Fishing? Nah. It was the Pleasant Creek Ave. garage sale day. I had a bunch of old stuff in it I never wear anymore and made $22.50. But even better, Jordan's dad decided today was the day to take down the pine tree. I don't know why things like this are more exciting to me than the best casserole recipe ever but come on, how much more awesome is a giant tree coming down? Let me describe how this happened, because it was really amusing to me...
It started like this: Two men, father and son, standing with their hands on their hips gazing at the 50-60 ft. tall pine. Jordan has an ego similar to my dad's so when he saw it leaning at a 75 degree angle towards the house/garage that stands about 40 feet away he said, "No problem, it'll fall right into the garden." I had no idea how he could be so sure it would fall the exact opposite way it was leaning but then again, I never understand dad's logic either. Our scenario was shaky. Jordan's dad offered to get rope to pull the tree away from the house but again, the ego got in the way and he said, "I'm sure I won't need it."
You might be thinking how obvious it was that the tree fell towards the pool/house but I have to admit, he had me convinced that that tree would defy the laws of physics. Jordan reared up the tiny electric chain saw, he was the mortician and this tree was dead. He chiseled the first wedge out of the tree and continued on the opposite side. I don't want to make these two sound like total idiots or anything, they did take a precaution to aid the tree in falling the other way; they propped a plank against the tree above where he was sawing to push it over.
I dazed off into the yard somewhere and I knew the moment of truth had come. Jordan let out a, "Oh sh#$!" I looked up and ran a little as I saw a giant pine fall right into the fence around the pool, towards the house. My life was complete. There wasn't any damage and we all stood back and laughed a little in anticipation of Jordan's mom seeing. Let me tell you, her reaction was priceless.
The rest of the story isn't really a big deal. I helped carry out the limbs while Jordan hacked away with the electric machine. It was a fun day of work outside for the most part. To finally cap it all off, Jordan made a chair out of the stump of the tree. Even though his chain saw lacked stamina compared to their 16" gas saw, he enjoyed it like a kid with a brand new toy. Not long after perfecting his pine chair, he found a new toy- the blowtorch. He torched it to give it a nice brown finish. Like I said, bringing down the tree was way more amusing than the garage sale.
5 comments:
Hey at least I am smart enough to tie a tree to a truck and pull it in the direction I want it to fall when it is obvious it is leaning in the wrong direction. You can't beat the laws of physics no matter how hard you try.
That is why we hired professionals to take down the trees in our yard last summer. What is it about guys and thinking they can defy all the rules of physics and logic?
It's just a guy thing.
Are you suggesting D isn't a guy?
Haha... I have some more pictures to post. I'll put them in a new blog.
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