Another day of yard work for "Mom"...

No more obstructed views, no more down, pine bark beetled trees, no more "islands" of weeds...  In the distance you can see the "brush pile" a 30x40x6 foot (that's 7200 cubic feet) pile of brush from the last 2 years of yard work.  THAT seems to be awaiting Churchville Fire Department's training burn in a week or two (fingers crossed). 

Many, many thanks to Steve H_____ for his 12 hours of work in helping to whip this problem. 

Along the way we found this little fellow in the mess beneath one pine bark beetle victim.  A little box turtle, he's now safely moved to a portion of the woods we've no intention of walking about.  He was a bit shy after I picked him up and moved him...