Johnny

 Johnny's brother Bruce complained that I never tell what Johnny does on the farm, so this post is all about Johnny. What he does is keep all the tractors and other equipment working and maintained, fixes everything that breaks which is everything, keeps 91 year old neighbor Irv in firewood, takes him to doctor appointments and to town for groceries now and then, fixes whatever needs fixing up at his place which, like here, is most everything. That's just the regular stuff. Ever since the February ice storm, Johnny has been cutting up the many trees that came down in that storm... after he got them off our roadways and paths. I walked around the farm today and took photos of his many piles of firewood in various stages of readiness. Some need to be cut into lengths, some need to be split, and all need to be carted to the wood shed eventually.

Those are just from trees that were blocking our access roads. We have more on smaller trails that still need to be cut up and carted off.

Plus all the big ponderosas that came down in the storm... 

And every time I walk a trail, I find another tree has come down. This one appeared today...

These are just the trees that blocked paths. If we ever run out of that firewood, the woods are full of downed trees...

There is one big tree that came down that I don't want removed. It makes a good sitting rest stop on my trail to the creek.

All the firewood Johnny is creating has to get into the woodshed eventually...

And then into the house as needed...

Johnny wanted me to take photos of him digging his potatoes today out of the old manure spreader where he planted them last spring...

And that, Bruce, is what Johnny does while I'm horsing around... Speaking of horses, all three were grazing down where I was taking photos today. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)