Friday, March 4, was a very exciting day here in Milton. Earlier in the week, the project's electrical and plumbing work passed inspection, and on Friday, the building inspector came by and gave our contractor the go ahead to start the process of boarding and plastering. Also on Friday, we had a delightful visit from two Bartol relatives, Laura's first cousins once removed, Dan and John Sebastian Grace. It was so interesting to hear some of their remembrances of their time in the Big House (including the fact that the dining room fireplace ALWAYS smoked). Quite helpful information! Also on Friday, our two fabulous "specimen" trees, the elephant tree (a weeping beech) and the fern-leaf beech, were fastidiously pruned by a crew from Bartlett Tree Company.
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| A sure sign of spring! The first pussy willows... |
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| Men in the fern-leaf beech! |
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| The Elephant Tree (a weeping beech) |
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Look who needs a haircut!
(That's a human up top) |
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| A member of the tree crew up closer... |
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| A chipper...we kept the chips for mulch. |
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| Some dead "elephant" skin...now wood chips! |
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