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The japanese maple will have no chance in the fight.

How well it's sharp, not how well it cuts. The finger's skin tells you that there's an edge around here, but not where the edge is precisely located. What I mean is if you don't file enough the cutter for exemple, you can have still a small rounded area between the top surface and the actual...

My wife is desperate to find out that too for my projects.

Friday was a dentist"s day. He bored the bone to insert two metal roots for a couple of new teeth. At he occasion, he found a pocket of rot under the next tooth. I don't know if it's an actual new one or an old one missed previously when he extracted the wrecked teeth. So the resultant hole in...

From the bark and twigs, I'd say horse chestnut.

Trees usually shed only some occasional dead limbs. Here, the whole trees are falling, regardless of the size. Say from 4 " or less, to 24-30" diameter, for an average height around 60-70'. No worry in the middle of nowhere, beside being ugly, but it's a real concern when it's across the paths...

Last day of the last job of the year. with rain of course. All is wet, muddy, rusty and moldy. Sad job, as the little forest in a castle's ground is ill. Plenty of trees are dying or even fall apart everywhere. Maple, oak, pine, elm, hornbeam, ash, hawthorn, black locust... so many species are...

National critter for France is the rooster. Who can be proud of that ? Seriously !!!

On my baby chipper, two features can do that, even in good working order: - The dump valve adjusted to control the oil flow available. It modulate the speed of the intake roller and the wheels for moving the chipper around. It sends the excess oil directly to the tank, bypassing all the system...

Soon as you start tumbling something on rust, you'll make fines.

Third session at the dentist this week. Four usual sessions in one as previously. It was less stressful this time, but still far from being enjoyable. One advantage though, I got four new teeth. One destroyed molar has to be extracted in january. Then after a while, it will be replaced as well...

My sleepy engine in my van woke up unexpectedly. I guess it's doubtful that the injectors are concerned like I thought initially. When I started it on the parking lot at the grocery store, it showed its full power, running good even at low rpm. Then, the next day, the light of "engine defect"...

Against this sort of cut, I use this all the time, like my chainsaw trousers. It's the same concept, with many layers of loose fibers designed to jam the chain and the sprockets. They served me well a couple times, one on top and one under. I was glad to have them. Added advantage, it's a nice...

I didn't lost my wedding ring, it's more like I lost track of it. At first, I took it off when I did some work at home to not damage it. Concrete, stones, chisel, even the tool's handles aren't kind to the polished surface. It was the same in the country during the holidays. It was on and off my...

A big session at the dentist. Big as 4 usual ones tied together. I delayed the visit at the dentist for years. Actually the covid cut me short in my tracks to repair the first damaged tooth, a molar crumbling by a old repaired cavity starting again. Then more cavities added progressively, a lot...

Battle with the boiler. I'm such a shitty welder ! It's about the worse weld I ever made. I'll be lucky if it's water tight.

I looked my boiler and found the leak. Corrosion it is, a 1/8" hole at the bottom of the steel body under the foam insulation. With the pointy welding hammer, it turned out in a 1/2" hole and two other smaller ones 1 and 2" apart. It seems just a the edge of the thermal affected area from the...

The gaz central heater of the house dumped its water on the basement's floor. It's working all year long, but it chooses when the temp is dropping seriously to begin a strike. I didn't find yet a clue for the leak's origine. I hope a faulty union, but it could as well be corrosion of the steel...

This night, I heard a ruckus outside with the plates for the cats. It isn't in their habits, both eat quietly. I looked at it and saw a hedgehog eating the cat's dry food leftover. Funny. This morning the plates were well cleaned.

Yes, the fewer decreased during sunday and the throat calmed down a bit. I quit moving in slow motion, I had a lunch and a good sleep this night. It isn't finished yet, but it comes closer to normal. The recovery appears to be quicker than for even an usual cold, so I guess that my system...