Burning can be a good thing

It was the perfect day for a controlled burn. It had rained and cooled somewhat but the leaf litter was very easy to catch on fire. There are lots of invasive honeysuckle and this helps clean things up significantly. We should have lots if green grass sprouting up in the coming weeks. The kids get to have a camp out and we get to sleep in our beds after washing all of the smoke in a nice warm shower.

The 4 wheeler has been a blast. It used to be so thick here we could not get a tractor through and now we easily stroll through the trees. We imagine that we can hear them breathing a sigh of relief because they have room to spread their branches.

The trees are spiritual. They were created in spirit before they were created here. I love knowing that. I love being out here. It's my little corner of heaven, even though we hear the pack of coyotes yipping and howling as the sun goes down.