The Big Catch-UP
I've had a friend visiting, and haven't taken time to post. Time for an update. While we were prepping for Father's Day dinner, Ivan got to work! I had arranged for big 4 trees (diseased) to be cut down on the Monday following the Dad's weekend. Ivan made quick work of removing several LARGE Queen palms. You can see him removing the orange safety strap from one of the palms. This was to further open the area between the properties, and make room for some stairs leading up the slope. No way I could've removed those, I would've caused damage to surrounding plants and most likely myself! This looks misleading, they are incredibly heavy. The tree guys said they would grind up a few no charge, if I had them removed and ready to go. Well 6 was more than we had talked about. An extra $20 took care of that. Sophia, Ivan and I made a quick trek out to Harbor Freight in Tracy. They had a farmer's jack in stock. Ivan use...
