Dog Daze 2...

 Went into town the other day to run some errands, then meet my friend Bill for coffee. We do this most every month and it gives us a chance to swap stories and catch up on news. As is usual, the conversation turned to dogs and I mentioned the sled dog pup we got last year had grown into a serious hulk. He wanted to see a picture, so when I got home, we let the dogs off for their free run and then Andy tried to take a photo with her i-phone. Well that didn't work so well, they all thought it was a new treat and tried to eat it. So I sat down on the grass and started playing with a few of them, then called Mac over for the photo. Here's the results...

I keep a bunch of biscuits in the jacket pouch to keep them motivated to stick around and come when called.  Mac was determined to get into it and have some.

When he finally gave up on the biscuits, he decided the next best thing was to lick my face, so then I had to deal with that.

So while Mac kept me occupied, Tamarac (aka Tambo Rambo) snuck around the other side and made his move on the biscuits. Pretty funny how a few dog biscuits can command so much attention.

Dog Daze...

It's been up in the 80's the last few days and it's way too hot for the dogs.

 Mostly been hauling the wood in from the trees cut along the power line and splitting them.

Been trying to split at least two wheel barrow loads a day but with the warm weather, it's hard to keep motivated. We're also getting some forest fires in the area, so cooler, wetter weather would be nice!

Clearing Things Up...

Last summer the power line crew came through and dropped a dozen or more trees along our property (All Spruced Up 5/22/20). While I got a few of the bigger trees cut up and split last summer, there's still a bunch left. But first we had to clear all the brush piles that the line crews left. 

Here's Andy clearing the brush from the downed tress. While the line crews cleaned off some of the branches, there's still a lot left to clip off with the lopers, then stack out of the way The logs in front are cleaned up and ready to cut to length and then be hauled up to the splitter.

While the logs will be split for firewood, the branches are ground up in the chipper and used for mulch. We got the chipper years ago and while it isn't used often, it sure comes in handy when you need it.