Punterenas is a good place. We like the east coast of Costa Rica better.

Here is a shot of sunset in Barbados.

back to barns

:)

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Jodi, you have obviously taken good care of him!

The granddog is spending the day.

LOL Gazania! Yes, fortunately I have not overfed him like I have myself. :-)

Happy Birthday Handsome!

Ah, his favorite Jasdip! Thanks.

just a LITTLE something I planted up

All nice pictures today. Oklamoni the barn on our farm when I was growing up in ND was just like that. Ours was red though. I am the one who usually painted it. A few years after I left the farm it burned down. I have many happy memories of it though.

I totally plan to make a barn calendar for my cycling buddy Mel. He "LOVES" barns. :)

I got so many neat barns on RAGBRAI in July, that I think, the whole calendar will be of Iowa barns.

Moni

He's a good-looking guy !!!!

I just realized that I haven't seen Bob_Cville post lately, and he always shares his pictures.

Just curious, I hope he's okay.

Thanks for the shout out. It's feels good to be missed. They made a change at work that makes it difficult for me to upload images to the server I use when I am at home, and that coupled with an ongoing apartment renovation project has kept me from posting for the past few days.

Yesterday was taken up with a tree service removing a problem tree that was big (100 ft tall), dead, and close to the house.

Before:

During:
One guy was up in the tree cutting it piece by piece:

Which were then hoisted away by the crane, which was reaching over the house:

And delivered to the other two guys in the front yard with saws and a BIG chipper:

Nearly done:

Dropping the butt log:

and hoisting those pieces away as well:

Wow Bob. Good to see you!!

That's so cool being so close to the action. I'm so impressed that they could wield the machinery and the tree, so close to your house, and everything was done with no damage.

Looks nice and clear now, without the tree.

It was a shame that the tree needed removing. It got struck by lightning a few years ago, and was somewhat distressed from that, but bugs got into it late this spring, and finished it off. Given its size and its location, between the house and this Japanese Maple tree:
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It was clear that a highly skilled tree company was needed. I feel lucky that I found the company I used and although my heart was in my throat the whole time, the crew's calm, assured competence helped re-assure me.

The guy who was working in the tree, commuted to work like this:

Great pictures Bob!

That looks extremely expensive! I am so glad that we have never been in that situation.

Jim

It certainly wasn't cheap, however considering that 10 years ago I got a quote of $4500 to cut up and remove two halves of a large oak tree that had already fallen in a hurricane, I was certain this quote would be even more than that.

The quote from the company I used came in at less than half that including the fee for the crane rental and the crane operator.

When the company owner, Nigel Wood, (what a great name for someone who runs a tree service) scoped out the project and suggested having the crane in the driveway and have it reach over the house to the tree, I was highly skeptical, and I was really afraid during the entire process that either a piece of wood would fall through the roof or the crane would tip over and crush the entire house.

The only thing that went wrong was this piece breaking off under its own weight and crashing onto the roof, causing no damage.

But looking at this can you blame me for being worried?

This post was edited by bob_cville on Thu, Sep 12, 13 at 0:11

Great pictures, Bob. I am sure your heart was in your throat a lot during the process. We had a huge dead 100 year old Elm taken down a few years ago. Not a danger to any houses, but about 15 feet from a major road and power lines. Truly fascinating how those guys and the crane operator worked together getting the job done safely for all concerned.

That...is amazing!

Jim