front yard removed. They shaded the sidewalk such
that there was always ice on the sidewalk in the
winter. They also were leaning towards the road and
it seemed a good idea to get them down before
something really bad happened.
Our contract with the arborist was for them to take
down the trees, take away all the branches and leave
the wood. Well, leave the wood they did. We had
three huge logs sitting on our side of the road and
sometime this morning one of them subsided onto the
road! I put out a cone to warn motorists, but was
concerned having it there, in the road.
Marti came over to borrow an egg and as she was
returning home we went out to look at the situation.
She asked, "what are you going to do?" I said, "I
guess when Robert gets home we'll take a crow bar,
or something and man-handle the worst offender
across the road. At the same time wishing the track
hoe that was here in July would come back and move
the logs. As that was uttered we saw a county truck
go by with it's yellow lights flashing and shortly we heard
the unmistakable squeak, crunch, rattle of an
honest to gosh track hoe coming up the road! I
couldn't believe it. When do you wish for a
track hoe and have it appear, but appear it did.
As it came close we both waved at the driver and
pointed at the offending log and looked hopeful.
He signaled, did we want it moved to the other side
of the road and we both nodded and said YES!
He not only picked up that one, but the other two,
also and laid them gently on the other side of the road.
As Robert noted, when he got home, he even put the
long one in such a way as to make it easy to use the chain
saw to cut it into smaller lengths!
I don't know where the track hoe was headed; it
hasn't come back. I do know I'm really grateful
to its driver for moving our huge logs! And feel
as though I had witnessed a minor miracle!
