Four months after we contracted with the local Danger Faller to take down the leaning-cherry-tree-of-doom, a cedar, a hemlock and some assorted weed trees – he actually showed up and did the job! I guess that’s ‘Coast time’ for you.
Seven trees came down in total, and though it takes a bit of getting used to, it is definitely an improvement. Best of all, we now have several years worth of firewood. Cottager, urchins and their friends have been having fun with axes and wedges, and there is still no shortage to be split. The menfolk come in glowing, having connected with their inner Dick Proenneke. And the urchins have always been fans of dismantling things, so reducing large pieces of wood into smaller ones is a natural for them, too.
That cherry is not so scary now!
The urchins and their creative urchin friends build WALL-E
Happiness is a full woodshed. Now, where to put the rest?
This made Chloe and Ginger’s day!
I said “Chloe – who does this look like?” and she started clapping and chanting “Wall-e! Wall-e!” Then Ginger came running over and corrected her by saying “No. Woo Wall-e.” Which we think means “wood Wall-e.” But now she won’t let me close my laptop (and is in fact mad that I am typing) because she wants to see the Wall-e photo again. The urchins did a fabulous job – it looks just like him!