We've received a check!

It was very interesting watching the buyer measure and price the logs according to size and quality.

He would call out board feet, and price, according to quality.  The walnut brought anywhere from 50 cents to $3 per board foot.

As he called out the numbers, this lady put it into some sort of calculating thingie.

He spray-painted where he wanted the loggers to cut the logs later.



The wind was horrible, but perhaps you can hear him call out the board feet and prices, a couple of times.  


Cliff and I had a certain sum in our heads, an amount we'd mention, saying, "It had BETTER bring at least that much!"  We got almost twice that much, so yes, we are happy.  We're splitting the money:  Cliff's half goes into his tractor fund, and my half goes into our emergency fund.   


A little icing on the cake:  Although we gave no instructions to leave any certain trees, there were none taken that I was in any way attached to.  

The two that used to stand in front of my cabin are still there.  See how they lean toward each other?  The one on the left is too small, and the one on the right was damaged.  So my two old Indian chiefs still guard the property.  

This tree wasn't one I was particularly attached to, but it looks rather nice standing there alone.  Loggers do not want trees that stand alone, because the trunks are so short up to the point where the branches start.  They like trees in the woods that grow tall, with no branches until far up the trunk.  

That's the reason they left these three trees, which are the ones I depend on for walnuts.  


We were surprised that they took one particular tree...

It's a tree that scores of relatives used for target practice over a period of several years.  It didn't bring a big price, but it was worth something.  

Logging

A very annoying local man with whom I've had dealings before came to us the other day, scouting out walnut trees for a logging crew to harvest.  Cliff talked to him about it, which is a good thing, because I usually end up angry after the guy says a couple of sentences.  
Anyway.  Cliff and I agreed that at our age, we could use the money more than we need the walnut trees.    

Those guys arrived before 8 A.M.  

I told them I'd be taking some pictures.  However, they started down at the bottom of our property, and I wasn't about to hike down there.  Cliff and I ate dinner at 11 and then went for a motorcycle ride, our first since the first half of October.  


Oh, we did see a little action first.  Take a look at my header picture, for example.  

It was exciting to see all that action taking place on our property.  

That guy dragged them all to the top of the hill and lined them up like so many lincoln logs.  As I type this, there are twelve laying there side by side.  There are more lined up in other places on the property.  

I'll have more to tell you tomorrow.