Bill Tramel
@btramel.bsky.social
Former software guy; current tree farmer (Sand Branch Farm), sawmiller, Woodmizer LT35HD, I try playing chess (badly) when I have time. Two garden areas; wife has chickens.
Sand Point, MS USA
Sand Point, MS USA
Dad, are you going to move anytime soon?
December 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Dad, are you going to move anytime soon?
Cleo sleeping while I work in the shop. She’s good company and the noise does not seem to bother her.
August 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Cleo sleeping while I work in the shop. She’s good company and the noise does not seem to bother her.
Cleo the barn cat doing her best to keep me sane and focused on what’s important.
#barncat #CatsofBlueSky
#barncat #CatsofBlueSky
July 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Cleo the barn cat doing her best to keep me sane and focused on what’s important.
#barncat #CatsofBlueSky
#barncat #CatsofBlueSky
Freshly milled pine lumber ready for the air drying stack.
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
July 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Freshly milled pine lumber ready for the air drying stack.
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
Cleo on alert making sure I don’t miss anything!
June 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Cleo on alert making sure I don’t miss anything!
These Red Oak five quarter boards still looking fine on the air drying stack after about six weeks — currently still over 30% moisture content.
#Sawmill #SmallFarmLife
#Sawmill #SmallFarmLife
June 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
These Red Oak five quarter boards still looking fine on the air drying stack after about six weeks — currently still over 30% moisture content.
#Sawmill #SmallFarmLife
#Sawmill #SmallFarmLife
Cleo said she wanted to help me pick blueberries early this morning.
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Cleo said she wanted to help me pick blueberries early this morning.
So much sawdust. Wish I had a use for it. Other than as a big litter box for Cleo, the cat. When the trailer gets full I just go dump it on the Farm.
#sawmill #SmallFarmLife
#sawmill #SmallFarmLife
June 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So much sawdust. Wish I had a use for it. Other than as a big litter box for Cleo, the cat. When the trailer gets full I just go dump it on the Farm.
#sawmill #SmallFarmLife
#sawmill #SmallFarmLife
We both enjoy sitting on the deck, and taking in Mother Nature, especially on a beautiful day like today.
#sawmill #SmallFarmLife
#sawmill #SmallFarmLife
June 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We both enjoy sitting on the deck, and taking in Mother Nature, especially on a beautiful day like today.
#sawmill #SmallFarmLife
#sawmill #SmallFarmLife
June 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The carrots were harvested and put up last week. Will be prepping the bed for the next crop.
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
May 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The carrots were harvested and put up last week. Will be prepping the bed for the next crop.
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
Melons were planted just last week. They should be ready in July. Can’t wait!
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
May 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Melons were planted just last week. They should be ready in July. Can’t wait!
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
Potatoes in the ‘kitchen garden’ are looking good.
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
May 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Potatoes in the ‘kitchen garden’ are looking good.
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
The corn is coming up nicely.
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
May 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The corn is coming up nicely.
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
This is the one that my wife has been using for several years. She said she likes it a lot and costs around $160US at Tractor Supply.
April 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is the one that my wife has been using for several years. She said she likes it a lot and costs around $160US at Tractor Supply.
I unstacked a stack of air drying lumber today; now my lumber shed is about full. #sawmill #SmallFarmLife
March 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I unstacked a stack of air drying lumber today; now my lumber shed is about full. #sawmill #SmallFarmLife
Cleo keeps me more or less sane in these troubling times. Unfortunately, half the country has gone insane, with more being complicit. Yesterday, wife even had to put up with a gloating Trumpite tax payer in the volunteer tax work she does as a retired CPA; ie, FOR FREE — and she still gets grief!
March 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Cleo keeps me more or less sane in these troubling times. Unfortunately, half the country has gone insane, with more being complicit. Yesterday, wife even had to put up with a gloating Trumpite tax payer in the volunteer tax work she does as a retired CPA; ie, FOR FREE — and she still gets grief!
Received this from my Rep. Senator yesterday in response to my pleading (twice - first on Feb 1st, again in Feb 4) for him to do something about the Elon Musk government takeover. This shows that he thinks the constitution does not matter.
@donnerkay.bsky.social
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social
@donnerkay.bsky.social
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Received this from my Rep. Senator yesterday in response to my pleading (twice - first on Feb 1st, again in Feb 4) for him to do something about the Elon Musk government takeover. This shows that he thinks the constitution does not matter.
@donnerkay.bsky.social
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social
@donnerkay.bsky.social
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social
With all the bad stuff going on around me, Cleo does her best to calm me down.
February 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
With all the bad stuff going on around me, Cleo does her best to calm me down.
February 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
February 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sometimes in the mornings I like to sit beside my pond and contemplate about world events and the seeming continual “man’s inhumanity to man”. If I’m lucky, a family of ducks will fly in. I always feel better afterward.
February 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sometimes in the mornings I like to sit beside my pond and contemplate about world events and the seeming continual “man’s inhumanity to man”. If I’m lucky, a family of ducks will fly in. I always feel better afterward.
My father’s WWII medals. Now that we have a dictator and half the country are okay with that, it’s looking like what he and his buddies fought for went for naught.
February 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My father’s WWII medals. Now that we have a dictator and half the country are okay with that, it’s looking like what he and his buddies fought for went for naught.
A few of my wife’s chickens. We haven’t had to be concerned over the “price of eggs” in quite a few years.
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife
January 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A few of my wife’s chickens. We haven’t had to be concerned over the “price of eggs” in quite a few years.
#SmallFarmLife
#SmallFarmLife