Hackberry Hell, Revisited

 After our Hackberry adventure of the wee hours of yesterday morning we welcomed our dear friend Mike Bock for a two day visit. Maloney's Tree Service had cleared the driveway, leaving the a huge pile of limbs and branches at the back of the house and the standing half of the tree at the front. The plan was to take down the rest of the tree on Monday and haul off everything then. 

Mike had been in Chattanooga for a great niece's wedding and arrived late so we stayed up late visiting. So when the unmistakable sound of a tree falling intruded on our consciousness, we were wide awake and went running out the front door. And there was clear sky that should be obstructed by tree and there was obstructed road that should be clear. The second half of our big ol' Hackberry was lying across Avenue A all tangled up with wires, yet somehow the the lights were still on up and down the street.

Soon the first responders were there to block off the street...

... and then the Georgia Power crew was hard at work straightening out the wires...

...and then the city's public works folks began to clear the street.

In the light of morning the road is clear...

...but definitely not the driveway.

We'll walk to church today.

This side of our old house will have a lot more sun.

By the time we walked back from church...

...Maloney's was hard a work again clearing the driveway.

So we snapped a quick selfie.

That's the tree folks pulling away in the distance, but they'll be back tomorrow to haul away the last of the Hackberry.