Pickup Sticks

A couple of nights ago, a few thunderstorms rumbled through our area and brought with them some very high winds. I heard up to 60 MPH. One of the beauties of living in a wooded area in the country is having strong winds bring down lots of dead sticks and small branches in the yard. This storm was no exception. In fact, this storm brought down more sticks and branches than I have previously seen in twenty years of living here.

So it was with great enthusiasm (joke) that I hooked up the trailer to the tractor and spent nearly a full day playing "Pickup Sticks". I suppose it's great exercise, but a thousand or so "bend-overs" feels a bit like over doing it. My back muscles told me so the next morning.