KARMIC CHAINSAW - There are a lot of trees on this property and they are becoming overgrown. This is NOT a task you do in one day, you break it down into smaller areas and do a section at a time. On Tuesday, I decided to work on the backyard and started trimming tree branches with a hand saw and a pair of loppers. It was very labor intensive so I asked Fearless Mom to mix me up a batch of the Evil Oil/Gas mixture so I could crank up the chainsaw.
Fearless Mom: "Oh...you know, I usually leave the chainsaw for your brother!"
Me: "Screw that! This is too hard with a hand saw, I need more power!"
So I cranked that sucker up and vroom, vroom! YEAH, CHAINSAW BABY! Give me something to saw through, vrrooom, vrroom, vrroom I love this thing. No tree will be spared, branches will fall, TREES WILL FALL! Give me something to cut baby! Psycho with a chainsaw coming through.
And then, the most horrible thing ever happened....in my overly zealous rampage with the chainsaw, I felled a tree that had a baby birds nest inside. I saw the poor little things, shocked, helpless, laying on the ground in a nest buried deep inside a dead tree limb. I felt like the worst person in the world.
"NO, NO, NO, NOOOOOOO!!!" I kept screaming but there was nothing I could do at that point. In less than 10 seconds I had destroyed the nest. Fearless Mom and I attempted to prop the tree branch back up but it was far too vulnerable and the next day, Lester confirmed my worst fears by scooping one of the babies out and dropping it down in the shed.
There was still one baby left and the mother had returned to the nest in an attempt to save it. As of yesterday afternoon (Friday) the bird was still alive and the momma bird was still going in and out. But last night at three in the morning, it started to pour down rain and I feared the baby bird would drown since the log is no longer standing upright and the hole is open to the sky. I ran outside in the middle of the night, flashlight in hand but another predator had killed the second baby.
I've put the chainsaw back in the garage and I am sticking to the hand saw. The way I see it, it's a great arm workout and no further innocents will get hurt.
I still feel like the worst person in the world!
Fearless Mom: "Oh...you know, I usually leave the chainsaw for your brother!"
Me: "Screw that! This is too hard with a hand saw, I need more power!"
So I cranked that sucker up and vroom, vroom! YEAH, CHAINSAW BABY! Give me something to saw through, vrrooom, vrroom, vrroom I love this thing. No tree will be spared, branches will fall, TREES WILL FALL! Give me something to cut baby! Psycho with a chainsaw coming through.
And then, the most horrible thing ever happened....in my overly zealous rampage with the chainsaw, I felled a tree that had a baby birds nest inside. I saw the poor little things, shocked, helpless, laying on the ground in a nest buried deep inside a dead tree limb. I felt like the worst person in the world.
"NO, NO, NO, NOOOOOOO!!!" I kept screaming but there was nothing I could do at that point. In less than 10 seconds I had destroyed the nest. Fearless Mom and I attempted to prop the tree branch back up but it was far too vulnerable and the next day, Lester confirmed my worst fears by scooping one of the babies out and dropping it down in the shed.
There was still one baby left and the mother had returned to the nest in an attempt to save it. As of yesterday afternoon (Friday) the bird was still alive and the momma bird was still going in and out. But last night at three in the morning, it started to pour down rain and I feared the baby bird would drown since the log is no longer standing upright and the hole is open to the sky. I ran outside in the middle of the night, flashlight in hand but another predator had killed the second baby.
I've put the chainsaw back in the garage and I am sticking to the hand saw. The way I see it, it's a great arm workout and no further innocents will get hurt.
I still feel like the worst person in the world!
Thursday was Doctor Day! I went to get a tetanus shot, which was free through the State of Illinois since we have so much flooding. Certain vaccines are given out liberally when something like a natural disaster strikes. The nurse asked me why I wanted a tetanus shot....
"No particular reason, it just seemed like a good idea" I told her.