Stormy weather hits Commerce. Again. Rick and I woke up at 3am listening to a torrential downpour and strong winds. The painter had been working inside the house, so we were worried that he had left some windows open. Rick went to check it out. When he came back to the barn, he said, "Well, we didn't have any open windows, but we do have a tree on our house!"
Needless to say, this was not a treerific situation to be in at 3am!
There was very little damage to the house, just some to the porch cornice and roof. Thank goodness it didn't break our beautiful, antique stained glass window that's on this side. Our neighbor, Lavelle, brought over his backhoe and lifted the weight of the tree off the house, while Rick began work with the chainsaw. I took this next picture with my eyes closed, because it was scary to watch!! :/
Notice the part of the tree that's still upright? That's the rotten part (literally and figuratively). We've been talking about cutting that part off for a couple of weeks, before it fell onto the driveway. Of course, the living part of the tree is the part that fell. :( Lots of trouble, but it could have been much worse!
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