LUMBERMAN ~

( 1910 )

LUMBERMAN

 


My father —
 
An old lumberman now
 
Tells me a little yarn about one
 
Of our descendants who were all
 
Sawmill owners and loggers and
 
How Grandfather Henry when he was
 
Cutting off Mt Greylock for his mill and
 
For the state of Massachusetts carving a
 
Road out to the mountain’s summit also
 
Worked over one landowner for most of
 
One night about a particular oak tree he
 
Wanted and left quite pleased from his
 
Visit with the man because he was given
 
Permission to cut the tree he had already
 
Earlier in the day cut down




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 © Bob Arnold

 

 it's one of those things

 

 

 

Bob and Susan Arnold

WORKING THE AUTUMNAL WOODS
Vermont

Here we are / here you are

setting up the villa of bucked stumps to hand-split, all rock maple






taking care of our son's puppy Junior Pilot, a kiss






a full tree split, stacked cairn, walk the ground






tools of the trade & helper





an apple a day....






in the bowl of sunshine





maple splits & a little beech added in



finis




all photographs by Bob Arnold except where he appears, then Susan Arnold took over. October woods c/o of Vermont. Planet Earth. No cellphones, no roads, tell time by the sky. Wood cut and split for winter 2011.