Adventuring with Herbert Putkey

We had our trees pruned today. What an adventure! Our huge cherry tree that “pooped” all over the deck has now been downsized by about 6′.

This is what our cherry tree used to look like:

From tree trimming 2009

And this is what it looks like now:

From tree trimming 2009

The holly trees have been removed, giving us a better view into the neighbour’s yard. Sadly, no view of the Fraser river was hiding behind the cherry tree. We hired a company to do the work. It was money well spent, considering it’s a dangerous job and we could have ruined our new deck, the landscaping, and/or the garage!

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For the first major home project, we decided to work on the deck. The old concrete patio was badly broken up, and needed replacing. The landing and stairs down from the kitchen need replacing more urgently, but we thought the deck might be an easier place to start. Even though we just wanted to make a simple rectangle, it still took a lot of work. Dad and I both took Thursday and Friday off of work, plus the wednesday which was Canada Day. In the end, we put down the last deck board at about 8:30 pm on Sunday!

From deck construction

Theresa and I trimmed the end of the deck boards, and stained them today, and had a celebratory BBQ. As usual, the pictures are up here.

From deck construction