One more tree bites the dust

Well I finally won and our Alder at the front of the house was taken down on June 26th. Darren loved it but it had a split trunk that was leaning toward our neighbors house and it didn't look all that healthy to me. When the arborist was taking it down he did notice areas that would have cause us problems later on -- one being a large branch over our house that he felt was sure to have fallen off. Also as we looked at the 18 inch rounds we noticed they were all cracked right at the center -- like the tree was slowly spliting right down the center of the trunk. Needless to say I am glad to see it gone--as is our neighbor since it dropped a good portion of it's leaves and seed pods on his roof. Our landscaping plan does spec. another tree for that same general area--a Japanese Stewartia--but it shouldn't get quite as big (and it will flower). Devon and I had a great time watching them take the tree down and grind up the stump. We also got some great photos & videos. I have uploaded the photos here and hope to get the video up soon. Have fun looking.