Urban renewal

[jhetley]

A chainsaw in a bucket lift out back -- removing the large maple from a space approximately 20' wide between two houses. Delicate work, that, and I don't care much for the impact on the view from my office window. So what if the tree tended to put large dead limbs through the roof of Rear House Neighbor and Next Block Neighbor? Not my problem.

I do expect a swarm of homeless squirrels crouching on our back steps, though. And maybe an agrieved bald eagle or barred owl deprived of a favorite perch...