Splitting logs

Last week on my day off David went out to split some of the logs he had waiting in the wood shed.  I wanted to watch a bit as he normally does this when I am at work.  Let me say, he makes it look A LOT easier than it really is.  There were quite a few logs that he and the kids had brought over from the forest previously.

He uses a maul to split them.

I tried and tried to snap a pic at the perfect moment so you could see the log splitting.  But every pic comes out looking like this one:

It was fun to watch because it looks like the log just jumps apart.  Like I said, he made it look easy, so I wanted to give it a try.

No, I couldn't be bothered to fix my hair, put on some makeup or even change out of my PJ's.... It was my day off!

Let me just tell you, that maul is HEAVY!  It was really all I could do to hang onto it... and yet all I got for my trouble was a disappointing thud as it landed on top of the log... barely making a dent.  No magical flying apart of the wood... no logs jumping out of the way to avoid the strength of my hit. 

I think I even heard it laugh.

Thankfully I have David to teach those logs who is boss, and provide us with warmth this winter.  That first stack above is three deep... I had to hold the camera up over my head to get a shot looking down on it.

David split some more and started a new row along the back of the wood shed.

He has since finished up all those rounds that were in the pics, and filled it back up with some more needing to be split.  We are going to be toasty this winter.