tree removal

One of the first things we had to do at the "new" house was to remove some huge trees. We wanted to save the old oak--a beautiful tree, but resting on the garage roof, and according to the tree guy, rotting in the center. So we made the appointment to have it taken down, and at the same time had two other Digger Pines (one huge, one moderately sized) taken down. I didn't get to be there on tree-felling day, but here are some photos.

 

View with trees from the front of the house

 

 And after, post tree felling

More photos in next post (can't get more than 2 or 3 photos to upload).

House

Well, I had great plans to start updating this blog regularly again. So it's been a couple months, but here I am again.

No knitting photos (though just about to finish up a couple more projects) but instead, I think I'll start showing a few house/garden/building projects. This house was originally bought as an investment/flip back in late December, but after 8 months of looking to buy, renovating it seems like the best option for us (nice location, 1/2 acre, we can get what we want). Walls still need to come down before new ones can go up, but we have a vision and are excited. And there's a hope of hosting Thanksgiving, even if we're not 100% complete.

These two are from January shortly after we bought the house. It's pretty scary. And skeevy (see that stained carpet in the second photo--don't ask). But we're working on that. This was before anything was demo'ed. We've already made a lot of progress (but I'll post that another day).