Timber . . .

As you all know a few months ago we bought a house that really needs some TLC - (and that's a very kind way to put it!) We have been working on the almost .5 acre yard since we moved in and have cut down many of the smaller trees ourselves. However, we have gotten to a point where we could no longer muscle through the work alone. So we hired our good friend Tommy Lowry, who has come to cut for us before, to take down the remaining "forest" that we like to call home. As I looked over the yard in the morning hours before Tommy's crew came - I fell in love with those huge living organisms and the sun streaming throught their branches. However, now that it's done I really love it!

This is the front yard right before Tommy and his boys came.

Dakota was careful to put a sign on each and every tree instructing the workers exactly what to do with it. (We have a fireplace and Dakota builds us a fire at my mere suggestion of it!)

And this is the backyard.

Here is the mass destruction that Tommy's crew can do in only a few short hours. I wish I could accurately describe the enormous earth shaking, and house rumbling boom that is heard each time a tree falls. It really is kind of an incredible experience.

And so we had picnic by the windows during the mornings, and put our coats on to watch a little closer in the afternoons. Bently thought he was in heaven watching the big machinery, trucks, and loud saws!

And that is just the beginning of many more hours of work in our yard. But we truly enjoy it and the kids are quick to grab their toy rakes and shovels to help! In the meantine we dream of soft green grass and a playground. Someday . . . someday . . .