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Tree Be Gone

A tree in the front yard had been bugging me for a long time.  It's ugly, sheds it's branches in winter in addition to leaves, spits sap, and was obscuring the really pretty Chinese Maple.  I don't have a good shot of before I started work.

Here is the work in progress

 The main cleanup done.  Still need to remove a few of the big logs, and cut the rest of the stump down, but was starting to loose the light so I'll hit that tomorrow.

Much better.  Removes a lot of the obstructed view of the house.  There is one other tree that will have to go, but it's much bigger and near the power lines, so I'll have to let the professionals do that one.
The Chinese Maple is a little thin right now, it's only starting to bud, but it will fill in nicely in a few weeks.

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