The Lumberjacks Arrive!

Gene and Charisse came by with Matt and Sarah to cut down a large dead tree in our lawn.  What a relief... that tree (right behind our daughter's playhouse was a scary looking thing that desperately needed to come down).  The first question to be resolved... where should it land (if we can get to fall where we want it to fall)?  We decided to let it crash onto the street, so the road was blocked off and the work began.

Right there in the center of the picture is the dead tree

An attempt is made to hand winch the tree (it didn't work... oh well)

The first cut is made

When a professional does the work, it looks as easy as slicing a pizza

and now a cut on the back side

Timberrrrrrrrr!  Great job Gene!

Hooray!  The tree is down!