Tales from Sugarwood Farms

Saturday February 27,2016

Day #9

Lovely day in the woods! Warmer and windy today! Bob is crawling out of quarantine....all but his voice and enthusiasm have returned.

One Word "Quote of the day" award goes to Adam:

Bob whispers "I feel better but have no voice"
Adam responds dryly "Shucks" ...and then busts out laughing!

Bob and Lola left at noon to do CPR on the forklift, it needs a new set of points, but will run 20 minutes at a time, so for now...it is what it is.

He dug out some nice wood so Chuck was happy to have a better fire.

Dean commented how little ground eruption there was with the falling of the giant oak tree on thursday night. Bob inspected. It was VERY lightly rooted.

Lola enjoyed playing king of the mountain

Brad and Bob played with moving the carts around with a jack.

The wind is out of the south today, but crisp. We left the camp to gather about 510 pm with Adam, Katie, Nancy, Dale, Karen , Muff and Gerri. By the middle of the south path Mark and Susan came, (Mark came to get a brownie we think). We were graced by the presence of Mr. Bob Birch tonight --hereafter referred to as Mr. B as do not want to confuse our Bob's. Anyway, with plenty of hands on deck to gather, we put Mr B on Wallie with Karen to dump buckets and Dale the daredevil driving. No accidents or spills noted! Well oiled machine. 1-2 inches in the buckets on the south, a little more as we headed to the northeast. 260 gallons found in all and we finished in the light of day! Found 2 buckets extra "full" likely missed as the last 2 paths through the woods ended in dark!!

Everyone glad to see the sun except Nancy who felt it could be a little warmer since returning recently from Florida.

Chuck and Bob started a fire, Chuck had to tidy up a bit as Bob moved things around in his work area and he doesn't do well with change. He seemed pleased enough that he had really good wood which kept the complaining to a minimum. Brad seemed to be the target of his harassment tonight (Sue is out of town, Brad's turn). He explained that wrestling would go better if he would do more of his share of splitting wood. Brad kinda smiled and ate all night. He looked like a glazed donut. Took Chuck's crap in stride. Goes over easier when you are exhausted and starving.

We enjoyed a lot of great food, over-ate, visited and enjoyed the steam bath. Mark made awesome soup and Muff brought ham and potatoes that were enjoyed by all. Mark ate a brownie, possibly two and requested that Karen try to screw up another batch.

Dale got rowdy when he found out Bob gave Mr. B some syrup when he left. He pointed out this was crap as it was Mr. B's first day and his gazillionth day and he never gets anything given to him for helping. Then he went home. We expect him back tomorrow.