Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Tire Swing

The kids love the tire swing here in the new house.  Last night there was a notice from the power company that their tree trimming crew would be coming around to trim up some trees to protect the power lines.  Upon sharing this information with the kids they were immediately up in arms about their tire swing.  I assured them that the tire swing would be safe and that there was no reason to worry.  I couldn't see any interference with power lines coming from that tree and figured all was well.

Turns out the tree trimming crew doesn't mess around and they were on the job this morning.  What was my surprise when I walked into the kitchen and there was some dude standing in the back yard looking up at the tree and then there was another guy way up in that tree.  A few minutes later the guy in the tree was all harnessed in and the trimming of branches, or shall I say the pruning of the tree had begun.  Apparently the tire swing branch had been marked for death and suddenly there was a very real possibility that the kids would come home to no tire swing and my street creds would be totally null and void.  The large branch began being removed one section at a time and it wasn't long before the chainsaw ripped through the branch right where the tire swing rope is tied.  Fortunately for me that is as far as they cut on that branch, the tire swings on and I have lived to write another day. 

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