Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The Forest Has Changed

The hurricane swept through Sunday.  We finally got power back yesterday afternoon.  I'm not even back to work yet, they still don't have power, either.  So I've been spending even more time out back in the woods.  Most of what fell was already dead, but we lost a huge elm, a pine, and a big limb off a red maple.  I've been trying to clean up the maple, because it landed on a smaller elm and trapped it bent over.

I'm going to keep a slice of the maple for a frame to make a drum, and I've heard that the bark can be used for dyeing.  I also have plans for some wood beads.

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