This is the time of year that I live for. Cool, crisp Autumn days. This is my off season. I travel for a living and am gone from home up to 150 days a year. A friend of mine is a ranch manager and has given me access to several large oaks recently downed in storms. A neighbor down the road has a huge oak that fell recently right in the corner of his property next to the road. Easy pickin's. I've spotted two burn piles near here with freshly cut hickory and oak already bucked. And I have some good standing dead and storm damaged trees on my own property. Enough wood to keep me busy for a month and the fireplace going for a few years with our moderate winters here in Texas.
The problem? I broke my *$%(#(@* ankle a couple of weeks ago hanging a tire swing for my granddaughter. And apparently there is a bone chip in the ankle joint that must be surgically removed, so I'm going to be unable to pick up a chain saw or a maul for a few weeks at best. I have a new Stihl 390 with a muffler mod and a 16 inch bar, and a brand new Fiskars SS begging for me to lay hands on 'em. Fortunately, most of that wood is not going anywhere. I just hate to lose this great time of year to be outside working.
On a side note.... that tire swing I hung? The tire came off my son's 65 Mustang that we restored together for his first car when he was 16 years old. I saved two of the tires off of it and sixteen years later, one of them has become a tire swing for his daughter. It hangs under a huge, old oak in our front yard. Pretty cool, huh?
The problem? I broke my *$%(#(@* ankle a couple of weeks ago hanging a tire swing for my granddaughter. And apparently there is a bone chip in the ankle joint that must be surgically removed, so I'm going to be unable to pick up a chain saw or a maul for a few weeks at best. I have a new Stihl 390 with a muffler mod and a 16 inch bar, and a brand new Fiskars SS begging for me to lay hands on 'em. Fortunately, most of that wood is not going anywhere. I just hate to lose this great time of year to be outside working.
On a side note.... that tire swing I hung? The tire came off my son's 65 Mustang that we restored together for his first car when he was 16 years old. I saved two of the tires off of it and sixteen years later, one of them has become a tire swing for his daughter. It hangs under a huge, old oak in our front yard. Pretty cool, huh?
