Timber!

On Monday afternoon, a whole bunch of equipment showed up

on our yard...ready to remove our 4 trees on Tuesday!

(3 of which were infested with Ash borers and the other leaning questionably)

one last picture of our leaning tree on our side yard

(the tree on the back left was also getting removed)

Of these three backyard trees, the one on the right

and the one on the left were removed,

leaving just the SUPER LARGE maple in the middle.

side view, one in front and the one in the back going to be removed 

I came home from school on Tuesday, to this.

The worker wanted to keep all the firewood for himself.

The girls standing where the leaning tree was 

We watched them trim the last of this one down -

he went ALL the way up to the top for that limb!

They left the trees like this to finish later since it started to rain.

What a mess!

Thankfully they cleaned it all up later very well.

Most of the branches went through the Vermeer wood chipper 

and the big chunks were made into firewood. 

The girls had fun climbing around all the down logs.

Since it rained all Wednesday, they came back to finish on Thursday!

Too bad the ground was still soft, and ruined our side yard

and back yard with all their equipment.

Here is a view of our side yard - we feel VERY EXPOSED 

to the neighbors on the left without the two trees dividing our space. 

side yard - different angle

Here you can see where the two trees were - creating a bit more sunlight 

close to the house, but we still have most of the backyard shaded,

just now with much less leaves! 

This tree we won't miss too much since it was totally dead anyway

and in the middle of the backyard. 

A few thousand dollars later, and the project is complete!