A new day......a sad day

The huge double-trunked, dangerously leaning oak, on the side of our property was taken down on Monday..............................our neighbor is sighing with relief no doubt!

.....................followed by the three large trees on each side of the driveway whose giant roots have undermined and cracked the concrete (new driveway next Spring!). These I'll truly miss because the birds loved perching in them...........but our cars sitting under them suffered! The front porch will have no shade now so I'm hoping to have a large dogwood planted later. The birds will then have somewhere to perch again when they visit the birdbath and feeders, and we won't feel exposed when enjoying a glass of wine on the porch on a cool Spring evening.

Then they trimmed branches from several trees in the back garden......which mean squirrels' nests will need to be built closer to heaven!

Anyone want to send me some trees?????????

Jasmin's self-portrait taken as the trees came down.

Granddaughter Jasmin, like me, had mixed feelings about felling our trees - she looked much prettier than me Monday as we sadly snapped away with our cameras.......so you get to see her!

Photos from Monday morning by Jasmin and yours truly.