Firewood

So there is an empty lot next door. Well the lot actually is not empty - it is full of trees, poison oak, and weeds. Receiving permission from the owner to cut down the dead oak tree, we preceded with caution as we pulled back the fence. Poison oak was everywhere near that tree. Jared came out with a garbage can, clippers, gloves, and dressed in a long-sleeved shirt and pants. I joined him later, cutting up stumps and thorny vines so we wouldn't trip on them coming out with the branches. And I spotted what I thought was a hairy vine intertwined in the tree. But in all actuality it was poison oak! What a heinous plant! We figure that it must have been created after The Fall.
Anyhow, after clearing all that we felt we were in danger of contacting, we had to figure out just how to get the branches down without killing all of the smaller trees that would grow up to fill in the tree we were taking out. That was a bit adventurous. Jared was cutting and we tied one of the big branches. I was to pull it my way so that it would fall in the "v" of the tree. You would have to have been here to see what I mean. It kinda worked and by the mercy of God, we were safe and no harm befell us. Sadly enough Jared still contracted poison oak...