Friday

Clear and cold, strangely the TV and radio both kept telling me it was warm and about 40 but it was 26 down in the hollow and it felt 26. I really think they moved all the thermometers to warm locations to justify global warming claims. It ain't warm here!

I almost forgot, but at 215AM when I was putting more wood in the furnace, a finger like cloud was moving in from the SW and the tip covered the moon. It was a real strange looking thing in the sky so I took a few shots.

I loaded up the truck with wood cutting equipment and went to the NW corner of the farm and opened up an old road that connects two small fields so that the farmer can come out on the road at a safer place because of a blind curve. I cut small stuff with the ax and larger trees with the saw. Put a lot of the limbs along the creek where it is washing out.
Took 1/4 truck load of wood back to the house and had lunch. I was amused to see our new neighbor walking around his front yard in a white bath robe at 145 in the afternoon.

I unloaded the small load and then went back and cut and split a good load of maple that was down next to where I cut the road. I did notice a faint sweet almost root beer smell when I was cutting the maple so I guess it does smell after all. There is probably another load still in the woods but I am too tired to get it today as I am out of shape for wood cutting at least. Went back home and then met the school bus.

 While at the bus stop I got a wonderful sight and smell, the farmer next door sprayed liquefied cow manure on his field. This is the same foul brew that he let 4000 gallons go into our creek and it killed all life for months. At least he got some of it on the land this time. I am the local villain for turning him in to the environmental quality people but Oh Well!

 I went out to get Dusty and found that the moon had gotten tangled up in our wild cherry tree but soon it pulled free and went up into the sky.