where others come for vacation ...
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It's yet another Sunny Spring Day. Our friends Claudia and Armand with their four legged pets - Cara and Rassel are coming over for a visit.
The Baker in the family (not me!), wants to have an Ananas Torte (Pineapple Cake). Since there's no chocolate in it, I'm not too excited.. 
But once he's done decorating it, i can't stop drooling.. 
Claudia and Armand, where are you guys?? Having the cake in front of you, but not being able to bite into it is Torture! Never thought I'd feel like this about anything other than a Chocolate cake... but well, one learns new aspects about oneself everyday...
Skylar disappears like an arrow into the house signalling that our friends and their dogs are around the corner. And it's Coffee, Tea and Cake time... Ummmm.. this fluffy delight just melts in the mouth - a slice of heaven served on a plate!!
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A lot of felled tree trunks..
1 Man,
1 Electric Splitter,
1 Weekend...
Makes a nice stack of Firewood 
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Clear blue skies above, warm green meadows dotted with flowers below, a lake and some snow capped mountain tops.. Nature has sprung back to Life!!
So what are you waiting for?? Grab your shoes and head out...
See, Smell, Hear, Touch and Wonder -- Relish the gifts of Nature with all your senses!!!
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Well.. let me correct that.
Branches + hours and hours of heavyduty-manual-labor + Time = Firewood
The last of the Snow has melted for about a week now, so it's a good time to get the cleanup work started on the branches from our fallen trees. As someone said "In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."
For the ignoramus amongst us (including me), here's how to --
- Pick-up a branch, Sickle away all the leaves and other limbs, Stack -- Repeat till all branches are clean.
- Stack bunches of clean branches on "Sawbuck Stand" (A frame for holding rough wood to be sawed into lengths suitable for use in a fireplace) -- watch while your husband uses his Motorsaw to cut them to 1m long pieces-- Load cut logs on a wheel barrow.
- Roll wheel barrow to the Wood Stack -- Unload -- Stack logs onto the Stack.
- Repeat Steps 2,3 above till all logs are stacked.
- Cover the Stack with a Tarp. Secure Tarp.
- Collect smaller lengths from step 2 above -- Carry up the steps to the entrance -- Make another stack of "Starter firewood" -- Repeat.