Shortly after we moved in, one of our neighbors told us that one of the trees -- the one closest to the house and that provided amazing shade to the whole place -- had been struck by lightening a few years earlier. The previous owners had arborists come out and treat the tree, thin it out and hoped it would survive. This past year Tim & I had been noticing more often that after a rain the tree -- specifically where the lightening struck through the trunk -- would shed bark. And more & more & more seemed to come down after every rain (and every squirrel fight). Long story short, after having a few people leave cards and come assess the tree, it was determined that the tree was dying and it could take one good wind tomorrow or 5 years from now but the tree would come down. We decided to take control and have the tree cut down (as opposed to having it come through the windows of Bennett's new room).
Who would have thought cutting down a GIANT tree would take all day (and break two pieces of equipment in the process?)? The tree isn't totally down - the guys will be back later this week once the new parts are in - but I thought I would share some pictures of the process. I'll be sure to post before/after pics once the tree is totally gone {we plan to replace it with a new tree, but sadly it will never grow as large as the one we just lost}.
B&K had a blast watching the guys work on the tree. "What is the man doing, Mommy?", "Cutting the twee" and the best was when the guy went up to cut down some dead branches from our other tree. . . after every cut B&K would scream "MORE, Please!!!". Too cute.
The view from the playroom.
At one point B&K were taking pictures, too.
More Please!! (you can sort of see the dude up in the tree)
This is a piece where you can see where it was struck by lightening.
I'm confused, is this the tree right outside your front door where you had the flowers planted? Aw--hate to see the tree go, but better safe than sorry.
ReplyDeleteK is going to be a photographer. Maybe she can teach me how to use my DSLR :)
Sucks that you had to cut down such a great big ole' tree, but like you said, better to be safe than lose the whole front of your house.
ReplyDeleteLove the photographers!