An Afternoon's Work

We had been having a good bit of rain lately. But it finally stopped and it seemed like a good time to take care of some things outside. These 2 trees were a little too close to the trailer, and we were planning to set something smaller there. It didn't seem to be a real complicated affair, but The Fuzz does not like to take chances in situations like this. So he tied 100' of stout rope to the tree, and the other end to a come-along and another tree.
Here you can see him using this framing square in the notch* in an attempt to "aim" at the little box (x). He was taking these precautions in the hope of not dropping the thing on top of the trailer. It kinda looks like we got old Gandalf here to help out, but you can't believe everything you see.
Well, whoever that guy was, he got busy with the chainsaw and soon the tree was notched and ready to go down. Before the final cut, we took up some tension on the line, just to make sure things got started in the right direction. And then, down she goes.
I'm sorry to report that The Fuzz missed that target by a couple of feet. But since it also missed everything else, we can consider it a relative success.
This whole process was repeated with the 2nd tree with equal success.
Here you can see both trees together. You might notice the ground crew in the background.
All that remained now was cutting them up and cleaning up the mess.

And here's some of that firewood waiting to be split.

*A Kinda Fuzzy Techno-Tip!