Removal of Deb's Tree

Due to the particularly nasty recent storm, Deb's beautiful ash tree was uprooted and fell on our garage.  Dale and I loved that tree!  I'd photograph its leaves to document the changing seasons and would post the pictures on this very blog.  Dale and I enjoyed looking at it when sitting out in the backyard.  It will be sorely missed.

Deb scheduled the tree guy to come take down the tree for yesterday morning.  He showed up around 10 and began.  Although it's an insurance industry standard that the owners of the propert the tree falls on are responsible for clean up, Deb somehow felt she was responsible for the tree coming down on our garage. Before I could even act on it, Deb found a really good deal for the removal.  What she didn't tell me was the reason for the deal involved her helping the guy take the tree down!  While doing dishes I noticed that she was hauling off branches and such.  I ran out to tell her that I wished she would have told me the whole situation because then I could have made myself available to help.   She told me not to worry about it and then asked if I had a wheelbarrow they could borrow.  Oh Deb!!!

Nasty Storm of June 2013 - 3

Deb's tree fell on our garage. She felt awful despite my trying to convince her that it wasn't her fault. I told her that if she had been trying to chop it down and wasn't paying attention to which way it might fall and it landed on our garage, I'd be mad but that she didn't do this. Oh, Deb!

Anne the Magnolia

Our neighbor Deb planted a new magnolia tree in her front yard. She decided to name the tree Anne.

Deb's Front Yard Tree

Dale and I ran into our neighbor Deb today and she was lamenting the loss of her front yard maple tree. I do miss having it there as it was quite a beautiful tree. Alas, it was in poor health and had to be cut down.

Surveyor Drama

I talked to Deb who told me the surveyor came to determine exactly where her property lines are. She talked to her contractor who said he talked to the surveyor who said that Deb's property line goes right up to our retaining wall. Based on where the stake is I would think the wall goes over the property line a bit. Deb also told me she talked to Jim (our neighbor on the other side) who said he found the surveyor digging up part of the concrete on the corner of his driveway. When Jim confronted him, the surveyor said he was just trying to find the stake marking Jim's alley property line so he could use it to measure to Deb's alley property line. I would think he could've asked Jim for permission. Anyway, part of the concrete was all dug up and the surveyor is refusing to pay for the damage. What a skunk.

The Garage - Summer 2011 Part 3

Our garage to the right and Deb's to the left. Photo is looking from our yard into the alley.

Property Lines

The surveyors came to determine Deb's property lines. The stake marks the spot. I think our retaining wall goes over the line a bit although it's hard to tell from the angle I took the photo.

Deb's Porch Part 2

Gone! They knocked it down this morning and boy were they fast. Deb showed me a computer generated picture of what it will look like when rebuilt. She's going for a smaller mud room rather than a new porch.

Deb's Porch

Our next-door neighbor Deb is having some work done on her porch. The guy doing the work has to find the property lines (I think to pull the permit) and was out looking around for the spikes while I was mowing the lawn. I asked asked him what the spikes were for and he told me that they mark the corners of the property lines. He was looking for them with a metal detector (Wow, so people really do use those things for more that looking for coins at the beach!). He said if he can't find them then an assessor has to come out and that can cost a thousand dollars! He told me he'd let me know when he finds them. I told him I was curious because Dale and I plan to do some work on the retaining wall that separates our two houses and we're assuming we'll have to have the information for that.