Trimming Our Trees

 Our nephew Derek brought a crew with him to clean up some trees on our property. It was amazing to see what they could do! Derek came with his dad, Delbert, his friend, Don, and Delbert's grandson, Jackson.

 Jackson was the "tree climber" who cut all of the limbs. He left sections of limbs in order to climb the tree and maneuver around. When he was finished with the tree, he cut these limbs close to the tree as he descended.

 We have been concerned about this tree above our house for some time. Derek said it was a healthy tree and he didn't think we needed to be concerned about it coming down in a storm. We were glad to get the limbs away from the house, though. Perhaps you can tell from the sky that there was a storm coming. Right after all of the guys left, it began to pour down rain and blow hard!

 It looked like hard work up there!

 Derek, Delbert, Bill, and Don kept the limbs cleaned up under the tree. I helped a little as well.

 Jackson took the limbs off of another tree in our field that was quite a mess. Several limbs had broken during past storms, and it was nice to see it all cleaned up.

This is not something you would catch me doing!