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Sunday is Our Day of [Rest] Cutting with a Husqvarna Chainsaw

April 20, 2008 – 5:25 pm

Today was going to be one of those relaxing days of doing nothing and enjoying this unbelievably beautiful weather. Well, the weather was gorgeous today. I was looking forward to our worship time today since we have been out of town the last few Sunday’s, and it was incredible. A series on missions, which I was told ahead of time to expect something “different”. Well it was different all right, and very uplifting and challenging (see The Mission Field is Fluid for details) service.

Before we left for church I was able to work on some photo scans of old family members and add them to an older blog post piece. I love looking at and working with images of all kinds so this was an enjoyable start to the day.

There is Always a Tree to Move and Grass to Cut

I started working on a blog post over on d.amasc.us and stopped to do some of my daily walk about. Short today, only about 2 miles but after lunch it was decided that a fallen tree on the road needed to be cut up and moved for fire wood for next winter.

Scott\'s Chain Saw

I like getting the chance to work with my dad and working outside so we cut up the tree that Alabama Power deemed un-necessary and a bother for power lines. It still needs to be split up for fire wood, but it is better than rotting on the side of our driveway.

Scott and Larry Picking Up Tree

Of course once the tractor is out, better cut some more grass, there is always grass to cut.

Nature in View

This morning before we left for church we had 4 deer drink from the pond and then walk across a shallow section of the pond. This was about 8:30am, not when it was dark at all. We often have deer come by at night but not usually during the day. Probably has to do with the missing 100 acres of trees that was taken down last week bordering our property. It was nice to see the deer in the day light. We did have a visit by a very large woodpecker who found our Dogwood sapling a nice place to sit. The woodpeckers are all over the place now.

By Scott Fillmer | Posted in Journal | Also tagged tractor, trees | Comments (0)

Saturday is Time to Cut Grass on the John Deere Tractor

April 19, 2008 – 7:55 pm

Today was a day for one thing, cutting grass on the tractor. I think I started about 8am in some light misty rain and stopped about 5pm to go for a short walk. It was short because I was so tired from the days work I couldn’t really put in a full 4-5 miles. I probably cut about 10 acres of grass today, but since we were out of town the last several weekends it really needed to be cut. The grass was higher than the dog and he was not wanting to go outside anymore. Granted, we have a short dog, but still, the grass/weeds, were very high.

Cutting Grass on the John Deere Tractor

Last year we didn’t have any rain for almost 12 months straight, this Winter and Spring we have received a little bit more, not much, but a little, so the Bahia grass has actually grown this year.

Minor Other Items

I was able to do a few other items besides cut grass today. I did copy of a few more CD’s of images onto my compute and updated one of my blogs, My Life in Europe, a blog I edit. On thing that was a nice surprise at the end of the day was hearing from an old friend, Thangles. Deborah and I (and Deborah’s mom and husband David) worked with Patrick and Mary from Thangles at almost all the same quilt shows, for years until we stopped vending at shows. It was really nice to hear from them again after so long. I am looking forward tomorrow to getting back to our church. I was told to expect something different, still not sure what that means but we will see.

Nature in View

We sat out by the fire on the patio tonight after dinner and just about sunset when there was still a little bit of light in the sky, we both witnessed a great shooting star, with a huge contrail turning white to green. It was probably some space junk falling to earth but it was incredible to see. We always get to see some unique parts of nature when we take the time to sit out by the fire. We also seem to have a huge population of Whippoorwills. They call all night to each other. Usually they are competing with the Mocking birds and Barn Owls but not yet. If you haven’t ever heard one, they are LOUD.

By Scott Fillmer | Posted in Journal | Also tagged nature, tractor, weekend | Comments (0)

It is April and the John Deere Tractor is Cutting Grass, Where is Spring?

April 9, 2007 – 2:31 pm

Spring weather was here at our house just long enough to make the dogwoods bloom and the grass start growing. Now it is dry and cold again. (35-40 degrees at night). The grass did get tall enough to cut though and Scott, trooper that he is, decided to test out his dad’s new John Deere lawn tractor.  I am not sure how thrilled his dad was seeing that we have a yard full of big boulderous rocks, but here is Scott as viewed from my office window.

Lawn mowing, winter style

Problem was that his head was cold. Here is his solution to the problem. Is this proper attire for winter lawn mowing????  He decided to dawn his full winter jacket, and his motorcycle gear.  Gloves, face mask, and full face helmet.  Spring will arrive soon and we will soon be complaining about how hot it is here in the southern part of Alabama, just like we do each year, but today it is cold.

By tiger | Posted in House | Also tagged scott, tractor | Comments (0)