Dawn Cracking

Husband and Fiorella are up and dressed at the crack of dawn. Ho-ho, ho-ho, it's off to work we go. Not to mine sparkling gems out of a dark cave while Snow White tidies up the house (ever noticed what a charge Disney heroines of a certain era got out of washing and cleaning?), but to chop cedar while Wendy Dog sleeps like--well--a dog.

Husband is armed with the chainsaw, and Fio, slathered with bug-repellent Skin So Soft, has her lopper in hand.

The cedar chopping is their contribution to the professional landscaping that's currently underway around the house. They're paying through the nose for it, and the more they do themselves, the less they bleed.