We’re getting older
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381810)
Rockingham, Australia
November 14, 2019 7:41pm CST
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. He can’t even play golf so I know he isn’t just putting up an argument! 
It’s the end of winter but firewood is relatively cheap at the moment so we bought a truckload. It was off-loaded yesterday. All we have to do now is stack it in our little woodshed.
There doesn’t look to be much in the photo but we’ve already spent an hour moving some of it. We’ll do a bit each day until it is all under cover. Then it can cure until we need it in April or May. Having to buy wood is another sign that we’re slowing down. But it happens to us all.
It’s the end of winter but firewood is relatively cheap at the moment so we bought a truckload. It was off-loaded yesterday. All we have to do now is stack it in our little woodshed.
There doesn’t look to be much in the photo but we’ve already spent an hour moving some of it. We’ll do a bit each day until it is all under cover. Then it can cure until we need it in April or May. Having to buy wood is another sign that we’re slowing down. But it happens to us all.40 people like this
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Nov 19
That is what my doctors are telling me when I come to visit them with my foot ailment.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Nov 19
@JudyEv Thank you for sharing that information with me. I know that not all doctors have my best interest in mind.
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@sallypup (69157)
• Centralia, Washington
15 Nov 19
Such a lovely photo. And sweet chunks of wood. Your photo brings back to me Idaho days. Gads I was tons younger then! You have done a lot already and yet there is always more waiting to be done. Your speaking of aging is what I feel myself- and why I will most likely go through the proceedings of divorcing this land that is mine right now. Just a few fleeting years and I will slam the door.
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Nov 19
I had to give up my beloved ponies but it got to the stage where looking after them was becoming 'work' rather than 'pleasure'. The same will happen here one day, just as you're saying.
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
15 Nov 19
Look at it in a positive way. You probably have a fireplace. I am forbidden to have one in my over polluted city.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
16 Nov 19
@JudyEv We had a beautiful fireplace when I was young. It cannot be used anymore.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
15 Nov 19
You live in such a peaceful looking place.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
16 Nov 19
@JudyEv when do you plan to leave ?
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov 19
@Tampa_girl7 Once one of us loses our licence we'll have to seriously consider moving. Hopefully not for a few years yet. We'll just have to give in and pay for a few maintenance issues if Vince can't manage them. Things like cleaning gutters or clearing trees from fences.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
15 Nov 19
Ouch, why is the title like that? Anyway, we had experienced using the firewood for the fireplace in a mountain resort called Baguio City where temperatures can be below 10 C. It was pine wood that I bought and the flames were pretty good. It also exudes a nice scent.
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@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
15 Nov 19
It does happen to all of us. I recall the things I used to do easily just last year and this year not so much.
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@WorDazza (15826)
• Manchester, England
15 Nov 19
It certainly does happen to us all. I'm noticing that as I've hit my 50s I fall foul of a plethora of niggly little aches and pains which appear out of the blue and then disappear again after a while.
Although I do have a pain in the neck which is showing no signs of abating after 30 years. But Mrs. WorDazza does have her redeeming features I suppose!!
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov 19
At least it's in your neck and not some other place!! What stops you sitting down, so to speak!
The trouble with the small aches and pains that you gradually come to realise it's the new norm - just like becoming deaf. It's never going to get better so you really have to make the most of how well you are at any given time.
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@Spontaneo (14699)
• United States
15 Nov 19
My motto is: You only grow old if you want to!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
15 Nov 19
but even if the mind is willing, the body is getting weaker
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Nov 19
@hereandthere I agree. Everything just gets that much harder.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
16 Nov 19
Here you have to have a proper house to be able to have a fireplace not allowed in flats at all.
Its great that you managed to secure it all at a good price.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
17 Nov 19
@JudyEv
Just the same at least you know you have a supply till next year.
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Nov 19
@lovinangelsinstead21 Yes, that was our intention.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
15 Nov 19
My father and I use to go out into National Forest, for wood to burn. He bought a permit to take any fallen trees, within a certain area. As Dad got older, he had to purchase wood for their winter supply. We don't burn wood any longer.
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Nov 19
@kobesbuddy We came across an area in the bush where someone had taken out standing jarrah trees. it's difficult to police some laws.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Nov 19
@JudyEv Some people here have violated and cut standing trees! That's why they had to clamp down, trying to stop the blatant dishonesty, of a few.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
15 Nov 19
That appears to be a great work for the winters
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov 19
@amitkokiladitya We have another smaller shed down in the paddock. Here is another photo of our woodshed.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
16 Nov 19
@JudyEv wow....do you have enough space to store it as well
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