Good-Bye Trees

A few weeks ago we learned that they would soon start building a house on the lot next to ours. We have lived in our house a year now. Our house is at the end of the road on a cul-de-sac and our house is the only one there. Our house is surrounded by woods....or it was until now. We have enjoyed a some what "country" feel while still living in town.

This past Friday they took down some of the trees and then came back Wed.-through today to finish the job. Wednesday, I was outside with the boys while they were taking down the trees. They have a chain saw for the larger trees (which I just learned they then use for the trim and doors for the houses) and a bob-cat to knock down the small trees. The small trees they send through a chipper, which is rather loud. The boys were playing and watching the trees come down. I was pulling weeds and keeping an eye on the boys.

The chipper didn't have any trees to chip up at the time but was still running and I could faintly hear Andrew talking, but where was he? He wasn't near Carson. I walked to the side of the house where they were working and wasn't surprised to see Andrew there talking to two of the men. He was telling them that they couldn't take down our trees and that it wasn't very nice! No fear! (well except apparently at night, since he still ends up in our room at some point during the night!) I apologized and told Andrew once again that they aren't our trees, though we have really enjoyed them and the wonderful late afternoon/evening shade they provide.

The only windows on that side of the house are our bathroom window - which is that opaque like window that you can't see through and then in the back part of the house, our sun/playroom. And now we have much more natural light coming into our bathroom & bedroom with the trees down. Perhaps we will have some great neighbors, with playmates for Andrew & Carson or maybe a teenager that would like to babysit. The boys will enjoy watching the building process I am sure. Now, if I can just keep them contained to our lot!

Carson & Andrew watching from the sun/playroom as the trees fall.

Front view of our house a few weeks ago...

Side view from the back yard a few weeks ago

Current side view from back yard

Current front views

I was enjoying the slightly cooler weather, with the AC off and the windows up but with the work over there it was very loud and dirty! The chipper sent really tiny particles flying through the air as well as dirt and dust when the trees fell, which we don't need in the house. So windows are shut, AC back on. They were able to leave a few trees between the lots, which we were grateful for but a lot of the trees weren't very nice by themselves. They were small or leaned a lot. Perhaps these pictures don't truly demonstrate how much they actually took down, trust me, it was a lot!



Stay tuned....Gator pictures to follow! Andrew doesn't know we have it yet, we wanted the battery charged up before he knew we got one. It is currently tucked under our deck.