Grandmother Oak Part last

Ground crew was busy with all the fallen limbs...I won't take pictures of a chipper.  I had to listen to it going for 2 whole days.  There's a certain whine in its motor that sets my teeth on edge.

The view Wed. morning, and with the sun behind the cutter, it was a bit hard to take pics of his work.  Notice the garbage hasn't been picked up.  Beech St. is a one truck street, and the garbage truck has to back up it, 'cause there's no room to turn around at the top.  The chipper truck was blocking half the street, so I wondered if we'd get any garbage pick up...but after the chipper left, the great collection truck did arrive.  They don't get enough credit in my mind, for a job that's very important in our lives.  Just think what it would be like without garbage pick up.  But I digress...

He's looking down as a limb falls.  I tried without much luck to catch one as it fell.

Wish I had stayed out there to see the final top part go...but I did have other things to do.

Grandmother oak, part 2

Yes, there's more to fall.  Continued tomorrow.  And I think I'll have a bit higher resolution on the photos...these are a bit small!  For such a large subject!

A neighborhood grandmother oak goes

Across the street have been many construction workers and different kind of motors rumbling for several weeks.  Today chain saws woke me up.

And there was, high in grandmother oak, a man with ropes and chain saw.  I guess since the truck in front of it must be 12 feet tall, the oak is around 150 feet tall.  As the day went on, I would poke my head out and take a few pictures.  At first I hoped he was just cutting deadwood.  Now after about 8 hours, I'm pretty sure the whole thing will be chopped into moveable lengths by time he's finished

So here's the beginning to the middle...

They took a break at noon, and I went to a meeting.  Then the rest of the afternoon will be continued on my next post (tomorrow!)