84-Unc«Hf FamUng, Saturday, November 20, 1993 Onbei a farm -And o hazar Joyce B' Empty, just as I thought While tlie woodstove was still quite warm, the log sections stuff ed in earlier had burned down to a glowing bed of coals. And the night was to be another frosty one. Empty. What looked like a siz able supply of wood in the base ment stacked there a few days be fore after morning bam chores, had dwindled to a scattering of wood crumbs and bits of bark. Time to refill the space from the main supply kept on the basement porch beneath a bright blue tarp. Empty. Well, almost All that remained under the tarp on the porch were a few odds and ends of firewood chopped a little too long to fit the stove. Getting desperate, I dove into the emergency, back up, wood supply in the woodshed, llie woodshed holds my supply of flowerpots, garden mulch bags, tools, plant flats, the lawn mower and other such miscellaneous out side-use items oh, plus a small I I I I I I I I I I I I I I s I I I il S Western Boots at 25% OFF S Our Regular Low Price! Save on Sneakers including: LA Gear SST Ma-thUfe ★ Nurse And reserve of cut, dry wood. But not more than a few wheelbarrow loads worth. Making it, well, al most empty. A couple of armloads of wood I carted inside would hold us over night but not much more. We need a firewood stocking session or the fuel oil tank filled. The Farmer is way ahead of me; he had already planned spending the next afternoon restocking the empty firewood supply. Cutting firewood here on the farm actually serves a dual pur pose. It saves considerably on heating costs. Our oil furnace runs only on extremely cold and windy days, very early mornings when the stove has burned low, or if we’ve been away and not kept the woodfire stoked. Cutting firewood also helps keep the pastures, fence rows and edges of fields along woods clean of debris. Few wind-packed storms summer or winter FECIAL November 19th Thru 27th a Leacock Shoe Store This sale will be our biggest sale e Mea’i tr Walarproof/UaiUted gVßiyvPaV w m sMnr -may nMt prioee and dueetdMMyi the amt ipiiwwwwTf«w fin* wwwwvt wm* m m t* m - mm o»iiee» m** m -mm&SM* t *mmm sR|MIIR||Rp A mo** - mmrnirn iurtoiy up wbiihmxi ihiki $p tui * 4 nil in MMiif ip udMt iKMHilonft WfIWwW UpSS^PSPS^I^SiaF wm*m*mmmmmv*mmmrn ■AasSSdfeias# JMririik mmCHI iuk kguu| auu wv9mf wp» f» ps an miw 11 tan ShMfeA feta i|tMMiiia| tiMHus taMft^Uhafehdlhife *W |Pw Iw 'PTOWIPf ffllw IfliPßliOilw* ■PPPiB PIIPSS* toot JH@O iwr. S7*CWAM sag tm . t nmnufe irnsflt * ~-“- »*k fPMpPMP WPWOU WATCH FOR RED TAGS THROUGHOUT THE STORE FOR BIG SAVINGS!!! Our 2nd FLOOR SPECIAL: Buy 3 Pairs, Get 1 Pair FRBEI! Any combination of shoot A tntaktrs roll through the farm without toss ing down a limb or two. Some times we lose whole old trees, es pecially since the Gypsy Moth in festations of past years. So we bum the “falls,” the “drops,” the “trimmings” which are already on the ground and which clutter sections of the mea dow or get in the way along the edge of fields. It makes for some interestingly-shaped firewood sometimes but the stove doesn’t care if the stuff has kinks, curves, knots or holes. And, it bums fine. On this particular “harvest” af ternoon. the three of us man, woman, dog bounce in the pickup to a distant, hilly comer of the heifer pasture, where a couple of large, dead limbs have toppled out of fence tow trees. Sunlihgt bathes the meadow in a warm November afternoon glow and the sky hangs overhead in a clear, gorgeous shade of blue. A perfect day for this harvest. Oaks have turned a leathery brown but the maples are still golden. The lo cal mockingbird clan scatters as we truck through the creek-bottom area and climb toward the farthest hill. And our resident redtail hawk, resentful of our disturb ance, gracefully glides out of a tree near the field road, sails across the meadow and lands in the distance. The Farmer slices through downed limbs with the blaring saw. Solomon goes off to sniff at groundhog holes and enjoy whiffs of rabbit trail in the meadow grass. I trek to several trees hanging full with colorful bittersweet vines for fall decorations. ISTMAi Hz Small bits of wood scattered about make great kindling, filling the two boxes we brought along and then some. While The Fanner cuts. I gather and loss the wood in the pickup. In little more than an hour, we have a full load. Solomon has curled up in the warm sunshine, away from the grating chain saw noise. It is dme to go bring the cows in and milk. Later in the week. The Farmer relates a radio news report he has Thanksgiving Thank-You Notes Most families celebrate Thanksgiving, but they don’t always consider its meaning; to gdve thanks for the many things that make life worth living. This activity encourages each family member to think about what Thanksgiving means to him/her by thanking other family members for everything they’ve done to make life happier. Needed; 3xS index cards and pens marking pens or pencils, slips of paper, hat to draw papers from. While waiting for Thanksgiv ing dinner, write each family member’s name on a separate piece of paper. Place names in a hat. Each person draws a name. (Draw again if you get your own name.) Give each person an index card and these directions: • Fold the card in half. • On the outside write the name of the person you drew. 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