Glinting Q. Formalize (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ilanarama) wrote,@ 2008-01-19 09:58:00 |
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deer in the snow, and a house update
I took these pictures last week but just got around to uploading them to Flickr. Remember the big pile of branches and tree limbs that were left from the big honking snowstorm? Turns out that's a deer buffet. ETA: Hee, they're out there again today!
Nibbling on the branches: the photo's glare-y because I shot through the window, not wanting to startle them.
But then a car came up the street, and that got their attention, so I opened the window for this shot:
Also, an update on the roof situation: while I was at the movies last Saturday with a friend, Britt dragged out the ladder, our ropes, and his sawzall (reciprocating saw) and got most of the tree limbs off the roof. When I came back, I helped with the rest. The biggest and scariest pieces turned out to be not so bad, as Britt tied one end of a rope to the limb and the other to our pickup truck, and I slowly backed up in 4-low and pulled the suckers off. So it took maybe six hours over the weekend, not too bad, and nothing got broken or destroyed. Whew.
(I think in the spring, though, we're going to have the tree guy come out and get rid of the worst offender.)
I took these pictures last week but just got around to uploading them to Flickr. Remember the big pile of branches and tree limbs that were left from the big honking snowstorm? Turns out that's a deer buffet. ETA: Hee, they're out there again today!
Nibbling on the branches: the photo's glare-y because I shot through the window, not wanting to startle them.
But then a car came up the street, and that got their attention, so I opened the window for this shot:
Also, an update on the roof situation: while I was at the movies last Saturday with a friend, Britt dragged out the ladder, our ropes, and his sawzall (reciprocating saw) and got most of the tree limbs off the roof. When I came back, I helped with the rest. The biggest and scariest pieces turned out to be not so bad, as Britt tied one end of a rope to the limb and the other to our pickup truck, and I slowly backed up in 4-low and pulled the suckers off. So it took maybe six hours over the weekend, not too bad, and nothing got broken or destroyed. Whew.
(I think in the spring, though, we're going to have the tree guy come out and get rid of the worst offender.)
