Cutting down the tree

Al took these shots of a friend of ours who took down a tree that was too close to the cottage.
Quite a shot isn't it? We are so grateful to have it down. Thanks Bob!

It was a huge tree, but we did not think of taking pictures until the last. Al was really busy on the ground, either holding ropes and directing where the limbs fell, or cutting them up with his chainsaw. Quite a task! Yesterday he even delivered it (two trailer loads full), to our good friends from the Ukraine to use for firewood since we don't have a fireplace here.
The front yard is such a mess now. Before we moved in the owners put in a good drainage system, which was buried right across the front and along the side of the house. All we have there now is mud, rocks and roots, especially since it poured today =). Then we were also supposed to get a new septic system put in before we moved here, but it did not get started until last week.
It really is amazing how huge a project it is - just for two people to go to the bathroom, take showers, and clean dishes and laundry. The tanks that are being put in are enormous, then there were I don't know how many truckloads of gravel, piping etc for the huge drain field. Then all this is connected by yards and yards of more pipe, not to mention electricity for the pump. Incredible (I'll try to take some pics tomorrow - I did not think of blogging about our septic system before now)