32F by 11am, with shimmering cloud and a bone-chilling, gusty wind, warming up to 36F by 1pm and more sunny. Update: 36F with clear skies by 3pm.
© J.N. Urbanski 3.30pm
© J.N. Urbanski 3.40pm
Daily Catskills: 02/05/16
UPSTATE DISPATCH
exploring country life like an urbanite
My father, uncle, and grandfather cut trees with a two man crosscut saw on our farm in the upper Red Kill valley in days of yore. My father told me that they cut hard (you flatlanders would call them sugar) Maple up to 5′ feet in diameter. They drew them out to the skid way in log length (called a landing, these days) with a team of Belgian work horses Love the bench in the excellent image you shot, Jenny Neal. I can veritably feel the heat emanating from that fireplace when lit; nice stonework, too!