Logging Front Row Seat

Icemageddon took out hundreds of our trees including several old growth firs behind the house. Today loggers started to salvage the giants. The dogs and I had front row seats from my office.

 The yellow is the skidder.

Before last winter, the trees and their branches were so dense you could not see the forest floor let alone the sky on the horizon. Now the skidder dragging logs can easily be seen against the sunlit forest foliage.

 Koyuk at her view point.

 Trask chose the shade in the 90 degree heat.

 Something caught Trask's eye.

Cedar chose to watch from the dog couch. She seemed to get a kick out of Koyuk choosing her backside to sit on for a better view.

After the loggers had gone for the day I spotted a swarm of bees over 100' high and 10s of feet wide between our yard grass area and the woods. .

The loggers must have displaced them. Years ago a similar swarm chose our unused fireplace chimney to set up home. After a bee keeper removed the swarm and it's honey, I put a metal plate covered with cement over the hole. These guys are not going to find a new home there again. But I do wonder where they took up residence.

The dogs watched the swarm from a respectful distance.

Cedar's face is healing but I am afraid she will retain the scars from her attack.