“You Need To Know When To Walk Away!”😅My Actifit Report Card: June 11 2025

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“You Need To Know When To Walk Away!”🥵
“And know when to run Lol!”😇
Silvertop have you met your match?☺️
Early every morning, I spend 30 minutes splitting a few more rounds of the six cords of firewood I finished chainsawing a few weeks ago.😅
Here is the link of this large log delivery below

https://ecency.com/hive-193552/@silvertop/actifit-silvertop-20250506t033549336z

So far…… every round of firewood that I have been splitting, cracks on the first or second blow of my Fiskers X 27 hybrid, splitting ax!☺️
Just about 30 minutes into today’s firewood Actifit workout, Silvertop picked up a ginormous Douglas Fir round!
My furry child Cot was watching Dad from a shady spot under a Big Leaf Maple tree!😻
With only one eye open, Cot was pretending to be sleeping…..😺
“Cot…. wake up son, watch this my boy!”💪
My ax slammed into this round with a sound that reverberated through the nearby forest!😮
Ohhh……. that didn’t even start a tiny crack!
This was actually the first “Problem” round that I have encountered in this stack of firewood!🙄
I have learned that if you can’t split wood in half, start by splitting around the outside circle of the offensive log!😇
As I started “Pealing” off sections of the sides, I started noticing branches inside the round, and a LOT of them!😳
30 more minutes passed, and progress was extremely slow, as I pulled chunks of wood away from the many hidden internal branches of this round !😅
A few years ago Silverware talked his neighbor into buying a gasoline, power log splitter………..
For many years Liz, and Silvertop would rent a splitter, and “Tag Team” on the weekend. The Mrs ran the hydraulic lever, and I would move rounds under and then out of the splitter as quick as I could!
It was a wild marathon to finish and get the rented splinter back quickly!
It was exhaustive work!🥵
So taking my time a little each day became “The” plan.☺️
Sounds travel very well through the forest……………….
“Cot, Jim will hear Silvertop pounding my metal wedges into this round and figure out that I am struggling!”🤔
“It’s a guy thing Cot Lol!”🤣
After an hour and a half, I was exhausted!
“ How about we come back out here early tomorrow morning Cot, no one will hear Silvertop pounding wedges Lol!”😇
Cot, closed both eyes, and rolled upside down!😻
“Cot by that I take it that you approve of taking a break for the rest of today!”😺
Hiking is so……much easier my friends Lol!
Till tomorrow Silvertop Mike 😊
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11/06/2025
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Daily Activity, Hiking, House Chores

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I remember another time.......when we didn't have the Fiskars........and I was the one out every day for 30 minutes splitting firewood rounds of Cottonwood, that we'd gotten for free when we lived in Colorado. I had 6 wedges and a long handled sledge. I would do fairly well and then it would happen! I'd get that one round that all 6 of those wedges would get 'wedged' in and I'd have to wait for you to get home from work to 'un-wedge' me!

I feel your pain, dear!🤗💜🌹😘😍

🙄
I remember, and Cottonwood doesn’t burn very good at all!😮

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just saw the log delivery and told myself, i will be just like cot sitting under the shade for this.

I have plenty of logs left to split come over and enjoy…. It’s great fun my friend Lol🤣😇😊

nah. you can do them all. i trust you

Lol…..😇🤣😊