This little spot in the woodlands has been my isolation sanctuary for the past couple of days. The windstorm blew down a mature locust tree that wiped out an immature cherry tree and walnut tree on the way down. And left me with a lot to process. Fire wood, logs to saw, and more homes […]
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You’ll never guess what I’m going to make from this lovely elm log, just loaded onto the sawmill and canted off. Also, I work alone nowadays, but I kinda like wearing my new pandemic mask in the mill. There’s a lot of sawdust wafting around. Man glitter, I call it. […] She came out from hibernation this morning, took a look around at what’s new, then went straight back into hibernation…smart. If the pond gets much higher, isolation at the woodlands will no longer be voluntary… Today’s self-sequestered team effort: cooking lunch the cowboy way. Our thermometer says Negative Zero. That’s not good when there’s a math teacher in the house… But it’s so cold the bunny has bedded down with the deer in the woodlands. Today we’re observing icicles out the window at happy hour. This odd one formed before our eyes. How does this happen? After three+ inches of rain, the woodlands pond is about the size of Lake Erie… Walnut door harps made to resemble harpsichords from the woodlands sawmill this year. On ours, if you slam the door to the correct time signature, you’ll hear Eroica! The new popcorn bowl is a thing of beauty, at least in the eyes of this beholder. And it works for movie night. And what is the movie? Edward Scissorhands! |
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