Whomever painted th’ picture as a cosy domestic
scene of husband - axe in hand, the wheelbarrow
and a determined look missed the obvious; this is
work called wood gathering; make no error, it is
not identification of leisure activity, and two hours
later all energy’s gone - enthusiasm spent. Sure it
isn’t exactly the same, in this instance there’s two
chainsaws, axe, handsaw, tractor & trailer: - now
that isn’t as homely or cute is it; but any less and
we’d still be felling the old tree by the dam. While
the idea can be appealing its only motivation is a
graphically expressed frigidity of frost-dead leaf 6
feet up the trees; if expressed as the ‘freedom’ of
living naturally - you’d need to get used to that!
© 22 July 2014, I. D. Carswell
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