How'd it go today?

[SouthSoundTree-]

Pre-drill, plug with innoculated dowels, and wax over them.

This place is actually near me. http://www.fungi.com/shop/plug-spawn-for-log-and-stump-cultivation/plug-spawn.html

Paul Stametz at the helm.

 

[treesmith]

My wife got her camera out for fall photos today. Here's our main little man...

And one of me and my ladies...

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nice family photo. Love the little man one as well

 

[FireFighterZero]

Yep, he looks good in a hat!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Great looking family. Picturesque ladies!

 

[pantheraba]

Ditto...a family to be proud of. Great picture with the boy in tow.

 

[sawman]

cool pic of the little guy treesmith!!

I thought I was the only one that worked on sundays?

 

[treebilly]

I stripped out a dead ash for a nieghbor today. First ash I've done in a long time that wasn't from EAB. Lightning struck over a year ago. It was in the middle of his front yard and could've been dropped any direction but I wanted to give a solo zip line a try. It went good for the first 8-10 slings but once one didn't land right it went to hell. I ended up abandoning that plan and cut away. Took a bit over an hour. Moved a bunch of stuff around at the house and tilled the garden under. Finally after dinner we built an elaborate track for Thomas the tank engine.

 

[pantheraba]

We used to do Thomas...a LOT...show us the track layout sometime.

 

[Fiddler]

personal day...late breakfast in town, registered truck title and ordered plates at SoS, visited with my sister for a bit, then with a couple close friends, and did some listening/study of some material for a gig on Sat

...heading out pretty soon with my Bass to jam with some guys at a coffee shop about 100 mi from here. glad I worked trees this weekend so I can support my music playing this week...if I break even on gas I'll call it a success! Thursdays show should pay good...hopefully enough to cover today and Sat.

 

[Fiddler]

well...I was just getting ready to leave for up North when the two youngsters I am playing with Sat. show up for practice...He messaged me..."We're on our way" when he left his house 10 minutes away they showed up before I knew of the message...so we rehearsed for 45 minutes, then called it and I headed out for 100 mile drive to jam with some other guys for 1 1/2 hours and back home.

been a long day for not working...night all...

 

[Grendel]

Might be the last days of tee shirt weather up here. . .

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Cheers.

 

[sawman]

nice work grendal

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nice work mang. Smooth

 

[pantheraba]

Agreed....makes it look easy. Love to see tops thrown.

 

[Grendel]

Thanks! Setting the TIP was my freaking immaculate shot I swear. Could never have made it if anyone had been watching. . .

 

[FireFighterZero]

Yeah, I know how that is. I backed the cattle truck up to the chute 5 times today and got it perfect each time. Even after i started bragging about it, I could not miss.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

HO starts talking to me and taking too much interest in the throwing... I will miss until they walk away. Then bam....

 

[Raj]

I never score a good throw or shot with HO watching.

 

[Limbrat]

nice work grendel

Slick man, very efficient on what appeared to be a very tall pine. Beautiful view too!

 

[Grendel]

Thanks Ray. Gave me an excuse to use the winch again. . .

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Fevery D overnight. Broke, with some possible help of children's ibuprofen (fever reducer). Parking her on the couch with kids tv (Ella the Elephant is popular now), while I do some outdoor painting of window trim, while there is some dry, warmish weather.


After the new 22 y.o. didn't show up, I've decided to try Gary's (new guy of a few months) fiance. She helped with cleaning and moving, and has done a lot of laboring before. A bit out of shape from not working too much physically, lately, but she did a side job with him the other day, know saw-use basics, will be dependable. Helping her with a bit of work helps them both, financially, which reduces stress, which helps Gary, which helps me. Have to get my 361 operational again. She not a sup'ed 460 or 660 type of saw user.

 

[Fiddler]

Hope she gets feeling better soon.

knocked out a couple jobs by 1:00, got paid, and headed home, stopped to buy meat, cooked and ate meat...they should have the mess cleaned up just about now...

 

[cory]

Nice vid Grendle. That looked like kind of a wolfy pine next to your tree. Uh, what lake is that. What is the water quality like?

 

[Grendel]

Thanks Cory, that's Lake Superior. Northern Marquette county. Clear as crystal most of the time.