Thank you Dallas Tree Surgeons

So ...we made the decision to finally take down the cedar tree. I believe it was planted in the 50's and since our neighbor's twisted and fell through the fence and into our yard this spring (nearly missing G's newly built shed...lucky, lucky boy.), we decided that we should take care of this one before it created damage to our house or the neighbors. It was a hard decision since it really provided the only shade in our yard, as well as home for some wildlife. But near the bottom on one side sounded "full", the other side sounded "hollow" and there was some fungi growth there near the base (covering the hollow area) gave us concern. As well as an old stress fracture that would not have bode well with the corner of our house and the pool...so, before any high winds were to make a decision for us, we decided on Saturday (or was it Sunday?) that we better get someone to come out and do the job for us.

Let me say something about Dallas Tree Surgeons, they are fabulous! We had used them before to grind a tree stump down in our yard as our pool was being built. And they were quick and very reasonably priced. SO, when it came time to take care of this tree...I dug up our invoice and found their information again.1. Stump and Chips, 2. More than a trim, 3. First Cut: OUCH!, 4. Working up., 5. Starting to see the message!, 6. It's last word...Love., 7. Broken Hearted, 8. Fade away, 9. A little on top., 10. The last bit., 11. Excellent at what he does., 12. A Professional, and worth every penny!, 13. Leave for Hammock

It was the weekend and they had an online request form that made it so easy to submit! It saved me time, knowing that they would call us first thing Monday... and they did, in fact they sent Chuck out for an estimate, again reasonable, for taking the tree down and haul away.
We set a "to do by" date and within two days...they were on the job! Very professional, they took care in our yard with our plants and landscape lights...they cleaned up after the job fabulously!
And they billed me online after the job so we could get that taken care of easily!

Yeah, can you tell we would recommend them to anyone!!!

I hope I didn't make them nervous. I took pictures of the whole operation, because I document everything done to the house and I wanted subject matter to work on as I try to cut my teeth on "stills to video" production. And I wanted to watch! I learned a lot. The team was great, but that guy in the tree...OMG!!! He was unbelievable!!!!

Ok...enough for now...gotta go make money to pay for this! Sorry to see the tree go, but it was a preventative measure and Dallas Tree Surgeons, made it as painless as possible!

Cardoon...can you see the bee?

Cardoon...can you see the bee?
Originally uploaded by shepoots

So, here was a quick pic of the cardoon that has bloomed. We have two large plants outside and they LOVED this cool spring...but now the heat is here and they are really thristy. Two blooms this week. Look at the middle left edge of the pic. Do you see the bee? He is coming in for a landing!

Go do your thing Mr. Bee!

A poster effect on this pic of Vegas...pretty cute.

Now, if she only stood that still in real life!

And things are rolling along. I am working to get my speed up on some graphic techniques while trying to work on Greg's website also.

Cool stuff. So much to relearn.
And then...there's the laundry, dinner, shopping and so on.

So...I promised myself that I would get a good night's sleep, since I was up to 3:30 am. But I did win some money at the poker game!