More Trees Cut Down

 With such a vast property as we have, there is always lots of work to be done.

Trees need to be trimmed, or removed entirely.

So, it was time again on February 15, for our tree man, David Yoder to get the job done!

Since these could not fall freely, everywhere, some had to be done by climbing up to get the limbs and the top off...

Strong legs for doing so!

This huge 'leaning' monster was another candidate as we did not want it to ever fall on the road and over the creek...

With the cherry picker, some branches got cut off and also a rope tied around the tree top for pulling it the other way with the use of their Kubota.

Rather tricky for placing the cherry picker from 🌳BUCKEYE PREFERRED SERVICES LLC close to the recently patched up creek area.

The County has attempted numerous times to keep it from caving in during heavy rain and flood waters.

You clearly can see that the tree was leaning towards the road and it was tall enough for hitting all across...

Showing you this image to give you an idea of how much underbrush comes up over the years...

Do you see the stack of underbrush wood piled up on the left of this bridge?

Pieter has been vigorously clearing a lot!

Here you see how the Kubota removes one of the sawn off side branches, done from the cherry picker...

It needed to be cleared off the Wood Trail where we walk.

A Tree Felling Wedge gets driven into the tree trunk...

Finally this leaning monster is FORCED by pulling the rope tight, to fall the way we wanted it to fall.

Another big tree got cut down as we wanted to create space for our four Beech trees and also give our Mexican Live Oak more light and space, as well as the Japanese and Chinese Live Oaks.

Bird houses are temporarily down for finding a new spot, some of them at least.

The Beech tree also got trimmed up.

We both love the much more open view and those branches and trunks will rot away within a couple of years.

Yes, the uptake of our Estate is at times a costly one and requires a lot of hard work!

Related links:

Big Trees Down and others Trimmed  Continued | previous post from cutting on November 2, 2021

Big Trees Down and others Trimmed | previous post from cutting on November 1, 2021

Yummy 5-Course Italian Dinner at Ristorante da Maria in Dublin, Georgia

 We sure are glad that friend and Lady Chef Maria Runggaldier got FINALLY back home from Italy after having been stranded there for almost 1.5 year...

So, we once more enjoyed her excellent cooking at Ristorante da Maria.

Arriving at the elegant Ristorante da Maria...

Pieter wearing his navy Burberry blazer and I wear my Escada silk blouse and wool vest with red roses.

And still in my soft leather boots, gift from Italy.

It would have been Mom & Dad's 73rd Wedding Anniversary on February 26.

Appetizer:

Zuppa di granchio al pomodoro

Tasty Tomato Crab Soup, English peas, pearl onions and celery leaves

Such a YUMMY and spicy soup...

First dish:

Involtini di pasta con cariofini

Oven baked home made Pasta Rolls stuffed with baby artichoke cream, topped with Parmesan cheese and butter flakes, served on a zucchini veloutée

Fish–Entrée:

Cuore di merluzzo alla mediterranea

Pan seared Cod Fillet, served in a Mediterranean sauce with fresh tomatoes, oregano, shallots, olives and capers

Sorbet:

Sorbetto ai lamponi

Raspberry/Lemon Sorbet

Pieter also did wear his Brioni shirt (Last Call Neiman Marcus score...) for which he also needs to wear his cuff links.

Heinz always knows how to serve an espresso coffee for Pieter, with his dessert...

For both of us, it is very much like being back in Italy.

Maria is an authentic Italian Lady Chef and the only one in our region.

She has an excellent staff as well, they learned so much from her over some 18 years!

At least, her sous chef and staff managed to continue with serving delicious meals on Friday and Saturday nights, while Maria was stuck in Italy.

Dessert:

Crema catalana allo zenzero con frutti di bosco

Ginger flavored "Crema Catalana"

It was indeed a yummy 5-course Italian Dinner...

Related links:

Lovely Birthday Dinner at Ristorante da Maria | wearing my same Escada outfit...

{ROSES} | showing you the back of my Escada wool rose cardigan...

Driving to Macon for Picking up Pieter's new Lenses

 Why not drive again the next day, after just returning from the long Florida trip?

Pieter's 2nd pair of eye glasses were ready to be picked up, so we went there right after breakfast.

Getting it DONE and out of the way.

Pieter is happy and holding his eye glass case in his hand, wearing his leather patched (shoulders and elbows) Burberry sweater.

Only for the special lenses we had to pay twice US $ 520.00 as they are not covered by insurance...

But no doubt Pieter needed a spare set, as he cannot wear his treasured 23k gold pair when being in the garden.

Still holding up very well and we bought them in Indonesia in Yogyakarta at the moment of the Asian monetary crisis. For once, it worked positive for us, otherwise we could never have afforded them.

Pieter also still enjoys his Italian The Bridge purse. A very handy format also.

And I also love our Infiniti QX50 that we got us on April 28, 2021.

So glad we did that, as since there has been a long wait on any cars, even second hand.

So grateful to Vision Eye Group in Macon where I got my eye surgeries done a year earlier.

Pieter got helped here when he had his eye injured: Pieter Cleaned our Front Door Lights and HURT his Eye ←click link.

Very short Relive video of 1:38 minute.