As I made the drive home, I made a mental note of the things I needed to do to prepare for the coming winter. I would need some firewood, more than a few bags of salt, some kindling, and a full tank of oil. (Yeah, the oil that surely contains flecks of GOLD, as it's a billion dollars a gallon.)
It had been storming most of the day, and as I drove into my driveway I noticed an inordinate amount of twigs and branches strewn about. This happens often when it's windy, as the house is surrounded by trees from middle earth, and I'm sure that George Washington carved his initials into several of them.
I walked onto the porch, stepping over LARGE branches and the two hanging pots that were upturned and on the porch floor. When I returned one of the pots to the hanger, I saw it on the other side of the house.
Firewood.
LOTS and LOTS of firewood.
Sweet Lord in Heaven, my guardian angel could have at LEAST stacked it for me.
22 comments:
Time to get the ax! Good luck!
great last line, this made me chuckle
OK, you KNOW you have to let this age before burning it, right? But if you get it chopped and split and stacked soon to dry, and don't burn it early in the winter, it may be all right.
That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about.
xoxoxo
Firewood!
Now start to dig in that back yard - I'm sure there must be oil!
And that is looking at the glass half full!
Must have been a big storm! Hope the wood chops and stacks itself for you!
smiles. good way to look at the blessing in this...and no one was hurt and neither was the house right?
Yes, listen to Sara up there. Don't try burning it green. But maybe if you take another road trip, your guardian angel will do the deed for you and get it set up for winter.
Well, the song does go, "black gold...Texas tea..." If I didn't know better, I'd think you had you a little twister.
Aren't Guardian Angels wonderful! They love it when we recognize what they do for us. So happy you got such a great answer to your problem. And just think of the free workout you'll get too! Have fun!
Yes...but what fun would THAT be?! Guardian angels need blog fodder too ;)
WM
just wait for the fairies to come... they'll stack it for you.
Those guardian angels are so effing uncooperative sometimes.
silly angels -- but that is a LOT of firewood. Love a good fire in the winter -- and that wood is not cheap -- so these fallen trees are a blesssing
Wow ... and not to close to the house where damage could have been done.
Know anyone with a chain saw ?
How lovely to have a fireplace, we don't have one here and it would be so perfect today ..
Somebody needs to have a come-to-jesus meeting with the guardian angels.
Oh holy cannoli!
Glad nobody got hurt.
Angels have a sense of humour.
they probably tweeted
ROTCLMBO ( cloud )
And OMG the salt, the kindling, the oil, the wood...you sound like Ma Ingalls. :)
Awesome!!!
That kicks ass indeed.
I love how you took the lemons and made lemonade! :) Yeppers- time indeed to begin thinking about the seasons changing. You reading my mind again?
Any neighbors with power tools who are willing to work for a gold star and a Batman sticker?
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