The trees are down

For two days I have watched the trees come down. One--in the front--and one in the back yard. The one in the front yard came down easy --done within a hour's time. One man in a bucket started at the top and worked his way down while the other 3 men used ropes and carried the tree remains off as they dropped to the ground.

But the second tree was leaning and huge and eaten up with rot and tough ivy. My cable cords attached to it and I was worried. Same procedure but the bucket went up so far to start the cutting that I lost sight of it. Gradually it came down -- feet by feet and the men loaded up the trucks and carried it off.

I went out and took pictures. It occurred to me that in one day people can tear down what took nature years and years to build. So like human relationships! So costly and so quickly they come down.