What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

Well, yesterday was manly. Fire season is long gone so I fired up my new (least manly size) Stihl chainsaw and cleared windfall off about 200 yards of long-neglected forest road. A small saw and a sharp chain were the perfect combination. Only about another 300 yards to go.

Today is more about house and laundry - family celebration tonight.

 

Moved furniture .

 

Cool! What are you celebrating?

 

Birthday for the youngest and a solid start on a student household after a year in the dorms. Five sophomore boys in a house and no disasters yet. Yay!

 

Shooting a bow with a 12-pound drew weight (which is VERY light) I managed to Robin-Hood an arrow. and it was in the exact center of the target.

 

Watched Sheena Easton's music video of Sugar Walls.

 

Uhhhhh, doesnt sound too manly. But, I'm not judging you.
Were you cleaning any guns while watching?? Wrestling a gator? Chopping wood, or winning an arm wrestling contest during the video??


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Frazier Magnolia

8.6 back and forth.

Sugar Maple

Chestnut Oak (I think)

 

Sheena and the song's lyrics inspired manly thoughts.

 

Great pics!

I'm no an expert of dendrology, but I think you last picture is of a White Swamp Oak and a small Sugar Maple.

 

Nice! Nothing I used to like any better than a nice walk in the woods in the fall.

 

Still at it

Tracking down a Glowplug issue on the Kubota before the snow flies..

I keep going from the Barn and the Tractor to the shop and some razors so I don't go crazy






Trying to stay sane and warm in North Idaho

 

Ooookaaaaaayyy??


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Trying to "let go" of things. You know, Men are always trying to fix something.

 

Granddaughter decided to flush some toys down the toilet, so I had to remove the toilet, reverse flush it with water and reinstall it. Not a fun job.

 

“Not fun” = extra manly! See below...

 

Committed acts of forestry using various sharp tools. And split a little wood while I was at it. After six hours, when headed for home, I found one gate post on the ground. I suspect a no-good, low-class, would-be “hunter” pulled it down.

So a trip to town and back, 100 lbs of quick set concrete, some rebar, and a another couple hundred lbs of the busted up concrete rubble someone thoughtfully dumped on the other side of the forest road, plus a few hours of ‘not fun’ as it got dark - voila, a temporary gate post. Manly. Now for some ibuprofen!

 

Sir, I salute you. My act of manliness pales in comparison to yours. You had a really busy day!