And God said, “Let there be light.”
And with a four man crew, two ridiculously sized ladders, 3 weird chain saws on poles, a wood chipper, and a pile of branches, leaves and debris 6 feet high that extended the length of our driveway, there was.
Today is the first day I haven’t had to have the lights on in the middle of the day since the weather changed.
YAY!!!! Glad it all worked out for you. Happy picture taking with your new lighting! :)
dude, it looks kind of cool now, like a tree from the mind of Tim Burton. Sweet.
Whoa! that made a huge difference!
You don’t even know the difference! The first time we had it trimmed a few years ago, we didn’t know that Chinese Elms (at least in these parts) are practically stripped naked. I cried. I thought the trimmers we hired had ruined it. But, it came back and then some. Too much some, actually, and things got a little wild on the inside and one large branch ended up breaking under the weight. Um, our bad.
But, YES! Today I actually saw sunlight! On my floor! In my house!
(And as much as I complain, I wouldn’t get rid of the trees for the world. I love them, and the 2098483 birds that call it home.)
wow, that must make a HUGE difference to the light in your house. I am a fellow light-deprived person. Unfortunately, geographical orientation of windows is to blame, in my case…
I think you are tricking us with photos of some other house. That cannot be the same tree. I bet Nico was enthralled…
Swear. It’s the same tree. Nico was enthralled until 9am, at which point he remembered he has a Man Cold and then the world CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT.
I spent the rest of the day (until 2pm, when he finally fell asleep in my arms) holding him and rocking him. Poor baby. :(
I cried the first time I saw a correctly-trimmed-tree myself. Poor fellow – I was certain I had signed his death warrant. Then the trimmer kindly informed me that you should be able to look up through a tree and see a kaleidoscope sky. And suddenly, all was right with the world …