And They Did Go Forth and Labor...

We had told a few of our friends that our main tree in the front yard would have to come down sooner than later because it was at the end of its life and it had recently split all the way to the ground. With a few winds, it would be a danger to our house, possibly car, and the chance pedestrian. We asked if anyone was available, to come out for an hour or so on Labor Day morning.

 

Upon returning from Westfest on Saturday afternoon both our mouths dropped open when we drove up to the house and saw this...

 Yes, half of the tree lying on our lawn!  Tom, our friend and home teacher and Rich, another friend, had given us a head start!  We were so thankful!

On Labor Day morning, we with Tom and, our friend, Carter did, well, labor.  The chainsaw and loppers were out and in a little over an hour the branches were all stacked for removal later in the week and the limbs, in part, had been converted to firewood and stacked, and the rest awaited a new chainsaw blade.  It would have taken us all day without the help of our friends and we are grateful for their willingness to serve.

We will get to the rest of the tree later but for now we feel the chances of it suddenly splitting have been greatly reduced.