He is in some pain, but I think he's feeling better. He's learning how to adjust to using one arm - washing hands and putting on his shirt have been the biggest struggles.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Our First Broken Bone
Number 2 Kiddo fell at VBS yesterday and got a "radial head fracture" per the urgent care center. A specialist confirmed the fracture this morning and set his arm. This fracture is essentially a small crack near the bulbous head of the radius bone of the forearm right near the elbow. It's a big cast for a small crack.
He is in some pain, but I think he's feeling better. He's learning how to adjust to using one arm - washing hands and putting on his shirt have been the biggest struggles.
He is in some pain, but I think he's feeling better. He's learning how to adjust to using one arm - washing hands and putting on his shirt have been the biggest struggles.
Sunday, June 21, 2015
An Unexpected Father's Day Surprise
Got a call from the neighbor early this morning saying a couple of our trees fell down. These were 2 old locust trees that has been leaning for many years. With all the many inches of rain recently, the ground has been pretty saturated. Last night's rain of 2.5 inches and heavy winds was just too much.
This is what we found when we went out to investigate. The big trees are laying across the neighbor's driveway. This effects 2 houses worth of neighbors.
They said they weren't going anywhere for the day, so they were in no rush to get it cleared away. That was very good news.
A view from the neighbor's driveway looking to the east.
We were also saddened to see our thriving apple tree split. About two thirds of it fell down. The rest will come down soon.
Back to the big locust trees, my littlest man had to come out and see the damage for himself. I think he was impressed with the mud.
That is a pretty big root ball. I'm not sure how we'll clean this up.
The creek is still flowing pretty good too.
A Father's Day treat after many hours of chainsawing, moving brush, and burning. Cookie Dough Cupcakes!
My last load for the day. I think we did about 8 or 10 loads.
The neighbor's were a great help!
All that's left after 5 hours of continuous feeding and burning.
At the end of the day, we got just about all the brushy tree-top stuff burned down. Now we need the ground to firm up to get the loader tractor on the yard. We'll cut big chunks and use the loader tractor to move things around.
In the end, I'd say we're about half done. And we're very thankful this was the extent of the damage. The neighbor's cars were not damaged at all. The fence is a little bent up, but that can be repaired.
This is what we found when we went out to investigate. The big trees are laying across the neighbor's driveway. This effects 2 houses worth of neighbors.
They said they weren't going anywhere for the day, so they were in no rush to get it cleared away. That was very good news.
A view from the neighbor's driveway looking to the east.
We were also saddened to see our thriving apple tree split. About two thirds of it fell down. The rest will come down soon.
Back to the big locust trees, my littlest man had to come out and see the damage for himself. I think he was impressed with the mud.
That is a pretty big root ball. I'm not sure how we'll clean this up.
The creek is still flowing pretty good too.
A Father's Day treat after many hours of chainsawing, moving brush, and burning. Cookie Dough Cupcakes!
My last load for the day. I think we did about 8 or 10 loads.
The neighbor's were a great help!
All that's left after 5 hours of continuous feeding and burning.
At the end of the day, we got just about all the brushy tree-top stuff burned down. Now we need the ground to firm up to get the loader tractor on the yard. We'll cut big chunks and use the loader tractor to move things around.
In the end, I'd say we're about half done. And we're very thankful this was the extent of the damage. The neighbor's cars were not damaged at all. The fence is a little bent up, but that can be repaired.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Our Little Tranquil Creek
We had a bit of rain here tonight.
When it rains real hard and real fast, our creek goes up.
Down at the apple tree,m I did happen to see this little guy. All the debris was floating downstream, but one little thing was going upstream. It turned out to be this little mouse. He got to dry land and just stopped. He didn't run away when I came close. He was bushed.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
40 Pounds of Grease
Craigslist is surely a disease.
Somehow, I managed to come home last night with this beast in tow.
This is called the Marvel Draw Cut Saw #2. It's sole purpose is to cut steel. This is the predecessor to the cutoff bandsaw. It is 300 pounds of monstrous beef (40 pounds of which is surely grease).
It was made somewhere in the 1910s to 1920s ish by the Armstrong-Blum Mfg Company out of Chicago.
This handle (the handle right close to all the moving and sharp parts) controls the down-pressure of the blade.
This is the reciprocating mechanism.
Notice large blobs of grease dripping off.
I did some test cuts on a block of pine, and it seems to work just fine, but it sure is slow.
Somehow, I managed to come home last night with this beast in tow.
This is called the Marvel Draw Cut Saw #2. It's sole purpose is to cut steel. This is the predecessor to the cutoff bandsaw. It is 300 pounds of monstrous beef (40 pounds of which is surely grease).
It was made somewhere in the 1910s to 1920s ish by the Armstrong-Blum Mfg Company out of Chicago.
This handle (the handle right close to all the moving and sharp parts) controls the down-pressure of the blade.
Notice large blobs of grease dripping off.
I did some test cuts on a block of pine, and it seems to work just fine, but it sure is slow.
The boys think it sounds like a steam engine.
Video with audio is here...
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