Tree work is nearly done!

 The horse chestnuts are coming along. I see our black squirrel and the Dratted Red Squirrel up the tree after them.

I am so feeling better! I did some serious yard work. The front yard was a bit of a dark mess, not actually darkness. The Maple branches were encroaching. I was in danger of decapitating myself when zooming around on the lawn tractor. 

BEFORE:

The Maple, below on the left, shades the Catalpa tree that died, and regrew from the roots.

AFTER:
There is much more air flow under the Maple and around the Catalpa tree.

I screen captured from the Dashcam from the other point of view. Maybe I'm just trying to convince myself I actually did some work!

Unfortunately, I ran over a large sapling I'd dug out of the garden last week. Then the chopper blade stopped working. Oh, dang. Deciding against putting it away in the shed, and tucked it under the tree beside the house. Hhhhmmmm. Figuring I'd have to call our repair man, Bob, it was a good spot. Walking away, it occurred to me. I'm not mechanical, not at all, but I thought it through and gave it a good look. The belt was off of the driver! I fixed it. I gave myself a pat-on-the-back. Finished the job!

A view along the flag stones below. Non-mental note! A view from the end of it, and the front porch. It was very satisfying taking down the deer fence. 

I even managed to lift the bell back up into its rightful place.

Work to be done: branches to cut up for kindling or the brush pile. 

A bit of work cutting them up. I've two batteries for it. Once the first one runs out of juice, I take a rest!  

The only disaster was a scraped foot. My most recent blackfly bite is under the bandaid! I decided to read and rest.

And, I'll leave you with a memory that popped up on Facebook. This was 19 years ago! Joe and I visited Jesse in PEI where he was performing in Anne & Gilbert, the musical.