Chainsaw Massacre

In Spring, a young man's thoughts turn to chainsaws. The other one celebrated sending in his (hopefully final) draft of his proposal by cutting down some trees in the back yard. Mostly they were poplar and butternut that were shading my berry patch and fruit trees. Every year we plan to get rid of them, and every year we don't and then wonder why the peach tree keeps dying and the raspberries don't ripen. This is the first home reno work we have done since the dreaded ditch. (Which is still waiting for the electrical inspector coming on Wednesday, yeah right) We both are feeling the effects of work this Monday morning.
In addition to electricity, we are getting water in Habitant. Soon, we will have all the mod cons. These diggers have been working their way along the highway for two weeks and they are in front of our house this morning. This is the first stage of getting municipal water. They are putting the main line in first and then will come back and connect all the laterals to the houses. It should be finished by August, so we have a whole summer of dust and delays to look forward to, all so we can have water when the power goes off.