TIMBER!!!!!!!!

Saturday - September 19, 2009

During the last two weeks we have seen a big change in our landscape around the house. We had
several large trees on our property, especially in the back. We had been thinking about getting some of the larger ones cut down while trimming back the others. The opportunity came in that our neighbor had contacted someone to cut their trees, so Bill approached "The Timber Man" and our trees were to also be taken care of within a matter of weeks.

Some have asked why cut the trees down in the back when it was the trees in the front that caused our waterline to break. We love the maples in the front, and the problem with the waterline was taken care of without having to cut the trees down! The trees in the back were huge. They were starting to weight down our storage building. The last couple of winters, between the snow and ice, we were afraid the trees would come bearing down on the building and even possibly on the end of the house.

So, the time was right; the opportunity was there; therefore, we took advantage and had the trees in the back cut down, and the ones in the front trimmed back. The following pictures will show what was and now what is!!!!!

A view of the trees in the back this past winter! Notice how they hang over and on the building!

One of the pines right before it was cut down!

They trimmed the lower limbs of the pine, leaving a potential Christmas tree on top! :):)

. . . and there it goes . . .

. . . the second pine has now lost its lower branches . . .

. . . they counted this as one tree . . . hmmm . . .

. . . the "Timber Man" using his safety rope while trimming some of the upper branches . . .

. . . looks like a couple of the sections are now gone . . .

. . . missing are three pines and most of the huge tree on the right . . . hey . . . there is a house outback . . . :):)

This is the "one" huge tree that was cut - notice the number of stumps, plus the car axle embedded in the trunk on the left.

. . . all our trees in the back are now gone . . . the ones you see are on the other side of the RR tracks . . .

These are the maple trees in the front yard. Notice how full and low the limbs are!! Had to watch our heads when mowing!!!!!

There's our "Timber Man" cutting back the limbs . . .

. . . and here they are with their new look . . .

. . . a view of the house from the road with our much needed trimmed maples . . .

. . . now when I decorate, it can be seen . . . ;)

. . . ahhh, my geese can now watch the traffic - Mr. Yankee Doodle and MS Marshall!!!!