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SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 11 May 25

Like any loner in a rural area, I prefer to cook my meals rather than eat in a restaurant. Eating at home is cheaper, the food is fresh and clean. So, unless I have travelled far in which case meal time finds me far from home, I...

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We've fallen in love - with a log-splitter!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Sep 22

We’re house-sitting at a country home which has a tile fire. We keep the fire burning gently all day so we are using quite a bit of wood which the owners expected of us. However, we didn’t want to leave them with no wood when we...

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The view from my picnic table in Montana

The Horse @TheHorse (238325) • Walnut Creek, California 26 Aug 21

As many of you know, I just returned from a week-long trip to Montana. It is a mountain state that borders Canada in the Western United States. One of my relaxing activities up there is to sit on my picnic table, play guitar, and...

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Another of our projects - an old one

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 31 Mar 21

We’ve been cleaning the back verandah with a water pressure cleaner. We shifted everything out of the way as the water goes everywhere. What you see in the photo is another of our projects which we would have been completed soon...

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No time for mischief at the moment

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Mar 21

Today, we intend to saw up some old boards that have sitting down the paddock for quite a few years. They were intended for the rubbish tip but Vince offered to take them as they are perfectly good for firewood. We might also take...

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We cut down two trees

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Mar 21

We actually did some work today. Vince spent most of the morning on the phone waiting for support on a new photo program but once he’d given up on that (they’ll sort it overnight), we went shopping and I didn’t need any money this...

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A serendipitous encounter

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 16 Dec 20

Every morning one of us walks with the girls as far as the main road. Yesterday morning I said I would go, and combine it with a trip to the post office with a parcel I wanted to send to a friend. As it turned out that was a...

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I think you'd call this 'stuck'

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Nov 20

I wrote yesterday about felling a tree and cutting it up for use next winter in our tile fire. You can catch up here if you missed it: https://www.mylot.com/post/3411594/we-did-a-decent-afternoons-work-for-a-change Vince used a...

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We did a decent afternoon's work for a change

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Nov 20

In the bush just outside the boundary of our property in Donnybrook, Western Australia, is – or rather was – a dead jarrah tree. Vince has had his eye on it for a few years as jarrah makes wonderful firewood. Jarrah is one of our...

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Good Sunday ..

Aleskys Cardozo @Aleskys (5879) • Venezuela 13 Sep 20

Starting this day with my usual cup of coffee and thinking that I want to make beef rib soup on firewood for lunch, I love the taste of firewood in meals so I will call my brother who is an expert in making fires so that let's...

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Our Firewood Tree

John Murphree @JWMILLER (3275) • Westmoreland, Tennessee 2 Aug 20

Last winter a two-trunk hickory tree was blown over in a violent wind storm about 50 yards from our house, with no damage to anything except some undergrowth beneath the tree. When I stepped it off, I found that it had been about...

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Our Big Tree

John Murphree @JWMILLER (3275) • Westmoreland, Tennessee 4 Jun 20

Back during the winter, a big two-trunked tree about 80 feet tall blew down about 50 yards from our back door, harming nothing except some smaller trees. The tree, a hickory, which is excellent firewood, is perfectly placed for...

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Cutting Firewood, pt. 2

John Murphree @JWMILLER (3275) • Westmoreland, Tennessee 27 Apr 20

We are working our way down the large two-trunked tree that fell just outside our yard. The two trunks are much larger than I can reach around, quite large. I stopped off the length of the tree and found it to be about 80 feet...

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We’re getting older

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Nov 19

Each year, we usually manage to find enough firewood for our needs, either on our property or from the bush that surrounds us. However, Vince has bursitis in one shoulder and using a chain-saw is difficult for him at the moment....

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My HVAC heater doesn't work

Sherry @norcal (4889) • Franklinton, North Carolina 12 Mar 19

I have been living in this big old house all winter, and I have been using electric space heaters and a small wood stove to keep it warm. The house has an HVAC unit, but it requires propane and the tenant (me) has to supply the...

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How many axes does a girl need?

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 8 Feb 19

We have decided to replace our old wooden shed by the house with a different sort in the corner of the garden, so yesterday (when it was dry and sunny – not like today!) I spent half the afternoon moving everything out of the old...

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Do you like my toes?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Aug 18

We’ve just had three months away travelling to the east side of Australia and crossing the Bass Strait to Tasmania. We found it much colder than we expected and had to buy some extra clothing including gloves and scarves. My...

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A business shirt has a second life

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Feb 18

When we go out using the chain-saw or cleaning up rubbish, I always wear jeans and a long-sleeved shirt. This protects me a little from scratches and scrapes. Sometimes we will be loading branches onto the trailer then later...

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Our plans for today have been changed

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Feb 18

I thought our only commitment today was to attend a barbecue this afternoon but last night at our community lawn bowls event, where my team lost by the way, the groundsman told us of a fallen tree on the golf course which we can...

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My Arms Sore because of the Firewood

angelmels @angelmels (541) • Australia 11 Aug 17

I have been putting firewood in our fireplace and the woods are heavy. Now both my arms are sore. It's like I went to gym lol. Have your arms been sore? What was the cause? What did you do for the arms to return to normal and...

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