Gary Navarre on wed 22 mar 06
Hay Crew,
I was smearing coffee into my brain to recall what I might need to do
when I became fully awake. My idea was to take the van to Rick's and
change the gas filter and try to see why it is stalling. The next thing I
see is Rick at the door with a chain saw. We had been pointing our minds
in the direction of felling some trees around the kiln for a while and I
guess today was the day for our bodies to follow and kill some trees. At
least that was Rick's mood after two difficult body jobs that morning. He
got to givin 'er so I didn't have time to prep my Husky 50 so I split and
stacked while taking a few shots. Most of the wood is going to Rick's dad
Les for heat next winter. I might use the small stuff for making ash and
in one secondary stoke holes to see what happens in a small area of the
firing. Most of the trees had rot at the base or were getting enough to
fall. Come to find out the big Poplar had rot in it's core and would fall
in a few years. Couldn't risk it falling on the kiln, it had that kind of
lean. But Rick is good and dropped it right where he planed by about a
foot. Now the area above the kiln will be clear of brush and the smoke or
any sparks and heat can escape freely for less chance of a woods fire.
With an almost 16' stack I doubt if a spark will land lit enough to start
a fire but I tend to error on the side of safety. If you're into chain
saws and dropping trees here ya go;
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kprp/upkctr/
On a walk over the top of the cooked down snow looking for animal tracks
I came upon Peter's Bucyrus Erie diesel shovel in the woods. He still
wants to get it running but it has sat for a while. Something about these
shots reminds me of a short story I read called "Into The Wild" about some
kid who wandered around the country only to meet his demise in an old
school bus camp somewhere in the Alaskan wilderness. I guess there are
Bucyrus collectors but Peter probably wouldn't let it go. Sure would be
useful in a small clay mining operation. Those shots are;
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/mup/pbe/
G in Da UP
Navarre Pottery
Navarre Enterprises
Norway, Michigan, USA
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/
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