March 16th, 2010
Not a Bad Day’s Work, Eh?
This is the end result well, nearly the end result of our productive day collecting firewood – it’s going to keep us warm twice more – once when we stack it into the shed and then, finally, in the combustion fire. My son and husband went out to an abandoned farmhouse (with permission from the farmer) to cut firewood, and they came back with a trailer load of firewood. The wood that they cut is fallen wood – there are no trees felled during their wood-cutting expeditions.
After they arrived home, we had lunch, and then my husband put the wood through the sawbench, which saves using the chainsaw, and it is cheaper and quicker to run. He only has to sharpen the saw blade about every six to eight trailer loads, whereas the chainsaw needs to be sharpened every load. This is about a week and a half’s firewood for our home.
I think that the men folk have done an excellent day’s work, don’t you think? Praise our heavenly Father, for we are going to be warm this winter.
I am a daughter of the King of Kings, seeking to live a godly life and mirror the love of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
I am envious. Because it obviously gets cold enough where you are, to necessitate a fire. How nice! Winter for us in the tropics means that we don’t have the air con on. That’s it, lol. Maybe a jumper may be donned once or twice on an extra chilly evening. Oh well, at least we save on expensive winter clothing
Thank you Jillian, from my heart, for stopping by my blog. That touched me very much. I love your blog too. Your son did a beautiful job. Well done young man.
God bless you and your family…
Hi Amanda,
We have spent time in the tropics, and I found it so difficult not having a fire in winter. My winter clothing has now overtaken my husband’s wardrobe and tallboy, as I really feel the cold – sometimes wearing four layers of clothing on a cold day, while my husband walks around in short sleeves and NO jumper.
Thank you, also, for stopping by to see my blog. My son worked very hard on this blog, so thank you for your encouragement.
God bless you and your family, too,
Love Jillian ♥
Wow, Jillian, what a great blessing of wood and how cool to see the old farmstead.
Since we only burn wood here I know there is so much work involved when I snuggle near the fire to read.
How cold does it get there?
Hi Richele,
What’s more of a blessing is that the temperature has increased to 35°C at the moment, so our home is warming up nicely again, and it allows the men time to collect enough firewood for winter.
It certainly is a wonderful blessing.
The temperature here gets down to -8°C in winter, and in summer it reaches 47°C. Sometimes it even snows in winter, although it usually melts just as it hits the ground.
Have a wonderful and blessed week,
Jillian ♥