The Yard Mule

Large came up Thursday morning to help cut some firewood. Naturally, it rained for the first time in a month but we prevailed.


Here's the old lumberjack is sawing away at an oak log.


At lunchtime he was still feeling fairly spunky but ...


... by end of day he was accusing me of working him like a "yard mule", whatever that this. I reckon it must be something like a "government mule" or the other.

Anyhow, I fed him some Vinny DelNegro's Mother's Macaroni Sauce for dinner and he was revived.

Then it really rained last night. No cutting today. So we split ...



... hauled ...


... and stacked most of the wood we cut yesterday instead.


His dog, Tremec, kept a watchful eye him to make certain he wasn't getting slack. Yard mules can get like that, you know.

Thanks, Large!