June 20, 2009
Today turned out to be a real back yard extravaganza! My wife, Wendy, decided we should trim the lower branches off the 50-foot spruce behind our house…so that’s what we did! For three and a half hours, we used an electric pole saw borrowed from the neighbors across the street to cut down an avalanche of branches, most heavy and cumbersome. I ended up with cuts all over me, sawdust flying at my eyes (my goggles kept fogging up, so I couldn’t use them much), branches flying down at me, and a host of sore muscles. After cutting, we had to haul the limbs across the street and dump them over the hillside (Township property and a known dumping ground for the neighborhood and beyond). It was quite a job. And after that, I mowed the lawn! Plus cleaned a corner of the basement and took care of other odds and ends. It was quite an exhausting day. Off to bed now, to dream of our upcoming trip to New York City…just one day away now. See you soon.
