Firewood for Winter

Days are getting shorter in the southern hemisphere as autumn advances and the leaves begin changing colors. A common sight on the roads these days are huge trucks loaded with logs destined to be chain sawed into short cylinders, split into manageable pieces, and delivered to homes throughout the country. We received our delivery just the other day, and now it has all been stacked up in our woodshed. The next step is to split these huge hunks of wood down to a size that will fit into our woodstoves. No one has ever heard of a hydraulic log splitter around here. Fortunately, our jardinero, Juan is assured of employment throughout the winter as he shifts his efforts from mowing lawns and weeding flowerbeds to providing the daily supply of stove fuel with his mighty axe.