Tree Gone

Well, they took the tree down last week. It all went pretty smoothly. Sidewalk came out on Monday. Tree came down and stump ground on Tuesday. The sidewalk went in on Wednesday and Thursday. And then on Saturday, I spent the day clearing the area and moving dirt with the neighbor, so that we could get grass planted. Of course, it ended up being the hottest day so far of our rather cool summer.

I guess it was quite a scene on our street on Tuesday when they took the tree down. They had the street closed and a whole fleet of cranes and trucks out. They didn't even let the branches hit the ground - just swung entire, giant portions of the tree into a big wood chipper. Kathleen got a pretty good picture...

With the tree gone, you can see our house clearly from the street. So, now we can see all of the other things that need work with our house. Time to think about a new roof. Oh... and that second front door. Who decided to put a second front door about 15 feet from our main front door? We're slowly correcting all of the bad decisions of the previous owners of our house.