Death by Tree

Well, we finally have decided to enter the blogging world. We thought we would start blogging since we have a farm now. By the way, in case you did not know, we have a farm now, I will try to post some pictures of it later. I thought it would be fun to make the blog mostly about making a farm and all the things that go into it, the good and the bad. Of course, we will share other things from our life other than just farm things. I hope this will be a blog that is interesting, entertaining and keeps you informed of what is going on in our lives.

Here is the first story I wanted to share from the farm. Our farm consist of a very nice log home, 10 wooded acres, some outbuildings, and lots of ticks and chiggers. My first job to make our new place into a farm is to put up fence so we can get some animals. So, yesterday I was putting up fence post and clearing out a fence line. I was cutting down trees that were in the fence line and I decided to cut this tree that was dead. I started cutting it and when I had almost cut through the bottom, I began to push it so it would fall in the direction I wanted it to. When I did this, the top part of the tree broke off and fell down onto my head. It stunned me for a little bit but it did not knock me out, Margo saw the whole thing. My head is very sore today and hurts badly if I yawn, laugh, or smile big. I have always wondered when something like this happens if your life really does flash before your eyes. Not for me it didn't, here is what went through my head in that split second when it hit me and I thought it might kill me: "I am fixing to die and from a tree falling on my head, this would be the most crappy way to die ever, DEATH BY TREE" How lousy of a death would that be. At least give me a car crash or a homicide, or even better having my entrails cut out by my enemy while yelling FREEDOM. I am just worried that I have inherited my brothers accident proneness. Anyway I thought it might make for a good first blog entry. Here is a picture of what hit me square on the head. The tree that is still standing but leaning is the tree I was cutting and the piece of tree on the ground is what landed on my head, it is about 11 feet long and about 6 inches in diameter.