Projects

My guy is big on "projects."

He's had his "Joshua" list developing for quite some time. A "Joshua" list means projects for Josh to do when he gets here - on his vacation! The list didn't have "Gabe" or "Donnie"... just 'Joshua.'

Joshua noticed the list was growing once he got here.

Gabe and Donnie felt sorry for Joshua and pitched in... although sometimes Gabe's 'pitching in' was just when this blogger came out with the camera. But not always... everyone helped out.

One project was the shed...the wood shed. Now Pete had framed it - but that's as far as it got. Joshua spearheaded getting it completed. I think Gabe was 'supervising' Joshua's carpentry skills. Brothers...working together to help their Pops...and in turn, their Mom. I love it...so much.When this blogger came out with the camera, Gabe showed how HE was making sure it was level. You can see the seriousness of Joshua's face...notice who is holding the hammer?Now this ladder was close-by. Joshua kept his beverage on the top shelf. Oh yeah, Gabe put his beverage on the ladder too - but not on the top shelf.Other projects needed to be taken care of too. Um? Who is this orange-shirted guy under a Honda? It's Donnie. He got the car project taken care of... now it was ready to roll.

The wood in the driveway was a HUGE project. Ron's been collecting it, gathering it, cutting it in rounds, but not splitting it...and not carrying it around to the back. Of course, there was no wood shed to put in, so it made sense (to my guy) to leave it in the driveway.

All - every one of the MEN - worked on this project. They were all exhausted at the end of the day - exhausted with red necks.

Apparently, the MEN noticed the different techniques of log splitting. I didn't notice anything except how hard it looked. Here's Gabe...he's like the bull, I think.Maybe this is the "on the toes" technique..."Hey, not a problem...this is a piece of cake," says this he-man with his biceps bulging.The audience is enjoying this lumberjack show.I think Gabe was contemplating the best angle to attack this round of wood...
Um, will he make it?Gabe is strong... he got fed up with the ax and just decided to RIP that wood apart. "Who needs equipment to split wood? I'll just use my hands!"My guy did his share of splitting...but someone had to haul the wood around back and put it into the finished wood shed.Even Thalia helped haul ... oops! Well, she hauled a lot of wood, and maybe one or two loads took a spill.Now Donnie is an engineer. That plays in to his technique. He calculated the best trajectory ... he aimed...He looked at the aerodynamics of the maul flying through the air and hitting its target...Mission accomplished... yep, that was Donnie's technique .Whoa! Look at that maul fly!From what I was told, Joshua's technique was just FAST... he just hauled off and split the wood. I guess maybe that's why I don't have any pictures of him splitting ... he was just too fast. But Joshua does everything... he even helped haul it around to the new shed.Erica also hauled a LOT of firewood...but I didn't get a photo - rats! She worked hard ... and long!And then there was Pete... he came over - with Ozzy - to visit...not work, although he would have if we had asked - but he came over to hang out a while. When he saw me with the camera, he hussled over and 'hid' behind the grill. Ha! That's what he thought!

Yep, projects are big at the Johnston house!