Tree's A Crowd

We were inside taking a break when we heard a very VERY loud CRACK! and a crash. Looking out the window we saw what looked to be a large branch that had broken off a pine tree and fallen into the dog yard.

A closer look showed it had fallen on the fence as well and appeared to be an entire tree.



Looking up we saw it wasn't an entire tree, just most of the top half, with another piece still hung up.

Fortunately we have a chainsaw and we have cut it up into more manageable pieces. We also stapled the wirefencing back into place, but we do have to wait for the fence people to figure out how to replace the broken rails.

click on any of the broken branches to enlarge the picture

Where's Waldo's Mailbox

Our mailbox is across the street from the house. This is the view of it from our driveway.

I spent my day off this week clearing snow off the front of our roof, as much as I could reach, which was a lot, with the new roof rake Carrie bought me. Then we had a couple of days of above average temperature and melted all the rest off. At least on the front, so I'm still glad I worked it. the back still has a bunch, mostly over the porch where it doesn't get the house heat.

A couple of days of cold weather and more snow on the way. We were hoping we would have it by now so we could both be home to clear it away. But, no, it's now supposed to be hitting us Monday, when we'll both be at work. Eight to twelve inches.

snow trouble et al

Some more pics from the recent snow. Click on each to upgrade to big size.

In order these are: the front of the house as seen from the yard, our neighbor to the north's barn, our southern neighbor's back yard, the road in front of our house.

Tree-mendous

Also on Tuesday we stopped by to see Herbie, the largest elm tree in New England at 110 feet high and 20 feet around. It's also pretty old with an approximate age of 235 years.