NOT ON YOUR LIFE!!!!

Big retrograde renewal, rejuvenation, and regeneration was the name of the game recently for our blessed 108 yr. old ash tree that graces the dining room patio and main yard. We noticed that there were various dead and smaller sucker limbs then 2 weeks ago after a torrential rain and windstorm, an 8” inch diameter limb came tumbling down indicating a doc appointment with the gentlemen at Bob’s Tree Service was in order.

No dillydallying for these professionals as furniture was moved, 1” woven nylon lines were placed, and one man donned his harness armed with a chain saw and long- handled saw deftly grabbed the main trunk and shimmied quickly up and across to the limbs nearest the front. In the following images he was about 20’ above the ground.

Beneath, the debris gathered and he continued his cutting and climbing towards the house and the back of the yard.

The ground crew dragged all the trimmings to their mobile chipper and in it all went. The resulting din caused Fiona Papillon to beat feet!

Within a mere 3 hours, these amazing men cleaned and spruced our oldster and opened his canopy to a fare-thee-well. We expect to see monumental changes in that yard with now some much more opportunity for sunshine. I promise you could nearly hear the tree breathing his thank-yous. You will have to experience the changes in person as the images don’t begin to capture the transformation. May he, the ash tree, thrive another 108!