Bring Down That Tree

For most of the 11+ years we've lived in our house we have wanted the tree next to our house gone. It drops sap on our vehicles half the year and pine needles that end up in the house the other half!

So finally after all those years we decided to take the tree down. While there was some sadness of removing a tree which is a part of God's nature, there was happiness at the thought of no more sap or pine needles! 

It was quite the operation since it was such a huge tree! But the guys who took it down were amazing and made it look easy! 

Above is a picture of how they brought the big limbs down. 

We have our very own palm tree! 

The interesting thing was the tree was 38 years old which means it began to grow after the house was built.

 

I thought these are great pictures of how the fibers of a tree grow. 

The crew did a great job cleaning up and leaving us lots of work to do....

A least we'll have a few years of heat!