I took a walk on our farm today to survey the timber cutters who came to thin the pines my dad planted nearly 20 years ago.   They were too thickly planted and as a result, I have a bunch of tall, thin trees that are fighting each other for sun and water.  I always hate to see the way the equipment scars the land, but the crew working this thinning is actually doing a pretty good job, all things considered.   And the result will be bigger, happier trees.

The flip cameras I had to order for film scoring class came in today, so I took one with me and made a little video.  The musical underscore you’ll hear if you watch the video came with the software as “stock”;  –it’s definitely not music that I would have picked as being appropriate for a walk in the woods.