Tyler and his brother Matthew and father Justin showed up this morning to clean up the huge pine tree that fell on our pasture a month ago. I am very partial to the big men in trucks who live up here and who seem to know things about the world that I do not know and understand. The men in Tyler’s family swept in her around 9 a.m., took the big tree apart, started a burn pile in the pasture, repaired the damaged apple tree, cut the pine logs into pieces and swept up.

It was a whirlwind, they were gone by noon and there was a near fist-fight to pay anyone for the good and hard work they did. The tree is gone, we are grateful and impressed (we did pay, after a battle). More photos to come.