There is no doubt now, that Autumn is in the air here in the Antipodes. The need for firewood is becoming urgent. We are looking for "Hazardous Trees", anything that could end up on the road in winter storms. One of the great perks of the job is the fact that with machinery and trucks it is possible to get a winters supply in minutes. Sadly most of the trees that can cause trouble are of the willow family and not much good as firewood. Over the fence, however, is a dead standing Lawsoniana, and we have a wheeled digger & loader working just down the road after Easter. A little coordination and a box of beer should see the job right.
···Of course Autumn here means Spring in the Northern Hemispere;
"About this period of the year there is, all over the Union, or at least all over the Northern States of the U.S., a general repairing of roads. The frost is fairly gone. The scars the snow and winter torrents have left on highways have to be removed. The season for riding has fairly set in, and ways have to be made safe and pleasant for the great swarm of buggies, wagons, rockaways, barouches, gigs, and chaises, which issue from their winter hiding-places as soon as the spring mud has dried. The roadmasters, contractors and selectmen accordingly go to work with great zeal and assiduity to put the public high ways in order, and the way in which they attempt to do this is so extraordinary that nothing but long habit prevents the public from enjoying its absurdity."
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