friday

I had 2 trees removed from my back yard yesterday. One of them was the old maple tree that sat next to the back end of my deck.
I t use to be a beautiful tree...................... it was one of the reasons I bought this house. I remember thinking how the boys could have such fun climbing it.................and they did. They also used to swing on the tire swing that we hung for them..........................................................but now the tree has become a huge, leaf shedding, limb dropping, siding rubbing on mine and my neighbors house........and my gutters are constantly full of crap.............I could have just trimmed the tree...........I think though that maybe it was dying..........and my yard just isn't big enough for a 50 year old maple. The decision is made and it's done with already.........I have a little bit of regret..........I probably should have just trimmed it....................I also had an old cottonwood tree removed. No regrets. It was ugly, and it, along with the maple, constantly shaded the yard keeping the lawn moist  making it impossible to have a pretty lawn.
So anyway, today I need to do some clean-up in my yard...............and that's it for work.     The rest of my day will be spent doing fun things like
 making  ribs for supper and hike the woods behind my house.