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Making the most of the beautiful weather...
I was outside doing some yard work, trying to get back into some form of physical shape when I heard a cracking sound. I immediately moved back as I watched this 25’+ tree branch come crashing down in front of me during a significant wind gust. All I could think was WOW, the power that it hit the ground had me silent and awestruck. My hubs heard it hit and came running out to see it. His words were; “ can you please keep yourself in one piece until we move?”
Hey, I wasn’t doing anything wrong. I was doing yard work he refuses to do. The wind made it snap off, not me. Now I am miffed.
I got my chainsaw and cut it up and moved it to the curb for pick up.
Hey, I wasn’t doing anything wrong. I was doing yard work he refuses to do. The wind made it snap off, not me. Now I am miffed.
I got my chainsaw and cut it up and moved it to the curb for pick up.
Wow. That's scary! We have a few large branches caught in the canopy of other trees when that one huge tree came down that I posted about in The Lumberjack thread. I look at it all the time to see if it came down yet and it has not. I call it the Widowmaker. I keep saying we have to be careful underneath those! When they come down it'll be with some Force! They are hanging precariously!
I worry about the tree, it’s a Jamaican Dogwood and is a very friable type wood and one I call a trash tree. It has three other larger branches on the trunk so I am going to take it down. I will have to climb up in it and tie off each limb so it will fall in the direction I want. The other branches are longer and bigger than this one so I will have my guys help me remove it.
jazzies mum
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@Tropicalbri's You are obviously feeling much better if you are up to climbing trees with a chainsaw! A good sign. 
Do you have trees that shed large limbs with no warning, no wind or rain? Most of our big gumtrees will do this in drought to self prune for survival. If you hear that initial cracking you have to decide which way to dodge pretty quick! 
Here is another tropical paradise picture!
There has been a real change in recent years and many places are now dog friendly and this lovely place is one of them. People had their dogs with them but there was no barking or loose dogs being a nuisance. How wonderful and I will take Jazz with me next time I'm heading down to the "green belt".
Do you have trees that shed large limbs with no warning, no wind or rain? Most of our big gumtrees will do this in drought to self prune for survival. If you hear that initial cracking you have to decide which way to dodge pretty quick! Here is another tropical paradise picture!
There has been a real change in recent years and many places are now dog friendly and this lovely place is one of them. People had their dogs with them but there was no barking or loose dogs being a nuisance. How wonderful and I will take Jazz with me next time I'm heading down to the "green belt".
The Buttonwood trees will do that if they are a lone tree in your yard. They are a tree that should be in a hardwood style Hammock with other Buttonwood trees. They do better in groups and become quite large. They are a hard wood but also can be friable with the awkward way the branches grow and are gnarled. They will splinter at the knot holes. We had a huge one come down on the carport during Hurricane Irma that blocked my truck in until we could remove it. We were lucky that one of the limbs hit the cement in such a way that it kept the bulk weight of the tree off the carport roof.
Brioddy
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@Tropicalbri’s I miss a good Florida thunderstorm! They just aren’t the same here. Very little thunder and lightning. However I know how you feel about witnessing the trees falling, I hear them fall sometimes up the mountain and it shakes the ground. I have a somewhat irrational worry one will fall on my roof someday.
It’s spring! Yesterday was beautiful, sunny and 70. I had everyone outside including Toby and the little ducks Dagwood and Dumpling.
It’s spring! Yesterday was beautiful, sunny and 70. I had everyone outside including Toby and the little ducks Dagwood and Dumpling.
I agree, I love the Florida thunderstorms and the heat lightning!
LifeofRubie
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Uh, NO JOKE! With some of the wind we've had this winter... We have a GINORMOUS tree in the parkway by our house so it's the villages responsibility to maintain it but if that sucker went down the right direction, it would take out the whole house and the dogs are crated on the side closest to it. Irrational my arse! Glad you stepped the right way @Tropicalbri's
Whenever we take the dogs on errands, we always come back to Moo in the front seat which means I'm then delegated to the backseat. Errand Dog has THINGS TO DO! I can't figure out why this picture is loading sideways so... it's staying that way haha
Dog dad finally got a new car after having his last one for 13 years! Ended up with a slightly used 2016 Malibu Hybrid which is an IMMENSE upgrade from the 2006 Malibu. And, like everything else nowadays, he bought it off the internet.
LifeofRubie
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Thank you! My phone does this weird "motion" with some pictures and I've noticed they all upload sideways... very odd!
The dogs posing with our new HPD K-9 fundraiser shirts. They started this after the K-9 officer in Duluth was shot and killed on the job since they didn't have the protective vests they needed. Chase is the newest K-9 officer here in town - a Belgian Malinose.
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