aerial ballet with chain saws

as promised over the weekend, a large crew showed up this morning with lots of equipment to take on the job of clearing the trees from the cottages.  the title of this entry is meant in all seriousness: their work is tightly choreographed and filled with an elegance of motion that still pictures cannot completely capture. 

it's just as well they don't have me doing their estimating: I had expected the job would take them most of the day but they had the bulk of it done before noon. 

( cut for length - click for 27 images of Men in Trees )

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now that the trees have been cleared away, tomorrow the builder will come to begin the damage assessment.