Weekend not traveling

I couldn't get out to the cabin this weekend due to some work deadlines. It was County Fair weekend and I was really looking forward to it.

Fortunately, Mary did manage to go, and she taken some photos that I can use this week - some updates on small projects, namely the butterfly chairs from yesterday and the tree clearing; and also several from her visit to the fair on Friday night.

The trees are downed now, including the weed tree, some of the ivy-overgrown dogwoods, and the wild cherry and magnolias that hung over the new steps. Some overgrown branches from the big pine were taken down as well, shown in one of the photos here.

Seems that we have between two and four big pines we need to take down soon, within the year. At least two have beetle damage and are dying, and another pair hang dangerously over or near the house. Losing these four will still leave us about 8 large pines in the grove, although we have a couple of saplings coming up and clearing the canopy will set these off on a growth spurt.

It can still be called Hawksbill Pines up there on the hill.