Timber!

Of all the trees we could’ve hit, we had to get one that hits back.

~J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Alas, poor Poplars. We knew thee well. But last Friday: Timber! Down they both came. All sixty feet of them.

Thank you  Ballard Tree Service for doing such an awesome job of removing two very tall trees from a very tight spot. We were amazed as we watched the crew shimmy up those trees–saws in hand, attach ropes and pulleys, and then carefully take our trees down foot by foot and inch by inch.