Back into my normal routine now that I have been here in the Floyd area for a couple of days. Yesterday was spent running those errands that are hard to do while on the road, so the first thing on the list was a much needed haircut.
    On to some grocery shopping afterwards and then back to the farm to finish up a project I had started the day before.Wednesday I had gone out to a local farm store here in the Floyd area and picked up a new chain saw and assorted other gear. It's a Stihl 'Rancher' model with a 18" bar. It seemed like the best fit for what I need a saw for, though it was hard not to go for one that's 'bigger and better'. The important thing though, is that I now have the tools I need to go cut down trees and clear more of the old fence lines in the pastures.
    Getting home too late that day meant putting off any chainsawing, so it was on to another priority project on the list, which was the demolition of an old sheep shelter located near the house and right where the fruit orchard is to be planted. Put together out of odds and ends of lumber and some rolled metal roofing, the hardest part of the deconstruction was pulling all of the old nails out of the boards as they came off the structure. None of the wood is good enough to use for building anything new, but there may be some use for them as material for blocking or as some new bird houses. Either way it will all be reused until there isn't any more of it left.
   For now though, it's time for a little lunch and then outside for the rest of the afternoon.

*brk