How to turn a pruning project into a 3 day ordeal:
1) Trim WAAAAY too much
2) Break your chainsaw3) Break your chipper/shredder
Now, it sounds worse than it really was. The chainsaw came back to life. We rented the chipper, so aside from the time it took to swap it out for a new one at the Home Depot, it wasn't that big a deal. And, though the brush pile actually grew, compared to the picture above, prior to chipping, the final portion of the project went fairly quickly.
My hands are blistered, my arms are cut, my muscles are sore, but it's (mostly) done. I wish I had taken video of me lashed to a limb 30 feet in the air, pulling up a chainsaw by a rope and then chopping away. Craziness.
Prior to this huge home care project, however, I was able to complete a painting last week. I've decided to include pictures of the initial process of recovering the beaver skull (mostly to make the grid even without any repeats). As always, the pictures of the painting are fairly poor, but I'll be getting a final, higher quality photo soon and I'll post it as soon as it arrives. Enjoy checking out the progress from start to finish.
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