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High wind warning in the weather forecast for today. Was a mite breezy, too! Sitting out next to the campfire pit eating my lunch, I heard a loud crack… causing me to levitate instantaneously and in time to see a 5½″ diameter red oak branch come crashing down… 20 feet in front of the van and completely blocking the driveway. Made quite a dent in the ground! Mr. Jonsered quickly eliminated the blocked driveway problem. Walked back down the wood walkway to resume work and discovered a large, but very rotten, birch tree had blown over.. just missing the walkway. Got the rest of the deck boards on the longitudinals I installed yesterday, then continued digging holes and burying in-ground posts for the next 24′, down to the 15° corner that marks the walkway halfway point. One of the holes needed to be smack dab in the center of an old stump that was wrapped around a 35 pound Leicester nugget. That were some fun digging! Two holes later, there were two large tap roots (one active, one ancient) right where the post needed to go. That were even more fun digging! As you might imagine, my root cutting ax is going to be spending some quality time with Mr. Grinding Wheel. Was starting to thunder pretty good ‘bout 4 o’clock so called it a day, put away tools, and went swimming. There were whitecaps on Fern Lake!!!! Got back inside the RV literally 30 seconds before the heavens opened up.
