New Look

We took down the big evergreen in our front yard on Saturday. Wish I had taken pictures. It went exactly as planned - always a big surprise! Our friend Curt came by with his chain saws, and took off limbs from the bottom up and Dan and I loaded the pickup. Oskaloosa has a tree/yard dump, so we could dispose of the tree easily. Curt worked his way up the tree and after a bit Greg and his friend Justin arrived. By then the top of the tree was ready to come down. It was roped, notched and with very little fanfare, came down just where we wanted it to. A little more chain saw action and no more tree. I counted the rings but only got 27 - I thought the tree has to be older than that. The front of the house is now visible from the street - no more streaking through the house!