25 April 2018

Only two small pieces of stump remained on the ash pile this morning… and they were quickly coaxed back into flame.  But then, as forecast, it started raining…  Late afternoon, just as Chree and I were in the throes of getting ready to host a dinner for Marty & Merry (neighbors to the north) and Lorynda Fish (temporary neighbor to the south who’s been staying in Kate Middleton’s house since last fall), Toby Rheaume arrived bearing all the lumber he produced from the hemlock logs.  Working as quickly as possible in the rain, used the Kubota to move the lumber off the trailer and onto the driveway in front of the woodshed.  Threw a tarp over the pile and scurried to get showered (sans clothes this time) before our guests arrived.