News from Western MA

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Well, I am kind of used to having some land. I grew up spending much of my time at my grandparent's right up the street from this house. They had 5 acres. My parents now live there and have since bought the lot next door and doubled the size to close to 10. My stepdad is a workaholic and since retirement, has worked harder than ever making their land into a park of sorts. I've been forced (it's actually pretty fun) to help over the years building trails and bridges. Now he is in the process of turning the whole place into a grove getting rid of all deadwood and brush. You can hear his wood chipper running from the next town. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img] I have been fortunate enough to be able to avoid this project. I fear this nonsense is now in my blood though as I look over my prospective land and make similar plans. My stepbrother likes to recall a story from our childhood when we used to bring our camping trailer to a nine acre wood lot a few towns away for a "working" vacation. We were asked to please pick up all sticks and either bring them to the dump or burn them. Pop wanted no sticks whatsoever on the ground. My poor stepbrother responded with, "But dad, this is the woods."