Hot logging

I spent some time up at our logging site yesterday but the heat in the end stopped me after about 3 hours.  I had gone up there around 0830 and it was already very warm.  

After some time taking bits off the end of the trunk of this tree I cut it in half and used Boris to drag the pieces to the bottom of the slope

Hopefully today i should be able to reduce one of the pieces to firewood before it gets too hot 

This pic shows the trunk at the top of the slope.  You can just make out a couple of buildings top right in the pic.  This is the farm of our friends neighbour. Tragically last week he took his own life. I dont know the full details so will not speculate here.  I saw him only 3 weeks ago rounding up his sheep with his young son sat on the front of a quad bike - - sad  RIP.

In the garden things are still looking good although the foxgloves have had their time now and will be cut down soon

Here Sally waters the beds late afternoon

And a frog sits in the shade on a lilly pad.

Finally  - - - a tongue in cheek report from Sky News about Beavers building a dam in Russia 

An earlier man made dam was washed away and officialdom didnt rebuild it but now the beavers are constructing one.  Officialdom though might remove it because it doesnt meet current building regulations!!!!!  - - - -

Enjoy the day  

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