2026-09-15
Having fun working through my tricks
I’ve managed to get good enough to get through the list in two minutes or less most of the time. Of course, that’s under low pressure conditions, not on stage… I don’t care how I do in the competition. The point is to learn a little more skill, keep my self loose, and get to hang out with Andy. :)
Split ring recovery points!
These split ring recovery points make it super convenient when you need to connect and disconnect a bunch. It took me several trips to get all the tree remains taken care of. It’s also really handy to have the cameras (hitch cam in this case) so I could see where the load was, and how it was tracking.
Nice to save money by doing it myself
Between my chainsaw and Jeep I probably saved myself about $3,000 by taking care of these trees myself. I can’t believe I managed to trim the trunk off in one cut. It was about two feet in diameter at the base, but my little 18” saw did a great job working it’s way around.
2026-09-14
The end of our apple era…
Our last apple tree died off over the winter last year… We’ve had them on our property since I was a little kid. One of our favorite climbing trees was the apple tree in the North West corner of the yard when we were kids. Fruit trees seem to slowly die off around here. The one in the south west corner was the last. It still had a few apples last year, but was looking pretty bad. I had to take it down this past week as it was completely dead. I put the jeep to work again to make the tree fall where I wanted. It’s crazy that it was still standing with only that little sliver of wood left uncut in the middle. I just tapped the winch a few more times and pulled it right over.
Julies adorable single serve waffle makers!
She makes these little Chaffles as an NSNG way to have bread like buns. In this case, they were the base for an awesome sloppy joe meal! The chaffles are basically cheese waffles. They’re made of cheese, egg whites, and almond flour. So golden brown and delicious ❣️❣️
One of the cool, big frogs in our pond
His body was about five-six inches long. I saw quite a few of them while I was trimming around the edges.
2026-09-13
The pond looks a little better
Here you can see what it looked like after I got the fallen trees cleared away from the pond (upper pic) and after I trimmed the weeds and cat tails (lower pic). It’s nice to have it all back in order and trimmed back so I can walk and ride around it with Julie and the pups.
A useful winch and helpful view
I managed to be able to winch this huge pile of trees out of the way after I cut through all the trunks. I like having tires that would bite into the turn, but not spin. The camera helped me know when I was getting close to running out of winch line to pull in so I didn’t wind my tow strap into the winch. Putting the Jeep to work. At least it paid for some of it’s maintenance costs, hahaha.
It’s hard to swim when your sister is a boat anchor…
Zoe has come to really enjoy the water. She die this loop over and over again while I was working in the field. She really wanted to swim across, but Chloe kept her anchored to the shore haha. Chloe knows bassets can’t swim.
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