chunks, brush, and Mom got the branches out of the apple tree (even though her back was bothering her), we went to see Grammy Lowden. I mentioned that I wanted to return pictures but I also wanted Grammy to identify people in all of the pictures. I brought the laptop to show Grammy the scanned pictures while Mom wrote down the info for me(thank you mom and Grammy). We did not finish so we will have to do it again soon. Grammy really seemed to enjoy going through the pictures, we all did! I took another album, this one was Grandpa Lowden's, to scan but the pictures are attached to the pages so I am scanning an entire page at once. This is a lot faster but I don't think the pictures come out as clear. If anyone wants a disk copy of the scanned pictures when I am done let me know. I hope to scan a bunch more and hopefully get some from Grammy Bradley too.
After I got home we saw a turkey go up the walkway so I went out and got a picture of them heading for the power lines. I hear them quite often but only see them occasionally.
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