I hope everyone is well and taking care of themselves. Good luck staying cool! The heat index here has been 112 and is supposed to be this way until sometime next week.
So...... our tree work was rescheduled a couple more times. Here is how it went when it finally did happen.
A company that we have had do work for us before is who we called. They have a great reputation and have always done great work and been considerate and careful. This time though, the scheduler said they were short staffed and he was getting people in from somewhere else. I am pretty sure we got some of those guys. They started cutting the limbs off the trees and just dropped them down. Dropped one on a smaller young tree and damaged it. Dropped another on an Encore Azalea and broke out the entire middle section. Then, instead of roping sections, cutting the trunk, and lowering the sections carefully, they just cut the trees off about knee high and dropped them. That shook and rattled the house. The yard has trenches and holes all over. Some are a foot deep. They crushed a sprinkler head and damaged the system. I have left messages saying I wanted the owner to come and see the damage because I am sure he does not know how the new people are leaving things on his customers' properties. So far I have not heard from anyone. I am writing a letter.
I have already had our sprinkler company owner here replacing the crushed sprinkler and checking the system. That is back up and running. He took pictures of the damage to our yard and said to include a copy of his invoice with the bill we will get from the tree company and deduct that amount.
Then our landscaping "guy" came and looked at the damage and was also shocked. He said his company can fix things, and also said to make a copy of his invoice to include. Les and I went and paid the deposit on the the landscaping work/repair this morning and we will get a call to let us know when the people will come.
There was a lot more clean-up to do, even though the tree crew were supposed to leave things clean and tidy. So I did some cleanup and have been working a little bit at a time on weeding and pruning out in the yard. And then we got this oven of heat here and outside work is done for me for now. The heat seems to be burning up the blooms on some of the shrubs. They are getting water, but the heat is just too much.
Finnigan had some medical issues and I had to rush him to the clinic one morning. He is doing better, but does not care for the adjustments to his food. He tells us frequently. 😀 He will have a recheck in a couple weeks.
Les and I are okayish. He does what he can. I don't sleep well, but am up and functioning. Life is still good!
Take care. God Bless America. And be kind!
