My friend Fred Dawson came over yesterday and we cut a bunch more dead elm trees for firewood. This is most of it.

Dead Elm Firewood

Susan is very happy now that we have a wood store again … she likes to be warm!

Why we do this

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving. Last night was our first real hard frost of the fall. Fitting perhaps that the wild turkeys were out in the field when I went to take a picture this morning.

Frosty Field & Wild Turkeys on Thanksgiving

Rather than just post the picture I figured I’d create a “View from the Farm” post. This was the view out the window this morning

Wild Turkeys in the Field this morning

These turkeys have been hanging around for about the past month. I’ve also seen a larger group with smaller turkeys, which is heartening. Last summer we had several groups of mothers and chicks but not this year.