Changes

There have been lots of changes around our complex recently.  Daddy is the president of our homeowners association (a completely thankless job, and one that he does so wonderfully but usually gets nothing but headaches in return) has been making sure everything stays nice and we keep on top of all the maintenance issues.  One issue that has been a long time in coming is the removal of the Coral tree at the front of the complex.  It was planted here when the complex was built in the late 70's but has grown so big and pushed up so much concrete that it had to go.  It was a sad day when they cut it down, but it turned out that it was rotting inside and would have one day fallen over!!  Guess it was a good thing it was cut down.

The morning Fernando (the landscaper who does all our tree maintenance and Michael's friend) came to cut down the tree, Wes got out his saw and tool belt and was ready to help...

...but once he head the real saws, he was content to just watch.

Going,

 going,

gone :(

They also removed all these trees that were in between the units.  Apparently, with time, they will grow to 50 feet tall.  And apparently, a couple of years before we moved here, they paid someone who recommend planting these trees.  Hope that guy's not in business anymore.  Change is always hard, and believe me, Michael has heard about it from some of the neighbors, but things will be nice and pretty again soon!