The leaning oak trunk and part of the apricot tree is probably rusting the metal roof on the shop.

  I first started cutting the small limbs up on a tall step ladder with a hugh set of people powered tree limb cutters to make way for the back hoe to hook a large cable up in the tree trunk and back off out yonder with the back hoe and when it would be cut about half in two have me wife back up with the backhoe and pull it back away with it where it will fall out of danger of ruining some roofing. Well I was up there with those big cutters on a 12 foot step ladder and two sides of my shoulder started stinging like  many wasp started stinging me many times... No wasp as I had put an awful sprain on both sides of my left shoulder.. This was about 2 months ago. It happened to be the same shoulder that had the rotater cup replaced  about 15 years ago and the doc told me then if I mess up that shoulder again it probably can't be repaired again...So I assumed this was what happened so I decided not to go to the doc and live with the pain on both the front and the back of my left shoulder until my wife made me an appointment and let the doc tell me for sure what he could do...Well since he is just a little smarter than me he changed my life again. He didn't even have to set a date to operate which I wanted to believed was the only way to relieve this much pain in two large places. He didn't even act as if it was important and just got a needle and gave my one shot in the back side of the shoulder and said the front is connected to the the back area so no shot needed in the front even though the pain is on both sides of my arm bones. Then said come back in 6 weeks if you still have any more pain....

  Hey I can now sit here and type and hold my quart size coffee cup with my left hand when I  need a sip with out gritting me teeth.'

  But none of that fixed my problem with the trees and the shop. And there is a pear tree and the end of the shop which is about 40 foot tall and the only way we get any pears from up high in the tree is stand there and wait for one to fall. I do use 2 20 foot long 1" pvc pipes glued together for the pecan season but the pecans don't get hurt falling out of the trees like the pears gets squashed when they fall that far.

  When I set out that little double stem live oak seedling from my neighbors yard I thought that was cute and would be a conversation thing later on.. I was right for we talk about it all the time hoping lightning might hit it and disintegrate it so I won't have to the slow and painful way.

Yeah, lightning never strikes where you want it to! And mother-in-law made a decent size target, too!

Jesse, if I did not have these 5 screws in my ankle, I will come on down and cut down that tree for you.

Take care of your self and keep sharing.

Danl

Danl it might be cheaper paying you for a round trip ticket to do that instead of one of these out of work ya hou's I see walking the streets with their hands in their pockets not looking for a job.