Felling the Trees

These photos are pretty much self-explanatory, 

but I do have a few comments to make.

Baptist men who are part of a 

Disaster Relief Group and trained to

remove trees came to our rescue.

The G-man is discussing with the groups leader

what trees should come down.

The ones chosen are in danger of falling

on our house.

In all, 13 trees were cut and removed to the roadside

over a two day period.

The man operating the skid-steer loader was able to 

pick up the debris and move it to

the road for eventual pick-up by the county.

We are so thankful for this service because

it would have been extremely expensive 

for us to have hired someone to

remove all these trees.

Just last week the tree service folks who

were hired by the electric power company

that services our area came and 

removed another 20 or so trees that

were in danger of falling on power lines.

Thankfully this beautiful tree beside our patio

is still healthy.

It was not damaged by the fires.

We have close to 20 trees in our immediate yard 

that should be okay.