The Final Stack

Yesterday found me stacking lumber again. While Carl had his sawmill up there (which it is sadly no longer) I decided to add a couple of trees onto his list of things to saw. These were trees that I had decided to cut down anyways- to open up the house and garden sites a little more. So we added an ash, 2 maples, 2 poplars, a sweet birch, and another ash which had fallen last winter in the storm. I shouldn't have been surprised that I had a notably sizable pile of lumber to stack on Saturday. But I was. It ended up taking most of the day to move and stack it. I leveled another frame, which is time consuming, then my generous family (Mom, Dad, Jenna) and a couple generous friends (Illiana and James) helped me move and stack it. The day was absolutely glorious, as you fellow Western North Carolinians know, and I got a sun burn! Crazy for someone who is out in the sun pretty much all day every day...Anyways, come out and see my stacks. The wood is so very lovely- I really enjoyed getting to handle every single piece of it- all 7500 or more board feet. Each board is its own man- different colors and weight and grain. They are all lovely. I could look at wood all day. Wait a minute, I have been...

Enjoy the pictures of the final stacking (until I get Carl back up here). Yes, that is Jenna gettin it with some lumber handling! Also, my mom, dad and Illiana. Somehow I don't have a picture of James stacking lumber (or eating cookies.)