The HOA hired a tree company to clear out the dead trees behind the condos.
There were a lot of dead trees
and brush grown up around them.They got right to work on Tuesday morning.
View from my deck
There was a lot of machinery and a lot of activity all day. I was amazed at how fast they could whiz around with the machinery. It did kind of look like prehistoric dinasaurs gobbling up the vegetation.
In the evening there was one very confused looking squirrel running back and forth. I hadn't seen a squirrel in the back before but he must have had a nest and store of winter nuts in one of the dead trees.
He looked pretty frantic.
By Wednesday early afternoon the work was done. I am not sure if the plan is for expanded lawn or if new trees will be planted. I am also not sure that the view has been all that improved during the day, but we do see an expanded sunset and a much better view of the night sky.
I will say the work crew did their job very well though. They knew what they were doing and seemed to do the work with quite a professional attitude.
I live in the very last residential neighborhood at the very edge of town. Above is the west view of my Westview address. There is traffic noise and a train that goes through a mile down the road during the night. I am three miles from the airport and the air national guard. With so many trees gone I wonder if I will still wake up to the sound of cardinals greeting the day. This morning it was the whooshing puffs of an air balloon going overhead.
The other three directions have views that would make one think I live way out in the country with an occasional hot air balloon drifting by.
Feeling a bit sorry for your squirrels and cardinals. Hope those trees and shrubs weren't a noise barrier but at least fire danger is gone.
ReplyDeleteGlad you still have 3 sided country views and the occasional hot air balloon.
Dead trees are great food for many animals. And new trees being replanted will help save the earth, but I know I am whistling against the wind.
ReplyDeleteYeah, like Tabor, I wonder if this is an improvement. I guess the dead trees are a fire danger, but to many creatures just lost habitat and the view, well, that's a matter of taste, I guess.
ReplyDeleteMan, that was a pretty serious tree trimming. I'll be curious to hear if the view/sounds from outside are improved.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to have professional tree trimmers who know what they are doing. Good job in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI hope they replant with trees. I'm sure the squirrel will find a new nest, but hopefully it isn't the attic of someone's condo.
ReplyDeleteWow! That was a lot of work. I'm sure those squirrels will find a new home quickly too.
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