Chainsaw music.
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This morning we cut down a large but diseased tree in my front yard. I have been worried about it in recent storms. It could have fallen on our power wires, or the house, or the car. I called in some experienced help. It had to fall exactly right so as not to flatten the rhododendron bush, or the maple tree, or the euonymus bush, and of course not the house or the power wires. Just one narrow corridor of opportunity. Today - no wind.
You perhaps know how the sound of a power saw can either sound like music to your ears or the approach of Armageddon, depending on the circumstances. In this case it was music. In addition, certain saws produce a pure smooth tone and not that raspy raunchy sound of an untuned engine with mismatched exhaust lengths. When I got back to cutting after making a few photos our two saws sang a duet. His bigger woodcutter saw pitched a bit lower than my lighter duty wood lot saw, but both made by Stihl. Pure country harmony.
In the picture the upper trunk is being cut into wood stove lengths, ready for splitting. I’ll get lots of firewood out of this tree once it has seasoned a while. The reassuring sound of a steady fire heating the house. The satisfying feeling that as much of the tree as possible is being used and not wasted.