California leads the way...

California leads the way ... in government-mandated employee leaves of absence...

Debbie and I are working hard...

Debbie and I are working hard...  Hard physical work, for a change.  We have several largish trees planted right next to the house.  They are so close that they pose a hazard to the house, and our insurance company (rightly, I think), insists that they be removed.  Yesterday Debbie and I took down the first one (a Norway Spruce, my mom thinks); it had a 7 inch trunk.  This morning we took down a second Norway Spruce, this one with a 6 inch trunk.  Armed with a chain saw, loppers, and a pruning saw we chopped them up into bite-sized pieces, loaded them in the pickup, and carted them off to a brush pile we're accumulating.  Now we're sitting and resting up, preparing to take down the largest of the three (a juniper of some kind).  This one has a 12 inch trunk, so there will be considerably more wood in it...