Timber...

There's a lot of wood being cut in the valley and it's not all by our neighbor .  Today with temps being unusually nice, Natureman finally tackled this one eyesore of a boxelder which had cracked in half with one of our high wind storms.

The chainsaw got a real workout today as it took down more than one soft wooded dead boxelders - it almost took down Natureman. A widow maker we did not need!
But the men of the valley aren't the only ones that are busy as witnessed if you head down towards Coon Creek which borders our property. Someone else has been taking down some trees. Before you get to the asphalt road of Lietke Lane there is a pond that has been dammed up in spite of its spring fed waters that would normally run back into the creek.

You may remember the day I mentioned  a small tree across the road forcing me to get out and move it in order to continue on my way. It wasn't just a big branch.

It had been cut down and it bewildered me why the neighbor hadn't finished the job if he needed that wood. Very uncharacteristic of him...



It was apparent as I looked around that there were alot of downed trees and not done by the teeth of a chainsaw either.  Someone had really gone to town working on all sizes of trees.

My goodness someone namely, Mr./Ms Beaver had been very,  very determined to make sure the pond doesn't disappear.  How could such a small animal be so ambitious?  How can they be so strong to move not only small trees but really good sized ones as well.

There had been a fellow who used to come to trap the beaver and muskrat around here a while back so it's no wonder that I hadn't see what they could do.

(pic borrowed from the internet)

My curiosity  piqued as to the chompers on a beaver so of course I googled 'BEAVER'.  I wonder what his dentist says about the condition of those front two teeth and how they are being used. Do you think they get overlays ?

The saying "busy as beaver "definitely has new meaning in this valley...  It's just too bad that they can't take care of all the trees that are already down... Now that would really be helpful!