Christmas Tree, Blizzard and Woodrow

Hello everyone, it is our first real blizzard of 2012. Please enjoy the day... we have been, and have a look at our tree (our largest gray birch yet), and the mounting snow outside the window. Woodrow has the right idea on a day like this.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL...

Last Days of Logging

Bob, the 25 year old Belgian horse I have mentioned earlier, came back to our winter woods to help Marc finish up with the last of the trees for the winter.  John waits for Marc to load the logs onto the carrier in the video below.

When we arrived home on the day after Christmas, all the logs that Marc had cut and we had piled, were being loaded onto a 10 wheeler bound for market. We are done for this year, but there are plenty more trees for Bob and Brumby to help with next year.

Peaceful Holiday Greetings from Brownington

As of December 21, our lives seem to be continuing and Bob the 25 yr old Belgian has been hard at work in our woods. So I guess we made it.... !

Horse Logging with Brumby

Brumby named for his resemblance to the Australian feral horse,  is a 12 year old traditional Belgian work horse owned by Marc Farrow of Holland, Vermont. Mark has been working in our woods for several weeks with Brumby by his side, ready to pull down trees, or haul them through the woods.Brumby stands still in the woods as Marc moves around him with a chain saw or small excavator. At the end of the day, Marc rides Brumby as John carries the logs from the woods to the driveway where Marc will load them onto his trailer to take to market. 

 

BRUMBY WATCHES MARC WORK

 

BRUMBY HAULS A LOG THROUGH THE WOODS

Marc has become famous for hauling moose with his other Belgian, Bob. You can read about Bob and Marc hauling moose at this link   Bob, the moose hauling draft horse.

 

Hollow-een Fire

 This is the way to enjoy a campfire! Find a hollow log, stand it up on top of a couple of cinder blocks, build a fire below it and stand back. The log acts like a chimney and ....whooosh, up it goes. This lasted for several yours. Add pieces of wood into the top and it will flame up even higher. It gives a wonderful display of sparks and flames. The moon happened to be out this night as well, just about full. It was October 27th, not quite Halloween, but we call it Hollow- een for the fire we enjoyed. These logs are not just everywhere, but this one showed up when our logger, Marc, cut down a good-sized spruce tree and found the rotten interior. Of course, it's not worth a penny at the mill, but worth a million for the great fireworks display we watched. We will be on the lookout for more of these wonderful logs for our fires this fall and winter. So easy to light off and such fun!  

A Day at Jay

A day for Jay peak
High up in the clouds with wind
Autumn in Vermont the best