Mom is helping .... she’ll only be 92 next weekend :-) My brother took pictures of her working, couldn’t believe what she got done in 2 hours yesterday. She’s happier than a pig in a wallow because she has a BIG project to work on. I would like to have the front yard cleaned up by Tuesday - the couple is from our old church & have never been here before. The folks coming Sunday are relatives (cousin) & they have been here before so tree debris won’t bother them. My cousin’s dad was actually killed felling trees when my cousin was fairly young so he’s been nervous when I tell him we’re taking down trees. He’ll be happy to see trees on the ground & everyone still standing unhurt.
Beau lost a friend to a falling tree that way a few years ago. It was the brother of that same guy I told you about whose ex-wife was just murdered. :(
Not sure how much more that family can take! Yikes!
Years ago we took down a HUGE Cottonwood tree in the back yard that was dead on top and threatening to fall on our deck. That was quite the project and Beau got SIX bear ‘bait stumps’ out of that tree, that’s how HUGE it was.
We also took down the last remaining Ash tree in Wisconsin that same day. Emerald Ash Borer got it, but the thing keeps re-sprouting and refusing to die, so Beau is just letting it go to see what happens. He says he’s saving that ash wood to make himself a baseball bat, LOL!