Today I finally got around to a job I have been promising to do for a very long time. Over time a bunch of limbs have fallen out of the trees in Mom’s yard. She asked me if I could trim them up for her so she could put them in the lawn waste yardy for the city to pick up curbside. Karen said, “Let’s do it!” so we loaded up the chainsaw, saw horses and the nipper. We set up shop out back and started cutting the limbs. I trimmed out the big ones with the chain saw while Lisa and Karen cut up the smaller branches with the nippers. After a while they would hold the end of the bigger branches for me so cutting them was safer.
Some time ago Mom said she thought she would buy herself a chainsaw. Just like Karen’s sister Sue. In both cases we said “Absolutely not!!!” So today I gave Mom a chance to get that foolishness out of her system. We set every thing up. I had her practice without the saw’s motor on. Then when she thought she was ready I started the saw up and handed it over to her, running around the end to document the moment with my camera. She said she wanted to have a look of resolution on her face, which maybe she was able to do, or maybe it’s a reflection of abject fear. She liked it enough that she actually cut TWO logs, but found the saw fairly heavy. Lisa wanted a turn too. We set things up again and she trimmed off her piece of firewood. She said she was glad she had given it a try but did not see a need to ever do it again in her life.
So you be the judges, resolve of fear?
I see it as resolve! You go girls. . . but with supervission.
Send Mom and Sue over to my place…I’ve got lots of timber to cut up! Chainsaws are pretty scary, though, and they are wise to be at least a little bit afraid.
Was that in preparation for the Halloween chain saw incident?
Karen is the bravest!
If I had not broken my knees by falling off the motorcycle, I could so chainsaw rings around you guys. Way to go Paddy and Lisa!