Saturday started with a quick trip to Bigfork Farmer’s market (see Instagram for the goods).

Later, I went across the road and kept my neighbors company while they put together a yard for their chickens. I carried one post and helped stain the posts and rails but my involvement was mostly yacking as Melanie and Jesse do this stuff together and work very well together and they just like a bit of diverseness in conversation as they are working. We were also accompanied by their sweet cattle dog, Brewster and gray Norwegian Forest cat, Oscar and the clucking of the chickens that were confined to the chicken house.

It was a good time – I learned a LOT about fencing and came home with 2 zucchinis fresh from their garden! (also on Instagram …and if you click a photo it enlarges and you can see any title or description I’ve added.)

Yesterday my next door neighbors came over and brought their wood splitter. We split the wood that has been drying for 3 years and made a hefty dent in adding to my winter firewood supply.

The work area post splitting. I’m going to spread the bark on the ground and some of the trees cut for future years can sit on that bark to dry and stay a bit off the damp ground.

The red square is the wood that was left from last year. Everything else is from our splitting spree of yesterday. I don’t get any prizes for my stacking job and am just fortunate that I was stacking against a wall!

The weather has stayed beautiful – low 70’s during the day and 40’s overnight. Bear, Auggie and I think this is perfect for being outside…

…or relaxing inside.

A stellar weekend!