Yard Work

My friend Barb had me do some yard work at her place to clear up some broken tree branches and other storm debris. I had purchased a small electric chain saw just for this job, but I neglected to bring my pole saw, which would have been handy. Fortunately I at least did bring a hand saw, and Barb had some wooden poles and scraps of wood that I was able to screw together to form a pole saw. First I only used one pole and got a branch from a small oak, but after getting that branch, I saw another broken branch above it. After a moment of disbelief at what I was about to do, I went ahead and added additional length to the makeshift pole saw. With the additional weight, it actually made sawing off this second branch easier, since the weight pulled down on the blade and all I had to do was push it back up. Well, after the second branch was down, a third even higher branch was revealed and I repeated the same process as before. I stared in disbelief, and then added an entire second pole. I really struggled to get it up to the third branch, but I finally did, and it was so much easier after that.